U.S. SENATE'S CONDITIONS TO RATIFICATION OF THE CWC 

Senate Resolution 75, 105th Congress, 1st Session
April 24, 1997

SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this resolution:

• (1) Chemical weapons convention or convention.--The terms `Chemical Weapons Convention' and `Convention' mean the Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Opened for Signature and Signed by the United States at Paris on January 13, 1993, including the following protocols and memorandum of understanding, all such documents being integral parts of and collectively referred to as the `Chemical Weapons Convention' or the `Convention' (contained in Treaty Document 103-21):
  
  • (A) The Annex on Chemicals.
  • (B) The Annex on Implementation and Verification.
  • (C) The Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information.
  • (D) The Resolution Establishing the Preparatory Commission for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  • (E) The Text on the Establishment of a Preparatory Commission.
• (2) Organization.--The term `Organization' means the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established under the Convention.
• (3) State party. --The term `State Party' means any nation that is a party to the Convention.
• (4) United States instrument of ratification.--The term `United States instrument of ratification' means the instrument of ratification of the United States of the Convention.