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U.S. Initiative to Oust OPCW Director-General

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 96 , Issue 3 , July 2002 , pp. 711 - 712
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2002

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References

1 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Jan. 13, 1993, S. Treaty Doc. No. 103-21 (1993), 32 ILM 800 (1993).

2 Id., Art. VIII, para. 43.

3 Id., para. 19.

4 See, e.g., U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Mahley, Remarks to the 28th Regular Session of the OPCW Executive Council (Mar. 19, 2002), at <http://www.state.gov>.

5 See Fact Sheet, U.S. Department of State, Preserving the Chemical Weapons Convention: The Need for a New Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (Apr. 2, 2002), at <http://www.state.gov>.

6 See U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Mahley, Statement to the Special Conference of the Parties to the OPCW (Apr. 21, 2002), at <http://www.state.gov>.

7 See Lynch, Colum, Disarmament Agency Director Is Ousted, Wash. Post, Apr. 23, 2002, at A13 Google Scholar.

8 See Note by the Director-General Forwarding the Legal Adviser’s Opinion Presented for Information to the Director-General on 15 March 2002, and Orally Presented by the Legal Adviser at the Seventeenth Meeting of the Executive Council on Whether or Not the Director-General May Be Removed from Office Before the End of His Term, OPCW Doc. C-SS-1/DG.6 (Apr. 21, 2002), at <http://www.opcw.org>.

9 Statement by the Director-General at the Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties, para. 19, OPCW Doc. C-SS-1/DG.7 (Apr. 21, 2002), at <http://www.opcw.org>.

10 See Decision Under Item Three of the Agenda of the First Special Session of the Conference on the States Parties, OPCW Doc. C-SS-1/DEC.l (Apr. 22, 2002), at<http://www.opcw.org>.

11 See Simons, Marlise, U. S. Forces Out Head of Chemical Arms Agency, N.Y. Times. Apr. 23, 2002, at A4 Google Scholar.