1990 Chemical Weapons Accord

US–Soviet chemical weapons destruction treaty June 2026 U.S.-Soviet Chemical Weapons Accord Agreement on Destruction and Non-production of Chemical Weapons and on Measures to Facilitate the Multilateral Convention on Banning Chemical Weapons President George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev.jpg George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev signing the bilateral accord to cease production and eliminate stockpiles of Chemical weapons 240px 1990 06 01 East Room of the White House, Washington D.C. On June 1, 1990, Presidents George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the bilateral U.S.–Soviet Chemical Weapons Accord; officially known as the "Agreement on Destruction and Non-production of Chemical Weapons and on Measures to Facilitate the Multilateral Convention on Banning Chemical Weapons". This pact was signed during a summit meeting in Washington D.C.Chemical and Biological Weapons Chronology https://fas.org/nuke/control/bwc/chron.htm 2016-11-04 2015-06-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20161104010555/http://fas.org/nuke/control/bwc/chron.htm dead Criteria The bilateral agreement required the destruction to begin before 1993 and to reduce Chemical weapon (CW) stockpiles to no more than 5,000 agent tons each by December 31, 2002. It also required both sides to halt CW production upon entry into force of the accord. Additionally on-site inspections were authorized to confirm that destruction has taken place and data exchanges on stockpile levels would occur to facilitate monitoring. The Accord also included a mutual pledge to support a global ban on CW. See also Chemical warfare Chemical Weapons Convention List of chemical arms control agreements Lethal Unitary Chemical Agents and Munitions List of Soviet Union–United States summits Novichok agent References External links Chemical Weapons WMD Around the World https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/cbw/cw.htmAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot United States of America: Chemical Weapons Profile http://www.idsa.in/cbwmagazine/UnitedStatesofAmericaChemicalWeaponsProfile_skshrivastav_0110 collapsed Category:Arms control treaties Category:Soviet Union–United States treaties Category:Chemical weapons demilitarization Category:Treaties concluded in 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord Chemical Weapons Accord Category:Soviet chemical weapons program Category:Foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration