Multilateral (97-525) – Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

Arms Control:  Chemical Weapons

Convention adopted at Geneva on September 3, 1992; Signed at Paris on January 13, 1993, with annexes; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate November 23, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21, 103d Congress, 1st Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate April 24, 1997; Ratified by the President April 25, 1997; Ratification of the United States of America deposited April 25, 1997; entered into force for the United States May 25, 1997.