United Nations, chemical warfare agent

In an attempt to establish whether chemical warfare agents had been used during the war, three United Nations missions (in 1984, 1986, and 1987) conducted field inspections, clinical examination of casualties, and laboratory analyses of chemical ammunition. The missions concluded that16... 

Persian Gulf and similar equipment has been used to Nations in peacekeeping or intervention roles where support the United Nations Special Commission the threat of chemical weapons use exists. Table 3 during the destruction of Iraqi chemical weapons, lists examples of chemical detection equipment by Equipment of this type has been used by the OPCW country and indicates the principle of detection and and could potentially be utilized again by the United capabilities of each system. Table 3 Selected military chemical warfare agent detection devices ... 

Chemical weapons are those weapons capable of disseminating chemical warfare agents, defined by a United Nations report as chemical substances, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, which might be employed because of their direct toxic effects on man, animals and plants . This definition, unlike that of the United States Department of Defense,... 

Letter dated 23 June 1982 from the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting a Study of the Possible Use of Chemical Warfare Agents in Southeast Asia by H. B. Schiefer. A/37/308. 

CW AGENT Chemical Warfare Agents. A United Nations report from 1969 defines chemical warfare agents as chemical substances, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that might be used because of their toxic effects on humans, animals, and plants (e.g.. Mustard agents. Sarin). 

It became clear from the reports on the bilateral consultations that verification was proving the main obstacle. The first really detailed report on the progress of the bilateral talks was presented jointly to the CD in 1979 by the Soviet Union and United States following the tenth round of talks. It was clear from this that there were substantial areas of agreement - on the scope of a convention, on the proposal that when ratifying a convention States should declare their stockpiles and means of production of chemical warfare agents and munitions, and on the proposal that verification of stockpile destruction should be based on a combination of national... 

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