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PREAMBLE
The States Parties to this Convention,
Determined to act with a view to achieving effective progress
towards general and complete disarmament under strict and effective
international control, including the prohibition and elimination of all
types of weapons of mass destruction,
Desiring to contribute to the realization of the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling that the General Assembly of the United Nations has
repeatedly condemned all actions contrary to the principles and objectives
of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating,
Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare,
signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925 (the Geneva Protocol of 1925),
Recognizing that this Convention reaffirms principles and
objectives of and obligations assumed under the Geneva Protocol of
1925, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin
Weapons and on their Destruction signed at London, Moscow and
Washington on 10 April 1972,
Bearing in mind the objective contained in Article IX of the
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and
Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on
their Destruction,
Determined for the sake of all mankind, to exclude completely
the possibility of the use of chemical weapons, through the implementation
of the provisions of this Convention, thereby complementing the obligations
assumed under the Geneva Protocol of 1925,
Recognizing the prohibition, embodied in the pertinent agreements
and relevant principles of international law, of the use of herbicides as
a method of warfare,
Considering that achievements in the field of chemistry should be
used exclusively for the benefit of mankind,
Desiring to promote free trade in chemicals as well as international
cooperation and exchange of scientific and technical information in the field
of chemical activities for purposes not prohibited under this Convention in
order to enhance the economic and technological development of all States Parties,
Convinced that the complete and effective prohibition of the
development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer
and use of chemical weapons, and their destruction, represent a necessary
step towards the achievement of these common objectives,
Have agreed as follows:
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