Consensus
While chemical weapons were of secondary importance to the 1925 conference, the Geneva Protocol was the only successful treaty to emerge from the negotiations. As opposed to prior debates in the League of Nations, a consensus, fragile though it was, emerged concerning chemical weapons. Initially delegates attempted to outlaw the exportation of chemical weapons, but many of the member states believed this provision would be ineffective in preventing the use of chemical weapons and would place those without domestic production capability at a significant disadvantage. Although continued production and stockpiling was not addressed, the real goal was to prevent the use of chemical weapons in warfare, and eventually an agreement was reached.