Research Catalog

Title

Domestic implementation of a chemical weapons treaty / J. Aroesty, K. A. Wolf, [and] E. C. River.

Author

Aroesty, Jerome

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : The Rand Corporation, 1989.

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Additional Authors

• Wolf, Kathleen A.
• River, E. C.
• Rand Corporation
• United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition

Description

xix, 126 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

To determine the effects on and the role of industry in the event of implementation of a chemical weapons treaty, this report analyzes the way in which the proposed treaty can mesh with the U.S. regulatory system, examines whether and how existing reporting and inspection requirements or regulations can be used to facilitate domestic implementation, studies the domestic implementation procedures and experience gained from the U.S.-International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards Agreement, and develops some general observations and recommendations pertaining to legislative and regulatory approaches to U.S. treaty implementation. The authors describe the background of the present chemical arms control system and summarize the U.S. Draft Convention; list the specific chemicals that are included in either the U.S. Draft or the Rolling text and indicate the chemical-specific provisions; review the major regulations that are relevant to treaty chemicals and consider how databases associated with these regulations can be used for treaty compliance; identify producers of certain treaty chemicals and present case studies on two such chemicals; review and analyze the most pertinent arms control precedent for the type of domestic implementation scheme envisioned under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Series Statement

RAND ; R-3745-ACQ

Uniform Title

R (Rand Corporation) R-3745.

Subject

• Arms control > Verification
• Chemical warfare > United States
• Chemical warfare (International law)
• Armements > Contrôle > Vérification
• Guerre chimique > États-Unis
• Guerre chimique (Droit international)
• Chemical warfare
• United States

Genre/Form

• technical reports.
• Technical reports
• Rapports techniques.

Note

• "Prepared for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126).

Event (note)

• October 1989.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Treaty background -- Treaty provisions affecting the chemical industry -- Review of regulations affecting the CW treaty -- Meeting the treaty requirements on reporting -- Learning from IAEA safeguards -- Observations, conclusions, and preliminary recommendations -- Appendix A. Identification of CW treaty chemicals -- Appendix B. Producers of CW treaty chemicals -- Appendix C. Case studies of routine reporting chemicals -- Appendix D. Industry cooperation -- Appendix E. Safeguards implementation in the United States.

ISBN

• 0833009710
• 9780833009715

OCLC

• 20943470
• SCSB-10044197

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library