Countries that have ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2024
Chemical weapons are chemicals used to cause death or harm through their poisonous properties. The convention bans developing, producing, acquiring,possessing, transferring, and using chemical weapons and requires countries to destroy them.

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