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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits members nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons, and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.




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