Counter-Proliferation and Abolishment - A4

Question 1

In 1925, the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare was signed. What is this more colloquially called?

Answer 1

The Geneva Protocol

Question 2

In what year was the Biological Weapons Convention first signed? When did it become effective?

Answer 2

Signed 1972, effective 1975

Question 3

In what year was the Chemical Weapons Convention first signed? When did it become effective?

Answer 3

Signed 1993, effective 1997

Question 4

Which countries are not signatories to the BWC?

Answer 4

Egypt, Haiti, Syria, Somalia

Question 5

Which countries have not ratified the CWC?

Answer 5

Israel, Egypt, South Sudan, North Korea

Question 6

What is the OPCW and where is its Headquarters?

Answer 6

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, Netherlands