The Secretary of State shall accordingly ensure that the early achievement of a comprehensive global convention to prohibit the production and stockpiling of chemical weapons... shall be a top priority of the foreign policy of the United States.
Executive Order 12735—Chemical and Biological Weapons Proliferation
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