Books in the SIPRI Chemical & Biological Warfare Studies series

This book examines the problem of disposing of chemical and toxic armaments once they are no longer required. With contributions from experts in many fields it is the most up-to-date and authoritative work on this issue.

Provides an analysis of a number of on-site test inspections which have been conducted in the chemical industry. These inspections were conducted in order to test the verification mechanisms for the new International Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This work describes the problems encountered in the inspection process.

The Vaccines for Peace (VFP) programme is designed to counter reservations about the military misuse of research into vaccines. It focuses on vaccines developed to combat those pathogens and toxins which can be used as weapon agents. In this book a range of experts from fields as diverse as biotechnology, vaccinology, international law, and diplomacy discuss the VFP programme.

Thirty specialists from different chemical industries, chemical warfare laboratories, and the Geneva negotiating forum, here confer on the problems associated with a comprehensive chemical warfare disarmament treaty.

Thirty specialists from different chemical industries, chemical warfare laboratories, and the Geneva negotiating forum, here confer on the problems associated with a comprehensive chemical warfare disarmament treaty.

Designed for policy-makers in government departments, research institutes concerned with chemical weapons and university courses on peace studies, this volume examines the technical, organizational and political aspects of the implementation measures of the projected Chemical Weapons Convention.

This is the fifth annual review produced by SIPRI of developments in this field. Its standpoint is primarily that of arms control prospects.

This book examines the nature and significance of international organization for a proposed Chemical Weapons Convention, the proposals for institutions with which the CWC might be endowed, and prospects for resolution of the remaining uncertainties.

The 2nd Review Conference of the parties to the Biological Weapons Convention agreed on instituting voluntary confidence-building measures (CBMs) to strengthen the Convention. This looks at how CBMs contribute to improving international co-operation in the field of peaceful biological activities.

The negotiations of the Chemical Weapons Convention have addressed verification of compliance with the provisions of the convention which relate to the production and non-production of relevant chemicals. This study applies current Convention provisions to the chemical thiodiglycol.