Cheminformatics – A Chemical Weapons Non-Proliferation Compliance Tool

This project supports the development of a user-friendly tool to identify controlled chemicals. This tool is intended to bolster the control of chemical warfare agents and their precursors. With the utilization of this tool the project will increase the operational capacity of front-line officers to implement international obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and UN Security Council Resolution 1540. Project activities include: (1) developing a database of controlled chemicals and national legal measures based on national and international control lists of chemical warfare agents and precursors; (2) providing a roadmap for further prototype development and field-testing of the tool; and (3) forming an expert consultative group to assess the tool.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened effectiveness of policy deliberations among key stakeholders to better combat the proliferation of chemical warfare agents and their precursors; and (2) improved identification by non-chemist front-line stakeholders of chemicals of proliferation concern.