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Chemical Weapons Convention Enters Force

Ghana · Warfare / United Nations. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1997

Kofi Annan29 April 1997

The Hague · Warfare / United Nations

The Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force, establishing a verified global chemical disarmament regime.

Names involved

Kofi Annan

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