CBW papers and factsheets

• October 2003 Non-Compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention: Lessons from and for Iraq SIPRI policy paper No. 5 by Jean Pascal Zanders, John Hart, Frida Kuhlau and Richard Guthrie (pdf-file 312 K)
  
  
  
• October 2002 Maintaining the Effectiveness of the Chemical Weapons Convention policy paper by John Hart, Frida Kuhlau, Ronald Sutherland and Jean Pascal Zanders, (pdf-file 140 K)
  
  
  
• 2002 An educational imperative: the role of ethical prohibitions in CBW-applicable research paper by Jacqueline Simon and Melissa Hersh (pdf-file 120 K) Published in 'Minerva' Volume 40, Issue 1, 2002.
  
  
  
• November 2001 Biotechnology and the future of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention fact sheet by Jean Pascal Zanders, John Hart and Frida Kuhlau (pdf-file 80 K)
  
  
  
• July 2001 Ethics and the application of genetic technology to warfare paper by Jacqueline Simon (pdf-file 24 K)
  
  
  

• December 2000 Ensuring long-term adherence to the CWC: problems and perspectives paper by Jacqueline Simon (pdf-file 84 K)
  
  
  

• October 2000 Filling the cracks in the code: the role of ethical codes in warfare-applicable research paper by Jacqueline Simon (pdf-file 40 K)
  
  
  

• October 2000 Security Through Universality: some fundamentals underlying article X of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention paper by Jean Pascal Zanders (pdf-file 272 K) graphics: BTWC regional security complex and CWC regional security complex
  
  
  

• 1999 Assessing the risk of Chemical and Biological Weapons proliferation to terrorists, paper by Jean Pascal Zanders, published in 'The Nonproliferation Review' (Fall 1999) (pdf-file 132 K)
  
  
  

• December 1998 Issues of Russian Compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention presentation by A.N. Kalyadin (member of the Academy of Military Sciences, Russia) to the SIPRI staff collegium (pdf-file 48 K)
  
  
  

• October 1998 Fact sheet on Iraq: the UNSCOM experience
  
  
  

• October 1998 Emerging assistance under Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention some scenarios and thoughts paper by Jean Pascal Zanders (pdf-file 50 K)
  
  
  

• April 1997 Evolving Global and Regional Approaches to Arms Control and Security Mechanisms paper by Jean Pascal Zanders (pdf-file 42 K)

• April 1997 Entry into force fact sheet
  The fact sheet includes: a historical overview of chemical disarmament and of the negotiations on the CWC, the objectives of the CWC, the institutional aspects of the CWC, destruction of the Russian and US chemical weapon stockpiles and chemical weapon proliferation concerns. (pdf-file 47 K)
  
  
  

• December 1996 The Prohibition of "Use" under the BTWC, Backgrounder on relevant developments during the negotiations, 1969-1972 paper by Jean Pascal Zanders and Susanna Eckstein (pdf-file 83 K)
  
  
  

• October 1996 Fact Sheet on the 65th ratification of the CWC
  The deposit of the 65th instrument of ratificaion of the CWC by Hungary on 31 October 1996 triggered the 180-day countdown to entry into force.
  
  
  

• 1996 The CWC in the context of the 1925 Geneva debates paper by Jean Pascal Zanders published in 'The Nonproliferation Review' (Spring-Summer 1996) (pdf-file 36 K)
  
  
  

• 1984 Fact sheet on Chemical Warfare in the Iraq-Iran War
  
  
  

• 1975 Delayed toxic effects of chemical weapons
  A SIPRI monograph edited by Karlheinz Lohs (Almqvist &Wiksell International: Stockholm)
  This publication aims to: (1) inform the public about the present state of knowledge about delayed lesions inflicted by militarily important poisons; (2) evaluate the clinical experience gained up to now in connection with the production, storage and use of CW agents; (3) propose various ways of reliably informing the public about the dangers of delayed lesions caused by military poisons, and (4) stimulate research in biochemistry and toxicology for elucidating the problems of delayed lesions in general and the mode of action of CW agents in particular. (pdf-file 202 K)

Conference Papers and Presentations

• November 2006 Expectations and Concerns Related to Biosecurity (discussion paper) (pdf-file 124 KB). Presentation by John Hart at conference 'Developing a Comprehensive Global Biosecurity Regime', 8 November 2006, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
  
  
• December 2005 Assistance for CW destruction (ppt-file 492 KB) and Assistance for the destruction of chemical weapons in the Russian Federation: political and technical aspects (pdf-file 776 KB). Presentation and conference paper by John Hart at the conference 'Strengthening European Action on WMD Non-proliferation and disarmament: How Can Community Instruments Contribute' 7-8 December 2005, Brussels, Belgium.
  
  
• September 2005 Selected arms control and disarmament issues (pdf-file 144 K). Presentation by John Hart at the conference 'Nonproliferation of WMD and Emergency response/Crisis Managements with Lessons Learned from the Tsunami'; Third World Congress on Chemical and Radiological Terrorism, Chemical and Biological Medical Treatment (CBMTS)-Industry IV Symposium, 17-23 September 2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  
  
• April 2005 Codes of conduct for scientists in the biological field (pdf-file 980 KB) by John Hart and Frida Kuhlau. Paper presented by Frida Kuhlau at ‘Meeting the Challenges of Bioterrorism: Assessing the Threat and Designing Biodefence Strategies’; 22–23 Apr. 2005; Fürigen (Nidwalden), Switzerland. (Conference sponsored by the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). Also distributed for discussion at ‘The Chemical Weapons Convention: chemistry education and the professional conduct of chemists’, 9–12 July 2005, St. Anne’s College (Oxford), United Kingdom. (Workshop organized by the OPCW and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)).
  
  
• September 2005 Selected arms control and disarmament issues (pdf-file 144 K). Presentation by John Hart at the conference 'Nonproliferation of WMD and Emergency response/Crisis Managements with Lessons Learned from the Tsunami'; Third World Congress on Chemical and Radiological Terrorism, Chemical and Biological Medical Treatment (CBMTS)-Industry IV Symposium, 17-23 September 2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  
  
  
• September 2004 Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and related considerations (pdf-file 204 K). Presentation by John Hart at the 'Biosafety and Biosecurity Workshop for the central Asian and Caucasus Regions'; 20-21 September 2004, Almaty, Kazakhstan Powerpoint Presentation (ppt-file 84 K)
  
  
  
• June 2004 Political and Technical Aspects of Challenge Inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (pdf-file 280 K). Presentation by John Hart at the 'EU seminar on "Challenge Inspections" in the framework of the CWC', Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 24-25 June 2004, Vienna Austria. Powerpoint Presentation (ppt-file 48 K)
  
  
  
  
• November 2003 Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons-related Trends (pdf-file 40 K) and Selected Issues Regarding International Terrorism (pdf-file 40 K) Presentations by John Hart at the SIPRI/JDCC Conference 'The Balance of Power in Europe 2035: Implications for Defence and Security', 13-14 November Solna, Sweden.
  
  
  
  
• August 2003 Statement by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to the meeting of experts held under the auspieces of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) (pdf-file 8 K) Geneva, Switzerland.
  
  
  
  
• May 2003 The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the Australia Group. Presentation by John Hart prepared for Training workshop on non-proliferation of biological weapons, 12-14 May 2003 (pdf-file 32 K) Almaty, Kazakhstan. Powerpoint demonstration (pdf-file 12 K)
  
  
  
  
• April 2003 Statement presented by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) at the First Review Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (pdf-file 8 K) The Hague, Netherlands.
  
  
  
  
• March 2003 Economic and Technological Development under the Chemical Weapons Convention (discussion paper) Presentation by John Hart prepared for conference organized by the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI) on 'Preparatory workshop for the First Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)', 19 March 2003, Washington, DC; United States (pdf-file 86.9 K) .
  
  
  
  
• November 2002 Article X of the CWC: Opportunities and Limitations for the Future of the Treaty Regime Presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders prepared for a Workshop on Civil Protection Against Chemical Weapons at the OPCW Headquarters The Hague, 20 November 2002 (pdf-file 1.8 MB)
  
  
  

• November 2002 The Shadow of the Future Over the BTWC (An Agenda For the Future) Presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders prepared for the 18th Workshop of the Pugwash CBW Study Group, Geneva, 9-10 November 2002 (pdf-file 2 MB)
  
  
  

• October 2002 Chemical and Biological Threats: Some Comments Comments by Jean Pascal Zanders prepared for a conference organized by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs on Exploring Functional Security: National Responses and Prospects for Nordic and European Collaboration Stockholm, 24-25 October 2002 (pdf-file 48 K)
  
  
  

• October 2002 Maintaining the Effectiveness of the CWC Presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at the SIPRI Press Conference Frösunda, Stockholm, 3 October 2002 (pdf-file 824 K)
  
  

• September 2002 The Shadow of the Future Over the BTWC Presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at the Geneva Forum Workshop, Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland, 12-13 September 2002 (pdf-file 36 K)
  
  
  

• November 2001 The Role of the BTWC and CWC in Preventing Terrorism Presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at a meeting organized by the Geneva Forum during the 5th Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 November 2001 (pdf-file 740 K)
  
  
  

• November 2001 Strengthening the BTWC treaty regime, enhancing the security benefits statement by Jean Pascal Zanders at 5th Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, 21 November 2001 (pdf-file 20 KB)
  
  
  

• October 2001 Cooperation, key to the elimination of chemical and biological weapons presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at WMD conference organized by Jane's, Washington, DC, 1-2 October 2001 (pdf-file 1.1 MB)
  
  
  

• September 2001 Chemical & biological weapons and terrorism presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at SIPRI Research Staff Collegium (pdf-file 22 MB)
  
  
  

• March 2001 Allegations of Iranian CW use in the 1980-88 Gulf War presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at the Monterey Institute, Washington D.C. 7 March 2001 (pdf-file 792 K)
  
  
  

• March 2001 Iranian use of CW: A critical analysis of past allegations summary of a presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at the Monterey Institute, Washington D.C. 7 March 2001
  
  
  

• October 2000 Belgium and the Question of Sea-dumped Chemical Munitions presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at EASTLANT Coastal Maritime Operations Seminar, Riga 17-19 October 2000 (pdf-file 3,283 K)
  
  
  

• October 2000 Preventing the Proliferation of Biological and Chemical Weapons presentation by Jean Pascal Zanders at Jane's conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Washington D. C. 2-3 October 2000 (pdf-file 281 K)
  
  
  

• June 1999 Democratization's Influence on CW Demilitarization: The Case of Russia paper presented by Elisabeth Monica French at the International CW Demilitarisation Conference, Vienna, Austria (pdf-file 32 K)
  
  
  

• March 1999 Chemical and biological weapons in Iraq. Consequences of the ongoing disarmament crisis. paper by Jean Pascal Zanders (pdf-file 1.7 MB)
  
  
  

• October 1998 Comments to Roundtable on Biological Terrorism: Political and Legal Responses, organized by the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Jean Pascal Zanders (pdf-file 96 K)
  
  
  

• June 1998 A Window to the East: SIPRI's Analysis of CW Destruction in Russia paper presented by Elisabeth Monica French at the International CW Demilitarisation Conference, Bournemouth, UK (pdf-file 27 K)
  
  
  

• April 1997 Some historical, legal and technical aspects of disposal of old and abandoned chemical weapons paper presented by John Hart at the Seminar on National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Implemenation Workshop, Budapest, Hungary. (pdf-file 30 K)
  
  
  

• May 1996 The concept of "order of destruction" and resulting implications for destruction of chemical weapons in Russia Paper presented by John Hart at Nato Advanced Research Workshop, Chemical and Biological Technologies for the Detection, Destruction, and Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Agents, Russian Federation. (pdf-file 41 K)
  
  
  

Papers & Factsheets of the SIPRI-Saskatchewan-Frankfurt Project on the national implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (1995-97):

• Papers on implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

• Fact sheets on implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

• Country studies on national implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention