Chemical Weapons Convention

HC Deb 07 July 1998 vol 315 c512W

Mr. Colvin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he took during the British EU Presidency to promote the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. [48295]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

We are committed to the universal implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. To this end during our EU Presidency, we undertook a series of demarches with Partners to encourage accession by non-States Parties to this important multilateral treaty.

In addition, we have continued to play an active part in the work of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague to ensure the full and effective implementation of the Convention.