These documents focus on the Second Review Conference of the CWC held in The Hague April 7-18, 2007. Currently there are pre-conference planning reports, and analysis of the issues that will be discussed during the conference. As more documents become available, they will be added to this list.
- Verifying the Chemical Weapons Ban: Missing Elements – Jonathan B. Tucker, Arms Control Today – January/February 2007.
- “Status of Implementing the Chemicals Weapons Convention Ten Years After Entry into Force, and the Way Ahead.” – Jiri Matousek, 26th Meeting of the Pugwash Study Group on the implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, Noordwijk, The Netherlands – March 2007.
- IUPAC/OPCW International Workshop: Impact of Advances in Science and Technology on the Chemical Weapons Convention – Zagreb, Croatia – April 22 – 25, 2007.
Presentations by: John Freeman, Ralf Trapp, Horst Reeps, Moncef Hadhri, Graham Pearson, Abbas Shafiee, Francisco Azuaje, Kathryn Nixdorff, Enrico Polastro, Jean Marie Basset, Vitomir Sunjic, Peter Seeberger, Tuan Nguyen, Jackie Ying, Jennifer Fiegel, Jurgen Altmann, Markku Mesilaaskso, Robin Black, Gary Sides, Stefan Mogl, Peter Blain, Srdanka Tomic-Pisarovic, Jiri Matosek and Michael Rowell. - The Chemical Weapons Convention After 10 Years: Successes and Future Challenge – David P. Fidler, American Society of International Law Insights – April 27, 2007.
- Convention in Peril? Riot Control Agents and the Chemical Weapons Ban – Kyle M. Ballard, Arms Control Today – September 2007.
- Issue no 76 & 77 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (October 2007)
Includes:
Invited article by Walter Krutzsch: Ensuring True Implementation of the CWC
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention
Meeting of Experts, August 2007
News Chronology: February 2007 – July 2007 - Specialists Discuss Chemical Weapons Convention After Ten Years – Joy Resmovitz, The Columbia Spectator – October 9, 2007.
- Press Release: Statement of Arms Control Association to the Meeting with Non-Governmental Organizations at the OPCW, The Hague – Arms Control Association – November 19, 2007.
- Interview with British Ambassador Lyn Parker, chair of open-ended working group preparing for the 2008 Chemical Weapons Convention review conference – Oliver Meier, Arms Control Today – November 20, 2007.
- CWC Conference Boosts Treaty, Exposes Rifts – Oliver Meier, Arms Control Today – December 2007.
- The Creation of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: A Case Study in the Birth of an Intergovernmental Organisation – Ian R. Kenyon & Daniel Feakes, 2007
- Impact of scientific developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention (IUPAC Technical Report) – Balali-Mood, M., Steyn, P.S., Snydes, L.K., and Trapp, R., Pure and Applied Chemistry, 80:175-200(2008).
- The Chemical Weapons Convention: the Second Review Conference and Beyond – Scott Spence and Ralf Trapp, Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies – 2008.
- E-Issue no 78 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (February 2008)
Includes:
Invited article by Julian Perry Robinson: Is the OPCW Implementing the CWC Definition of Chemical Weapons?
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention
Meeting of States Parties, December 2007
News Chronology: August 2007 – October 2007 - Chemical Weapons Convention Faces Challenges Despite Recent Achievements – Richard Weitz, World Politics Review – Feb 8, 2008.
- News Analysis: Chemical Weapons Parlay’s Outcome Uncertain – Oliver Meier, Arms Control Today – March 2008.
- Advances in Science and Technology and the Chemical Weapons Convention – Ralf Trapp, Arms Control Today – March 2008.
- The 2008 Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference: A Collection of Articles, Essays, and Interviews on Tackling the Threats Posed by Chemical Weapons – Arms Control Today – April 2008.
- CWC Development Fact Sheet – 01/23/2009