4 - Chemical weapons and disarmament - UNSCOM reports and other publications

Series 4 - Chemical weapons and disarmament - UNSCOM reports and other publications

Date Range

1975 - 1998

Provenance

Description

This series primarily contains official reports documenting the first two years of operation of the United Nations Special Commission (1991-1992). Examples include a report of the initial exploratory inspection of Muthanna State Establishment in Iraq, and a report of a meeting of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Working Group and Future Compliance Working Group. Other United Nations documents in this series include multiple drafts of the UN Chemical Weapons Convention.

In addition to UN reports, this series also contains other reports and published documents on subjects to do with chemical weapons and disarmament, dating from 1985-1993. Examples include the Gillis Report (a historical account of Australian field trials with mustard gas), a report of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Weapons Disposal Program (the US Army's first chemical munitions disposal facility, also known as Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System or JACADS), and Greenpeace International's publication Alternative Technologies for the Detoxification of Chemical Weapons: An Informative Document.

The United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was set up to implement the non-nuclear provisions of the United Nations Security Council resolution 687 of 3 April 1991 (which established the terms and conditions for the formal cease-fire between Iraq and the coalition of Member States co-operating with Kuwait), and to assist the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the nuclear areas.

UNSCOM's mandate, as documented in UN records, was: "…to carry out immediate on-site inspections of Iraq's biological, chemical and missile capabilities; to take possession for destruction, removal or rendering harmless of all chemical and biological weapons and all stocks of agents and all related sub-systems and components and all research, development, support and manufacturing facilities; to supervise the destruction by Iraq of all its ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 km and related major parts, and repair and production facilities; and to monitor and verify Iraq's compliance with its undertaking not to use, develop, construct or acquire any of the items specified above."

Inventory Listing

DUNN00221	"Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions"
	Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, 1993. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1993 Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder Formats Published Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00221 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00222	"Alternative Technologies for the Detoxification of Chemical Weapons: An Information Document"
	Prepared by Alfred Picardi, Paul Johnston and Ruth Stringer for Greenpeace International, Washington, D.C., May 1991. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Published Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00222 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00223	"Muthanna, Iraq, 1991 - Copy Number 4"
	Bound copy of report, marked "United Nations - Sensitive Information", dated 5 July 1991. Also five loose pages of colour photographs taken in the warzone, with serial numbers and captions. Originally inserted between pages 36 and 37, these sheets were relocated during processing to the back of the folder. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports and Loose Photographic Prints Inventory Identifier DUNN00223 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00224	"'Rolling Text' of the Draft Chemical Weapons Convention"
	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade document CD/961. Issued by the Conference on Disarmament, 1 February 1990. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1990 Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder Formats Drafts and Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00224 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00225	"Australia - Proposed Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and On Their Destruction"
	Conference on Disarmament document CD/1143, 12 March 1992. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1992 Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Drafts and Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00225 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00226	"Chemical Weapons - US Program for Destruction of US Stockpile - Information Supplied by Counsellor (Political), Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA - US Government Testimony, 16 June 1992"
	Defence, Science and Technology Organisation document. Bound volume of articles, papers and reports. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1992 Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports and Photocopied Documents Inventory Identifier DUNN00226 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00227	"The Gillis Report: Australian Field Trials With Mustard Gas 1942-1945"
	PeaceDoc No 1. Peace Research Centre, Australian National University, 1985. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1985 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Published Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00227 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00228	"Johnston Atoll Chemical Weapons Disposal Program"
	By Hugh Crone, Peter Wailes, John Douglas and Nicholas Abbott. South Pacific Forum Scientific Evaluation, December 1991. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Published Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00228 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00229	"Draft Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction"
	Conference on Disarmament, Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons. Dated 10 August 1992. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1992 Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats General Publications Inventory Identifier DUNN00229 Box Number 1 Series 4
DUNN00230	"United Nations Special Commission Second CW Inspection (UNSCOM 9) 15-22 August 1991 Report"
	Bound copy of UNSCOM Chemical Weapons Inspection Report. New York: United Nations, 1991. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00230 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00231	"Chemical Agents and their Destruction - Miscellaneous Papers and Reports 1975-1992"
	Bound volume of photocopied papers and reports compiled by the Protective Chemistry Division of DSTO [Defence, Science and Technology Organisation], 1993. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1975 - 1993 Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports and Photocopied Documents Inventory Identifier DUNN00231 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00232	"Iraq's Chemical Arsenal - Informal Meeting Stockholm, Sweden - Monday, 8 June 1992"
	Bound volume of papers presented, compiled by the Materials Research Laboratory, dated January 1993. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1993 Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00232 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00233	"United Nations Special Commission Second CW Inspection (UNSCOM 9) 15-22 August 1991 - Report of the Mission"
	Bound copy of UNSCOM Chemical Weapons Inspection Report. Chief Inspector: Lt Col [Lieutenant Colonel] Jean-Paul Peroz. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00233 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00234	"UN Special Commission UNSCOM 11 - Report of the Third CW Inspection Team Visit to Iraq - Fallujah, Dujayl and other Sites, 31 August - 9 September 1991"
	Bound copy of UNSCOM Chemical Weapons Inspection Report. Chief Inspector: Dr Johan Santesson. Also press release dated 16 September 1991. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00234 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00235	"UN Special Commission Chemical Weapons Destruction Advisory Panel - Report of Meeting 3-6 February 1992"
	Bound copy of report of United Nations Special Commission meeting, chaired by Mr Ron Manley. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1992 Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00235 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00236	"UN Special Commission Report of the Initial Exploratory Inspection of the Muthanna State Establishment, Iraq (UNSCOM 2) - 9-14 June, 1991"
	Bound copy of report. Chief Inspector: Peter Dunn. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00236 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00237	"United Nations Special Commission UNSCOM - Report of Meeting of the CBW Working Group and Future Compliance Working Group - 22-28 October 1992"
	Bound copy of report of a meeting of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Working Group and Future Compliance Working Group. United Nations, New York, 30 October 1992. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1992 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00237 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00238	"UN Special Commission - CW Destruction Advisory Panel - Report on Visit to Iraq 10-14 September 1991"
	Bound copy of report of United Nations Special Commission - Chemical Weapons Destruction Advisory Panel. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00238 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00239	"UNSCOM II - August 1991 - General Details - Australian Member - Surgeon Commander John Parkes Ran"
	Bound copy of United Nations Special Commission Inspection Report. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00239 Box Number 2 Series 4
DUNN00240	"UN Special Commission UNSCOM 7 - Report of the First Biological Weapons Inspection, Salman Pak, Iraq, 2-8 August 1991"
	Bound copy of United Nations Special Commission Inspection Report. Chief Inspector: Dr David Kelly. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00240 Box Number 3 Series 4
DUNN00241	"Reports to UNSCOM by Iraqi Authorities"
	Bound United Nations Special Commission document, dated October 1992, comprising reports entitled "A Full, Final and Comprehensive Report on Chemical Activity" and "A Full, Final and Comprehensive Report on Biological Activity". Includes handwritten note by Peter Dunn commenting on unrestricted status of reports. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1992 Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports Inventory Identifier DUNN00241 Box Number 3 Series 4
DUNN00242	"Muthanna, Iraq, 1991 - Copy Number 3"
	Bound copy of report, marked "United Nations - Sensitive Information", dated 5 July 1991. Includes three loose items of correspondence and other documents. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1991 Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder Formats General Correspondence, Reports and Photocopied Documents Inventory Identifier DUNN00242 Box Number 3 Series 4
DUNN00243	"UNSCOM - Third Report of the Executive Chairman to the Security Council 16 June 1992 and Policy Memorandum Covering Health and Safety During Operations in Iraq 6 May 1992"
	Bound copy of report. Creator Dunn, Peter Date range 1992 Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder Formats Reports and Memoranda Inventory Identifier DUNN00243 Box Number 3 Series 4

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