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OPCW Director-General Meets UN Secretary-General
Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü met United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 29 February 2012 at the UN Secretariat in New York. Their discussion focused on recent developments in Libya and Syria as they concern the OPCW and implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Read more
Conference Outcomes Bolster OPCW’s Agenda for the Future
The 16th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention delivered a number of decisions that will position the OPCW to meet new challenges in the years ahead as the destruction of declared chemical weapons stockpiles nears completion. Read more
Report of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Working Group of the CTITF now available
The report, entitled Interagency Coordination in the Event of a Terrorist Attack Using Chemical or Biological Weapons or Materials, is now available for download.
The OPCW and Libya
The recent crisis in Libya has highlighted the role of the OPCW in eliminating the world’s stockpiles of chemical weapons. Read more
Chemical Weapons Convention Seminar Held in Croatia
The ninth Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Seminar was held from 21 – 23 February 2012 in Zagreb at the Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Centre (RACVIAC), which...06 March 2012Full story
OPCW Director-General Meets UN Secretary-General
Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü met United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 29 February 2012 at the UN Secretariat in New York. Their discussion focused on recent developments in Libya and...01 March 2012Full story
Training Course for National Authorities of Asian States Parties in Fulfilling CWC Article VI Declaration Requirements
The OPCW, with the assistance of a voluntary contribution from the Government of Qatar, conducted a training course for representatives of Asian National Authorities involved in fulfilling Article VI...29 February 2012Full story
Director-General Addresses Monterey Institute in USA
The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, visited the renowned Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California on 27 February 2012 where he discussed potential...29 February 2012Full story
List of links to recent journal articles on chemical disarmament, non-proliferation and other related issues.
La France va détruire 250 tonnes de bombes chimiques Le Figaro
Christophe Cornevin, 08 March 2012
U.N. concerned Syria may have chemical weapons Reuters
Michelle Nichols and Andrew Quinn, 01 March 2012
WMD nightmare in Syria Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Charles P. Blair, 01 March 2012
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Call for Nominations for the Swiss Exercise Course 2
On behalf of the Government of Switzerland and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Director-General wishes to invite States Parties to nominate participants for the second Swiss exercise course on protection against c...
Course on the Enhancement of Laboratory Skills in using Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry to Analyse Chemicals Related t
On behalf of the Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (VERIFIN) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Director-General wishes to invite applications from representatives of laborator...
Call for Nominations for the First Advanced Regional Assistance-and-Protection Course on Chemical-Emergency Response
On behalf of the Government of Argentina and the OPCW, the Director-General wishes to invite Member States in the Latin American and Caribbean region to nominate participants for the First Advanced Regional Assistance-and-Protection Course on Chemica...
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Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Sixteenth Session | 27/11/2011 |  |
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Statement at the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly FC Statement | 12/10/2011 | |
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Statement by Ambassador Robert P. Mikulak United States Delegation to the OPCW at the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Executive Council | 04/10/2011 | |
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Statement by H.E. Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the OPCW at the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Executive Council | 04/10/2011 | |
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Statement by the Libyan Delegation at the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Executive Council | 04/10/2011 | |
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Statement by Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco Permanent Representative of Mexico at the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Executive Council | 04/10/2011 | |
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Statement on Behalf of the African Group of States Parties at the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Executive Council | 04/10/2011 | |
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Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical-Safety Management for Member States of the OPCW That Belong to the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf | 30/09/2011 | |
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Call for Nominations for a Training Course for Customs Authorities of States Parties in Latin America and the Caribbean on Technical Aspects of the Transfers Regime | 28/09/2011 | |
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Invitation to Apply for a Course on Chemical-Safety Management for States Parties in Africa | 08/09/2011 | |
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188 nations, 98% of the global population, have joined the OPCW.
50,619, or 71.10%, of the world's declared stockpile of 71,195 metric tonnes of chemical agent have been destroyed.
4,680 inspections have taken place at 195 chemical weapon-related and 1,103 industrial sites on the territory of 81 States Parties since April 1997. Worldwide, 4,913 industrial facilities are liable to inspection.
