Libya Joins Chemical Weapons Convention

Libya submitted its instrument of accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention Jan. 6 (see GSN, Jan. 13).

The move follows recent agreements by Libyan leader Col. Muammar Qadhafi to abandon his country’s WMD programs. Libya will become the 159th party to the treaty when its ratification takes effect on Feb. 5 (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons release, Jan. 14).

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