World IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON : Chemical Arms Ban Plan Completed
From Times Staff and Wire Services
Negotiators have completed an agreement that would ban the production, use and stockpiling of chemical weapons, Bush Administration officials said. The New York Times reported that the negotiations are expected to close Thursday, when the 38-nation Committee on Disarmament meets in Geneva. The United States has pushed for the accord and hopes the committee will give it its unanimous endorsement then.
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