Editing Chemical Weapons Convention (section)

==History==
The CWC augments the [[Geneva Protocol]] of 1925, which bans the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts, but not their development or possession.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Text of the 1925 Geneva Protocol|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/1925/text|access-date=2021-02-09|website=[[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]]}}</ref> The CWC also includes extensive verification measures such as on-site inspections, in stark contrast to the 1975 [[Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention|Biological Weapons Convention]] (BWC), which lacks a verification regime.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Feakes|first=Daniel|date=2017|title=The Biological Weapons Convention|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30152458/|journal=Revue Scientifique et Technique (International Office of Epizootics)|volume=36|issue=2|pages=621–628|doi=10.20506/rst.36.2.2679|issn=0253-1933|pmid=30152458|s2cid=52100050 |via=}}</ref>

After several changes of name and composition, the ENDC evolved into the [[Conference on Disarmament]] (CD) in 1984.<ref>[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsp/chemical.html The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention], THE HARVARD SUSSEX PROGRAM ON CBW ARMAMENT AND ARMS LIMITATION</ref> On 3 September 1992 the CD submitted to the [[U.N. General Assembly]] its annual report, which contained the text of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The General Assembly approved the convention on 30 November 1992, and the U.N. Secretary-General then opened the convention for signature in Paris on 13 January 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|last=NATO|title=The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), opens for signature|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_24123.htm|access-date=2021-05-22|website=NATO|language=en}}</ref> The CWC remained open for signature until its entry into force on 29 April 1997, 180 days after the deposit at the UN by [[Hungary]] of the 65th instrument of ratification.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Herby|first=Peter|date=1997-04-30|title=Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force - ICRC|url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/57jnja.htm|access-date=2021-05-22|website=International Review of the Red Cross|language=en-us}}</ref>