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- This Convention shall be of unlimited duration.
- Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to withdraw from this Convention if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject-matter of this Convention, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It shall give notice of such withdrawal 90 days in advance to all other States Parties, the Executive Council, the Depositary and the United Nations Security Council. Such notice shall include a statement of the extraordinary events it regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests.
- The withdrawal of a State Party from this Convention shall not in any way affect the duty of States to continue fulfilling the obligations assumed under any relevant rules of international law, particularly the Geneva Protocol of 1925.
Articles
- Preamble
- Article I - General Obligations
- Article II - Definitions and Criteria
- Article III - Declarations
- Article IV - Chemical Weapons
- Article V - Chemical Weapons Production Facilities
- Article VI - Activities Not Prohibited Under this-Convention
- Article VII - National Implementation Measures
- Article VIII - The Organization
- Article IX - Consultations, Cooperation and Fact‑Finding
- Article X - Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons
- Article XI - Economic and Technological Development
- Article XII - Measures to Redress a Situation and to Ensure Compliance, including Sanctions
- Article XIII - Relation to Other International Agreements
- Article XIV - Settlement of Disputes
- Article XV - Amendments
- Article XVI - Duration and Withdrawal
- Article XVII - Status of the Annexes
- Article XVIII -Signature
- Article XIX - Ratification
- Article XX - Accession
- Article XXI - Entry Into Force
- Article XXII - Reservations
- Article XXIII - Depositary
- Article XXIV - Authentic Texts