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CWC (other)
CWC may refer to: Legal * Chemical Weapons Convention, a 1997 international treaty prohibiting chemical weapons Media * California Writers Club * Crime Writers of Canada Organizations Businesses * Cabot Watch Company, British military supplier * Central Warehousing Corporation, an Indian government-owned corporation * Cable & Wireless Communications, a British telecommunications company * Cuyamaca Water Company, a former water company in California, U.S. Colleges and universities * Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming, U.S. * Chellammal Women's College, Tamil Nadu, India * City of Westminster College, London, UK * Colorado Women's College, Colorado, U.S. * Columbia Water Center, a research institute in New York, U.S. * Clongowes Wood College, Kildare, Ireland Political organizations * Ceylon Workers' Congress, a Sri Lankan political party * Clyde Workers' Committee, a Scottish workers' organisation during World War I * Congress Working Committee, the central deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemical Weapons Convention
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, is an arms control treaty administered by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, Netherlands. The treaty entered into force on 29 April 1997. It prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the large-scale development, production, stockpiling, or transfer of chemical weapons or their precursors, except for very limited purposes (research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective). The main obligation of member states under the convention is to effect this prohibition, as well as the destruction of all current chemical weapons. All destruction activities must take place under OPCW verification. 193 states have become parties to the CWC and accept its obligations. Israel has signed but not ratified the agreement, while three o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |