Chemical Weapons Convention
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- noun
- Formal
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Convención sobre Armas Químicas
- China is a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention, and the Chemical Weapons Convention, and it claims to adhere to these agreements.
Examples
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As signatories to global security agreements such as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and the Chemical Weapons Convention, Washington and Beijing share a mutual interest in their viability.
Academic text (1999) -
In 1993, the United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, agreeing to eliminate its chemical weapons stockpiles.
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There's been some effort to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention... but there is no way they will be able to destroy it all before the deadline.
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In 1993, the United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, thereby agreeing to remove chemical and biological weapons from its stockpiles.
Fiction book (2000) -
This language followed the precedent set by the only other multilaterally negotiated disarmament treaty, the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Academic text (1997) -
Moscow also agrees that it is necessary to ensure the strict observance of fundamental international agreements such as the NPT, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the Biological Weapons Convention.
Academic text (2003) -
Since then, however, it has ratified several major arms control and nonproliferation accords, including the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Academic text (2003) -
However, there are limits to what can be accomplished, and the success of both the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Biological Weapons Convention in not just controlling but legally eliminating these two classes of weapons is a dramatic achievement.
Academic text (2000) -
At its November 20, 2012 Conference, the Court will consider petitions seeking review of issues such as whether an insanity defense must be available in criminal cases, the Sixth Amendment and non-unanimous jury verdicts, attorney's fees in cases involving the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and the interpretation of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act.
Blog text (3) -
In subsequent years, China became a party to the Chemical Weapons Convention, lent its support to an indefinite extension of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, made commitments to continue observing Missile Technology Control Regime guidelines, and adopted the Zangger Committee controls on nuclear-related technology.
Academic text (2001)
Surface Forms
Morphology
chemical + weapon + convention
The compound is compositionally clear: 'chemical' + 'weapon' denotes weapons that use chemicals, and 'convention' denotes an international agreement, so together they denote an international agreement concerning chemical weapons. A B1 learner who knows the constituents will grasp the general meaning (even if they may not infer all legal specifics), and this construction is cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Chemical Weapons Convention comes from countries meeting to agree to stop the use of chemical weapons. A 'convention' is a formal agreement, so the phrase means the international agreement that aims to 'ban' these dangerous weapons.