ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the case for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) taking on the verification of a nuclear-weapon-free world Treaty, and the ideas that can be transferred from the long negotiations about methods of verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The IAEA arose from the 1953 Atoms for Peace initiative of President Eisenhower, which was based on the idea that the peaceful uses of atomic energy and nuclear disarmament could be furthered by the transfer of nuclear material from military to civilian uses. In connection with enforcement, one can imagine that regional and other organizations will also have been given roles, but action there would be skirmishing, relating mainly to verification or to preliminary political manoeuvres. Negotiations for a Chemical Weapons Convention, successfully completed, have for many years struggled to reach agreement on the formulation of a suitable organizational structure.
