therelevant provisions willalsobedecided. base ";/Thefiguretobeinserted heredepends ona~aterdecision asregards thePrinciples fortheOrderofElimination inAnnexIV. -54-:les ate al ples ad ty, rofIll. aend ate .ods in ,y It. was ~em 1left 1this later 1of regards"ANNEXIV AStatePartyshalldecideforitselfwhichmethods, processes andtechniques tousefortheelimination ofitschemical weapon,ifany,inaccordance withtheprinciples laiddowninthisAnnex. "I.PRINCIPLES FORTHEELIMINATION OFCHEMICAL WEAPONS Allchemical weapons shallbeeliminated through destruction ordiversion.Limitedquantities ofchemicals mayberetained asspecified inArticle VI. "A.Destruction ofchemical weapons Destruction ofchemical weapons meansaprocess bywhichchemicals areconverted inanessentially irreversible ~toaformunsuitable forproduction ofchemical weapons, andwhichinanirreversible mannerrendersmunitions andoth~rdevices unusable assuch. Elimination through destruction shallapplytoallchemical weapons exceptthosewhichmaybediver~ed. '1]3.Diversion ofchemical weapons Diversion ofchemical weapons meansaprocess bywhichchemical weaponsareconverted inanessentially irreversible wayintoendproducts thatmayonlybeusedforpurposes otherthanthoserelated tochemical weapons. Elimination through diversion maynotapplytosupertoxic lethalchemicalsorkeycomponents ofmulti-component systems (aswellasothertypesofchemicals tobeagreedupo.n)• "II.PRnWIPLES FORTHEORDEROFELmINATION "A.Theelaboration ofPrinciples fortheOrderofElimination couldbuildonthefollowing: -undiminished security forallStatesduringtheentireeliminationstage, -confidence building intheearlypartoftheelimination stage, -applicability irrespective oftheactualcomposition ofthestockpiles,and -applicability irrespective ofthemethods chosenfortheeliminationofthechemical weapons. "B.Theelaboration ,ofPrinciples fortheOrderofElimination isinaveryearlystageofthenegotiations. Thepreliminary, approach hassofarbeenbasedonthefollowing: -thattheentireelimination stagebedivided intoxnumberofelimination periods, -thatthechemical weapons tobeeliminated bedividedintogroups, -55---.,.,...,-r'llllllll' • I l,-III completely been4~ ionoflimination periods, donlyasexamples) beomposition be IMn.ATION OFr7-10yearsafter eentryintoforce erialstobeurtherelaborated.d oftheelimination yandthe riate)inaccordanceamountofeach elimination-. ,-- - -thatcertain percentages oftheinitial aggregate groupofchemical weapons beeliminated duringeach period, and ,-thatmethods forcomParing stockpiles ofdifferent c elaborated. Thisapproach couldbeillustrated asfollows: I Elimination perio Groupofchemical I II weapons1-4yearsafter4-7yearsafte entryintoforceentryintofore GroupA 40J' 30% GroupB 4<:YJ' 3~ GroupC 100% 0% GroupD 30% 4~ I GroupE 30% 3~ (Itshouldbenotedthatthenumberandlengthofthee,thevarious percentages andthenumberofGroupsareintende , !"Ill.PRmCIPLES ANDMETHODS FORTHEVERIFICATION OFTHEEL CHEMICAL WEAPONS Thedetailed arrangements fortheactualverification shallbeworkedoutincollaboration between theStatePart Consultative Committee (oritssubsidiar,y organs, asapprop withthefollowing principles: "A.Principles andmethods fortheverification ofdestruct chemical weapons "Theprinciples summarized incn/CW/WP.108 aretobef I Theyread.: f "-thattheaimoftheverification procedures should --toconfirm theidentity· andquantity ofthemat destroyed, and. ,. F-toconfirm thatthematerials haveactually and destroyed, -56- , i ./ach on nbe III 'earsafter intoforce 40% ,nperiods, Iexamples). OF .mination accordance ~borated. be ,ybeen _lthatacombination ofhumaninspection andmonitoring withinstruments wouldbenecessary foreffective verification, butthattheexact combination ofinstruments andinspectors wouldhavetobetailored afterthespecific destruction processes tobemonitored, -thatinspection wouldbecontinuous duringperiodsinwhichdestruction operations areunder~fordestruction ofsupertoxic lethalchemicals, draining offilledmunitions aswellasduringdestruction offilled
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