Montenegro Joins Chemical Weapons Convention

Montenegro last month deposited its instrument of succession to the Chemical Weapons Convention, according to a press release from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (see GSN, Nov. 21).

The newly independent Balkan nation is the 181st nation to join the pact that bans the development, possession and use of chemical weapons. 

The international treaty enters into force for Montenegro retroactively to June 3, 2006, the date the country gained independence.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons hopes to have all nations become party to the convention by 2007.  Fourteen states remain outside treaty (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons release, Nov. 22).

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