1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1993 | 1996 | 1997

2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

1989

• U.S. And Moscow Settle Key Issues On Chemical Arms – Robert Pear – The New York Times – July 18, 1989.
• End The ‘Scourge’ Of Chemical Arms, Bush Says At U.N. – Maureen Dowd – The New York Times – September 26, 1989.

1990

• Summit in Washington Summary of U.S.-Soviet Agreement on Chemical Arms – Special To The New York Times – The New York Times – June 2, 1990.

1991

• Four Principles for Curtailing The Proliferation of Biological and Chemical Arms – Baker Spring, The Heritage Foundation – Backgrounder #844 – Aug 19, 1991.

1993

• Signing of Chemical-Arms Pact Begins – Alan Riding- The New York Times – January 14, 1993.

1996

• Chemical Weapons Pact – Stanley A. Weiss – The New York Times – August 28, 1996.
• Chemical Weapons Convention: A Balance Between Obligations and the Needs of States Parties – Arms Control and Disarmament Association Fact Sheet – Dec 9, 1996.

1997

• New Push for a U.S. Chemical-Arms-Pact Vote – Alison Mitchell – The New York Times – January 14, 1997.
• End the Chemical Weapons Business – Brent Scowcroft and John M Deutch – Washington Post – Feb 11, 1997.
• Presidents Clinton, Yeltsin reaffirm commitment to CWC ratification – White House Working group on CWC – March 21, 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention Fact Sheet – SIPRI, April 1997.
• CWC Support continues to grow -White House Working group on CWC -April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: The Chemical Weapons Convention – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: CWC Facts and Fiction – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: CWC Provides Common Sense Security – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: Consequences of Failure to Ratify Treaty – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: Signatories and Ratifiers of the CWC – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) – Steven J. Nider, Progressive Policy Institute Backgrounder – April 9, 1997.
• US Ratification of CWC – Survey of news reports from 14 countries – Bill Richey – US Information Agency – April 30, 1997.
• CWC Parties Hold First Conference, OPCW Declared Fully Operational – Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today – May 1997.
• Russia and Iran Join CWC; Membership Total Reaches 104 – Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today – October 1997.
• CWC Parties Hold 2nd Conference; Membership Reaches 106 States – Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today – November/December 1997.

2000

• Russia to Miss CWC Deadline – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – May 2000.
• Mideast States Urged to Use An Arms Pact To Build Trust – Judith Miller – The New York Times – October 21, 2000.

2001

• Chemical Weapons Ban May Suffer for Lack of Dues From Treaty’s Parties – Judith Miller – The New York Times – April 27, 2001.
  
• U.S. to Miss Chemical Weapons Convention Deadline – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – November 2001.
• A Nation Challenged: Libya; In Changed World, Qadaffi Is Changing, Too – Patrick E. Tyler – The New York Times – December 20, 2001.

2002

• Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention: First CWC Review Conference Background Paper – Graham S. Pearson and Malcolm R. Dando – August 2002.

2003

• Albania Has Chemical Arms; CWC Review Conference Meets – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – June 2003.

2005

• Steps Toward Universality: An Interview With Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – Miles A. Pomper and Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – September 23, 2005.
• OPCW Director Seeks Middle East Inroads – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today, November 2005.

2006

• Libya Chemical Weapons Destruction Costly – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – May 2006.
• U.S. Unable to Meet CWC 2012 Deadline – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – May 2006.

2007

• Chemical Weapons Deadlines Extended – Caitlin Harrington, Arms Control Today – January/February 2007.

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.
• Uganda: Govt Drafts Law On Chemical Weapons – The Monitor (Kampala), Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa Munyonyo, March 31, 2008.
• Japan’s China Weapons Cleanup Hits a Snag – Andrew Monahan, Time, March 31, 2008.
• Nations to Consider Future of Chemical Weapons Pact – Global Security Newswire, Chris Schneidmiller, April 3, 2008.
• New global push sought to scrap chemical weapons – Reuters – The Washington Post, April 4, 2008.
• Chemical weapons watchdog group urges holdout countries to join treaty – Jurist: Legal News and Research, Jamie Jansen, April 4, 2008.
• New push to scrap chemical weapons – China Daily, April 5, 2008.
• Arab states urged to destroy chemical weapons – ArabianBusiness.com, Foo Yun Chee, April 5, 2007.
• Secretary-General urges States to work toward world free of chemical weapons – UN News Service, April 7, 2008.
• Eliminating chemical weapons: Middle East still a black hole- RNW Defence and Security Specialist Hans de Vreij, April 7, 2008.
• UN chief calls for world free of chemical weapons – China View News, April 7, 2008.
• Universal Membership Crucial for CWC, Officials Say – Global Security Newswire, Chris Schneidmiller, April 8, 2008.
• Vietnam pledges efforts for chemical weapons-free world – VietNamNet Bridge, April 20, 2008.
• Global chemical weapons deadline set – Press TV, April 21, 2008.

2009

• CWC Development Fact Sheet – 01/23/2009
• Global Insights: Iraq Move Highlights Progress, Obstacles for Chemical Weapons Disarmament – World Politics Review – 02/24/2009

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