Biological and Chemical Weapons

Inspections Under the Chemical Weapons Convention

COUNTRIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED INITIAL INSPECTIONS

According to publicly available information, the following countries have been inspected:

More detailed information follows on certain countries, listed alphabetically.

FINLAND

• Chemical Weapons Convention training facility at The Finnish Research Project on the Verification of Chemical Disarmament at the University of Helsinki (sponsored by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

INDIA

• Defense Research and Development Organization, Gwalior
• Defense Research and Development Organization, Ozra
• Ojhar, near Nashik

JAPAN

• Satyam 7, the nerve gas production facility built by the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo at Kamikuishiki.
• Ground Self-Defense Force Chemical School, Omiya, Saitama prefecture

RUSSIA

The Technical Secretariat has inspected all 24 of Russia's declared former chemical weapons production facilities. One such site is at Novocheboksary, in the Chuvash Republic, where in late July 1998 the Technical Secretariat sent a team in to inspect a large former agent production and weapons assembly facility.

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