U.S. Capability to Monitor Compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention
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Serial Number
103-390.S
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Document Date
1994-09-30
Report Length
140 pages
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Additional views
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Yes
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Brief Executive Summary
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence investigated the provisions from the Chemical Weapons Convention - negotiations prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling, use of, and destruction of chemical weapons - to analyze its feasibility and find any potential security risks. The report listed multiple concerns, one of which was the monitoring and verification of compliance to the treaty stipulations. To remedy this concern, they recommended that the Executive Branch create OPCW procedures to permit on-site inspections to record the presence of non-scheduled chemicals. Moreover, they recommended reallocating funds towards developing CW sensor technology to improve monitoring during inspections, and also called for checks on inspectors, including a right to refuse potential inspectors, and oversight by the DoD On-Site Inspection Agency. Lastly, to ensure Russian cooperation, the report recommended that the Senate add provisions to check that Russia was compliant with data declaration requirements and, if they weren't, required a report and discussion on those discrepancies.