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Seven nations still shunning chemical weapons pact
The Hague (AFP) April 24, 2009 Only seven countries still refuse to sign a pact outlawing chemical weapons after Bahamas became the 188th state to do so, the organisation overseeing the treaty said Friday. Those shunning the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention include Israel, Egypt and Syria, as well as North Korea. The Bahamas deposited its instrument of ratification on April 21, "and after 30 days the convention will enter into force for the country, making it the 188th state party to the treaty," the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement. "This reduces to seven the number of states that have not yet joined." OPCW director general Rogelio Pfirter added: "We call upon those states that have not yet adhered to the convention to do so without delay." Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Pentagon agency at source of harsh interrogation techniques: probe
Washington (AFP) April 22, 2009A little known Pentagon agency that trained US troops to resist torture promoted the use of some of the same interrogation techniques on Al-Qaeda, which were aired and quickly authorized at high levels of the US government, a Senate investigation has found. |
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