Abstract
Chemical weapons will continue to make the headlines this week as nearly 70 national delegations composed of government officials and industry representatives meet in Canberra, Australia, in support of a global treaty outlawing such weapons. Later in the week, Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze will be meeting at Jackson Hole, Wyo., to firm up plans for a future superpower summit. They also are expected to announce datasharing and on-site inspection procedures that would be part of a bilateral chemical agreement. The week-long Canberra Government-Industry Conference against Chemical Weapons is chaired by Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Gareth Evans. Australia has been an active member of the chemical arms talks in the 40-nation Geneva Conference on Disarmament (CD) and, as sponsor of this week's meeting, decided to focus the agenda on achieving a global treaty. As Trevor Wilson, who heads the political section of the ...
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