National implementation measures

Especially the latter two numbers are still quite insufficient taking into consideration the tasks of such governmental office in the national implementation measures starting with the respective legislation and then supervision of the domestic chemical industry and any cooperative activities with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). 

The First Review Conference, however, went beyond this. It clearly recognized and highlighted the deficiencies that many States Parties had allowed to persist in their national implementation measures, and gave the Conference of the States Parties the task of developing and implementing an Action Plan to remedy the situation. The Conference subsequently adopted such an Action Plan. ... 

See, e.g., Republic of Bulgaria, National Measures for Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, RC-l/NAT.ll, 28 April 2003 The People s Republic of China, Report on the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in China, RC-1/ NAT.2, 15 April 2003 The Republic of Cuba, Methods Adopted by the Republic of Cuba to Ensure Compliance with the Provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention, RC-1/NAT.4, 5 May 2003 The Kingdom of Sweden, National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, RC-1/NAT.27, 8 May 2003 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, National Implementation of the Cherrtical Weapons Convention, RC-1/NAT.3, 15 April 2003 United States Delegation, CWC Review Conference National Implementation Measures, 3 March 2003 (on file with the author). 

The need for this type of broad coverage was also emphasized by the CWC Review Conference. The Political Declaration resulting from the conference unequivocally states that national implementation measures must reflect all relevant provisions of the Convention and the comprehensive nature of its prohibitions to ensure that they apply to all toxic chemicals and their precursors (PoUtical Declaration, para. 17). 

Article III (National implementation measures) requires each State party to take any necessary measures to implement its obligations under the Treaty, including the establishment of a National authority for liaison with the Organization and other State Parties. 

Article VII of the CWC sets out the obligations for each State Party in regard to national implementation measures. The first three paragraphs of Article VII state the general undertakings ... 

According to the non-transfer norm, which is contained in BWC Article III, states parties forswear to transfer to any recipient whatsoever, directly or indirectly, and not in any way to assist, encourage, or induce any actor to acquire any of the items specified in Article I of the BWC. The non-transfer norm is strengthened through Article IV of the BWC, which calls for national implementation measures to put the basic obligations under the Convention into effect. 

No reference available in CELEX for national implementing measures. http //europa.eu.int/comm/employment social/health safety/status/status en.htm. 

Tabassi L, Dhavle A (2014) Article VII national implementation measures. In Krutzsch W, Myjer E, Trapp R (eds) The Chemical Weapons Convention—a commentary. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p 195... 

Recalling further the decision of the Conference at its Fifth Session on national implementation measures (C-V/DEC.20, dated 19 May 2000) ... 

Recalling the recommendations that the First Speeial Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (First Review Conference) made on national implementation measures (as eovered under agenda item 7(c)(v) of its report, subparagraphs 7.74 to 7.83 of RC-1/5, dated 9 May 2003), in particular the agreement in subparagraph 7.83(h) of that report to develop, at its next regular session, a plan of action based on a recommendation from the Executive Council (hereinafter the Coimcil ) regarding the im-... 

Stressing the need to fully implement the recommendations of the First Review Conference on national implementation measures ... 

Taking note of the report by the Director-General to the Eighth Session of the Conference on national implementation measures (C-8/DG.5, dated 18 September 2003, and Add. 1, dated 22 October 2003) ... 

Having received the recommendation by the Council on the Plan of Action on national implementation measures (EC-M-23/DEC.2, dated 21 October 2003),... 

Requests the Secretariat to ftirther develop and improve its implementation support programme, including by mobihsing States Parties efforts so as to provide, upon request and within the limits on available resources, technical assistance and technical evaluations to States Parties in the implementation of the provisions of the Convention, in the areas identified in the section of the report of the First Review Conference on national implementation measures (subparagraph 7.74 to 7.83 of RC-1/5) ... 

The First Review Conference noted that a valuable aspect of national implementation measures involves ensuring that the chemical industry, the scientific and technological communities, the armed forces of the States Parties, and the public at large are aware of... 

The First Review Conference further agreed that the availability of effective support in the area of national implementation measures, rendered either by individual States Parties bilaterally or by the Secretariat, or in joint projects involving States Parties and the Secretariat, can help to promote the universality of the Convention. 

The First Review Conference called upon States Parties that have not already done so to inform the OPCW by the next regular session of the Conference of the status of their adoption of the legislative and administrative measures necessary for or taken by them to implement the Convention, of any problems they have encountered, and of any assistance they require. Having considered the importance of national implementation measures for the proper functioning of the Convention, and having reviewed the activities undertaken by the States Parties as well as the Secretariat, the First Review Conference ... 

The Third Review Conference highlighted the need for a comprehensive approach to national implementation in line with each State Party s constitutional requirements, to filling gaps in national implementation, and to ensuring that national implementation measures are consistent with the provisions of the Convention. 

In this ever-changing world, the smooth interaction between the National Authorities and other stakeholders in the Convention, both from the government and private sectors, is of the essence. There is a need to focus more on the quality of implementation, the involvement at the national level of other agencies, and the coordination of national-implementation measures between all the agencies involved. Such an integrated approach at the national-implementation level can lead to the increased adoption and implementation of non-proliferation and safety-and-security regulations, and of UN Security Council Resolution 1540. 

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