Verifying the Chemical Weapons Convention: the case for a United Nations verification agency.

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Waldrip, Randall W.
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1991-12Advisor
Stockton, Paul
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Wirtz, James J.
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To successfully conclude a Chemical Weapons Convention, it is essential to
establish a permanent United Nations verification agency. While the United States
currently opposes a United Nations role in multilateral arms control verification, successes
by the International Atomic Energy Agency in controlling nuclear weapons and the UN
Special Commission in the disarmament of Iraq demonstrate a need for the United States
to revise its position on this vital matter.
Potential benefits of a permanent verification agency presented in this thesis center
on the need for sharing heavy CWC verification costs, the unique challenges in monitoring
multinational treaties, and the advantages of an in-place body to address difficult
verification concerns prior to treaty implementation. Verifying a Chemical Weapons Convention will require tremendous financial
resources and enhance the need for organizational efficiency and economy. A permanent
UN verification agency could provide the forum for coordinating verification resources and
advancing new proposals in arms control verification.
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