28th Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions: THE SECOND CWC REVIEW AND AFTER Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 5-6 April 2008

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28th Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the
Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions:
The Second CWC Review and After
Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 5-6 April 2008

Agenda

I. Introductory Session
	A. Welcome B. Report – The BWC Intersessional Programme

II. The Second CWC Review Conference
	A. National Implementation
		1. Legislation: from quantitative to qualitative approach 2. Outreach, Education and Codes of Conduct 3. Destruction of chemical weapons

	B. Chemical terrorism, chemical security and Article X
	C. The changing emphasis of the OPCW verification and compliance regime
		1. Chemical industry and the OCPF regime 2. General Purpose Criterion (including the issue of disabling chemicals)

III. The Second Review and after
	A. Possible outcomes of the Second Review and implementation strategy B. Interactions between CWC/OPCW and other relevant disarmament and non-proliferation regimes (BWC, NPT, 1540 Cttee, etc)