Verifying the Chemical Weapons Convention: the case for a United Nations verification agency.
dc.contributor.advisor | Stockton, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Waldrip, Randall W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-23T22:12:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-01-23T22:12:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27332 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/verifyingchemica1094527332 | |
dc.format.extent | 108 p.;28 cm. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.title | Verifying the Chemical Weapons Convention: the case for a United Nations verification agency. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.secondreader | Wirtz, James J. | |
dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School | |
dc.contributor.school | Naval Postgraduate School | |
dc.contributor.department | National Security Affairs (NSA) | |
dc.subject.author | Chemical Weapons Convention | en_US |
dc.subject.author | chemical weapons | en_US |
dc.subject.author | arms control verification | en_US |
dc.subject.author | United Nations | en_US |
dc.subject.author | International Atomic Energy Agency | en_US |
dc.subject.author | UN Special Commission | en_US |
dc.description.service | Commander, United States Navy | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | M.A. in National Security Affairs | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | National Security Affairs | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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