Prohibited abandoned chemical weapons

One legacy of the San Jose Island tests is that the Republic of Panama has declared to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that it has abandoned chemical... 

Article I of the CWC obliges states parties to destroy any chemical weapon stockpiles in its possession or which it has abandoned on the territory of another state party. As well, a state party must destroy its chemical weapons production facilities (CWPFs) or convert them for peaceful purposes not prohibited under the Convention. A state party is required within 30 days of ratifying or acceding to the Convention to declare to the Technical Secretariat whether or not it possesses any chemical weapons or has possessed or produced them in the past. Likewise, old chemical weapons (OCW), both those produced before 1925, and those produced between 1925 and 1946, have to be declared. A state party must also notify the OPCW if it has... 

First, the CWC prohibited the development, production, acquisition, retention, stockpiling, transfer and use of all chemical weapons Furthermore, states that signed and ratified the agreement were required to declare any and all CW stockpiles. They were also required to destroy their chemical weapons within a reasonable amount of time— in anywhere from five to ten years—depending on their specific circumstances. States were also held responsible for the clean-up of any chemical weapons that had been abandoned in another state s territory. In addition, CWC members agreed to destroy or convert to peaceful use any chemical-weapons production facilities operated since 1946 under their jurisdictions. 

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