ABOUT

On 7 April 2008 States Parties to the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) will convene in The Hague for two weeks for the treaty’s Second Review Conference (RevCon). The official website of the RevCon is available here on the website of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Background information on the CWC and its RevCons can be found here.

This website has been developed by Daniel Feakes of the Harvard Sussex Program to complement the official website. While there is currently much information on the internet about the RevCon, it is dispersed across many different websites. This website is designed to collect this material together into a single site to help those interesting in finding out more about the RevCon.

This website presents documents (click the “documents” tab at the top of the page) and comment and analysis (click the “analysis” tab) from the OPCW, other international organizations, governments and NGOs. There is also some brief background information on the CWC and its RevCons. The website also contains news on preparations for the RevCon (which will appear on the main “home” page). All of these pages will be frequently updated as the RevCon approaches.

We welcome comment and interaction on this website to encourage debate on the issues likely to be raised at the RevCon. Upon its launch in mid-February 2008, this website contained links to existing material. As the Conference approaches and more documents are produced, links to them will also be added. During the RevCon itself we hope to post reports on its progress.