It is supposed to ban the production and stockpiling of nerve gas and other chemical weapons worldwide.
USDA. The government is no longer financing the stockpiling of a year's worth of crops or more.
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Imports were up only 7.7% for the two-month period, and that was only because of continued stockpiling of commodities.
The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention was supposed to preclude the production or stockpiling of agents for biological warfare (BW).
He also urged the stockpiling of humanitarian supplies that could be taken across Syria's borders, to try to keep people from leaving -- and to win hearts and minds.
The price difference is primarily the result of the stockpiling of some lower priced diamond assortments which currently face competition from the recent sale of stocks of similar quality Zimbabwe diamonds.
The good news is that the NAS outlines a number of solutions to address and mitigate these vulnerabilities, including stockpiling of strategic inventories, development of meaningful policies, building institutional capabilities, and critical research.
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Due to this almost-complete dependence on foreign sources, Molycorp is now looking to reopen its Mountain Pass mine in California and there is growing pressure on Congress to authorize the much-needed stockpiling of strategic minerals.
At the talks in the Kazakh city of Almaty they are asking Tehran only to greatly limit its production and stockpiling of uranium enriched to 20 percent, which is just a technical step away from weapons-grade uranium.
At the previous round of talks in Kazakhstan in February, the world powers tried to push Tehran to halt production and stockpiling of uranium enriched to 20% - a step away from achieving a nuclear weapons capability.
Like the proposed CW ban, it is supposed to prevent any nation from obtaining and stockpiling quantities of the prohibited substances.
In addition to ordering up more reality fare (reality shows are not covered by the current contracts) and preparing news and sports programming, that means stockpiling scripts of current shows and scurrying to order straight-to-series scripts for others.
And such incidents are so rare that the cost of stockpiling has to be balanced against the low probability of a shortage occurring.
This scuttled treaty is known as the BWC Protocol, since it purports to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 that bans the use, stockpiling and production of bacteriological weapons.
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Syria is not one of the 188 signatories to the convention, which bans the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons.
The Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the production, stockpiling and use of chemical and biological weapons.
China has been stockpiling a mountain of cotton, presumably to insulate its textile makers from shocks.
In 1972, the U.S. and virtually every other civilized nation signed the Biological Weapons Convention, which prohibits the development, stockpiling and use of biological arms.
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Against all these grounds for rejecting the Chemical Weapons Convention, the administration and other proponents have been reduced to claiming that the treaty will establish an "international norm" against the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons.
This extraordinary action set the stage for the military's ultimately successful effort to dissuade the Administration from signing the 1997 Ottawa Convention prohibiting the production, stockpiling and use of APLs, yet another hopelessly unverifiable and ill-advised arms control initiative.
Some think the oil-price spike of 2008 was partly caused by China stockpiling diesel and other fuels in advance of the Olympics.
Stockpiling at a time of record high prices suggests that Chinese businesses expect the price of goods to go even higher.
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To compete, all the combatants have been stockpiling patents, in something of an arms race.
As they got together in Nicaragua on September 18th, the parties to the 1997 Ottawa convention which bans the use, production, stockpiling, sale and purchase of landmines had cause for congratulation.
By comparison, the U.S. currently has the largest emergency petroleum supply in the world, stockpiling about 570 million barrels of crude oil at four sites located along the Gulf of Mexico.
Once this happens, the People's Bank of China can stop stockpiling dollar reserves meaning its demand for American government securities will also dry up.
And there should be greater general outrage in the world, and therefore a stronger political basis for punishing violations of a treaty that bans use than of one that bans stockpiling.
Some countries are reported to be stockpiling enough anti-virals for 25% of the population, while others have little or no access to such medicines because of their high costs or shortage of stocks.
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The Shipman Inquiry has previously recommended measures including the establishment of a drugs inspectorate to prevent doctors stockpiling drugs as Shipman did.
Meanwhile, shopkeepers are reporting many are indeed stockpiling 100 watt bulbs, although a quick search of the internet shows there are still plenty for sale.
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