Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

A/RES/56/24[K]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74i Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

28 versions · 1999–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/34

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/34	Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction	3,633	65%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/56	Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction	3,506	88%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/29	Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction	3,130	87%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/73	Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction	2,795	93%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/29	Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction	2,681	95%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Chemical Plants Chemical Weapons Chemical Weapons Use Cooperation Between Organizations Disarmament Agreements International Obligations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Verification Weapons Destruction

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

A/RES/56/24 [K]

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Emphasizes the necessity of universal adherence to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction,27 and calls upon all States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention without delay;

Notes with appreciation the ongoing work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to achieve the objective and purpose of the Convention, to ensure the full implementation of its provisions, including those for international verification of compliance with it, and to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among States parties;

Stresses the importance of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in verifying compliance with the provisions of the Convention as well as in promoting the timely and efficient accomplishment of all its objectives;

Also stresses the vital importance of full and effective implementation of and compliance with all provisions of the Convention;

Urges all States parties to the Convention to meet in full and on time their obligations under the Convention and to support the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in its implementation activities;

Stresses the importance to the Convention that all possessors of chemical weapons, chemical weapons production facilities or chemical weapons development facilities, including previously declared possessor States, should be among the States parties to the Convention, and welcomes progress to that end;

Welcomes the cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the signature of the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the Organization, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction”.

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