What is the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention?
The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention is a ban on chemical weapons which was introduced to the United Nations in 1992 by the Conference on Disarmament, and opened for signatures in early 1993. To date, 183 of the 195 UN-recognized state parties have signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, and five more have signed, but not yet ratified. The goal of this convention is to destroy all stocks of chemical weapons around the world, and to prevent the use of such weapons by all signatories.
