Delays in Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention

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Letter 1

Results in Brief 2

Background 4

Member States Are Experiencing Delays in Complying with Key CWC Requirements 7

OPCW Conducts Inspections, but Significant Challenges Remain 15

Russia Faces Significant Challenges in Destroying Its Chemical Weapons 20

Observations 25

Agency Comments and Our Evaluation 26

Appendixes

Appendix I: Scope and Methodology 29

Appendix II: Location, Number, and Type of Inspections Conducted by the OPCW (April 1997 -

December 2002) 32

Appendix III: International and Russian Funding for Chemical Weapons Destruction at Shchuch’ye

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Appendix IV: Comments from the Department of State 39

GAO Comments 43

Appendix V: Comments from the Department of Defense 46

GAO Comments 50

Appendix VI: Comments from the Department of Commerce 52

Appendix VII: Comments from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 53

GAO Comment 54

Appendix VIII: GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments 55

GAO Contact 55

Acknowledgments 55