[Sheknu]

Hmm. If I were to return to a full ban, what would you think of this?

Quote: The United Nations,

FULLY CONVINCED effective international cooperation and law is required for world peace,

APPALLED at the effects of chemical weaponry, including death, injury, and damage, having the potential to affect non-involved parties and cause medical, biological and environmental problems long after the cessation of hostilities,

DEEPLY CONCERNED chemical weaponry constitutes a major threat, due to the potential for vast damage if improperly stored or appropriated by terrorist organizations,

CONDEMNING chemical weaponry, and determined to effectively eliminate it,

STRESSING the importance of responsible decommissioning of chemical weaponry, as improper disposal could be as hazardous as direct use thereof,

NOT WISHING to limit legitimate trade in chemicals, and noting such trade could increase international cooperation in socioeconomic development,

CALLING INTO MIND UN Resolution #120, 'Repeal "Ban Chemical Weapons"', and its distinction between chemical weaponry for military purposes and mild chemical agents used for police action,

OBSERVING certain chemical agents can be used responsibly in the maintenance of law and order, whilst further observing that some chemicals with legitimate applications in industry, agriculture, medicine etc. could be weaponised by terrorist organizations:

1. DEFINES for the purposes of this resolution:

a. "chemical weaponry" as:
i. toxic chemicals, and precursors primarily designed for production of toxic chemicals;
ii. munitions and devices primarily designed to kill or harm through the action of toxic chemicals;
iii. any equipment primarily designed for cooperative use with said munitions and devices;

b. "toxic chemical" as a chemical that, through its chemical action on life processes, causes death or permanent harm to people in a way that could render it an effective military weapon;

2. DECLARES chemical weaponry not necessary for national defence,

3. PROHIBITS:

a. production, development, possession, distribution or use of chemical weaponry;

b. aid or inducement towards the production, development or use of chemical weaponry by any party, including but not limited to non-state terrorist organizations;

c. the use of herbicides as a military weapon;

4. REQUIRES:

a. the destruction, or complete conversion to purposes other than chemical warfare, of all chemical weaponry;

b. the destruction, or complete conversion to purposes other than chemical warfare, of all facilities previously directed to the production, development, storage or deployment of chemical weaponry;

c. that such measures are carried out promptly, but that due regard for health, environmental and security concerns is taken.[/quote]