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According to diplomats, Iran blocked consensus on the last day of the meeting by insisting on tougher language urging chemical-weapon possessors to comply with treaty deadlines for destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles. According to the CWC, all chemical weapons stockpiles have to be destroyed no later than April 29, 2012.
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States Approve Opcw Budget, Not Report
A Dec. 2-5 meeting in The Hague of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) states-parties failed to adopt a consensus final report but agreed on a budget for 2009 and modest measures to reform the treaty's verification system.
The 126 state-parties participating in the conference approved a 74.5 million euro (ab...See the full content of this document
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