On 22 June 2009 the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, paid an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he met with H.E. Dr Haris Silajdzic, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia...
OPCW Director-General Addresses UN Counter-Terrorism Committee
The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, addressed the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee on 18 June 2009.
OPCW Director-General Visits Washington DC for High-Level Meetings and Public Presentations
The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, visited Washington DC on 16 and 17 June 2009 for a series of high-level meetings with US government officials and Congressional offices and to...
H.E. Mr Cedomir Radojković (Republic of Serbia)
H.E. Mr Radojoković, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Serbia to the OPCW, presented his credentials to the Director-General on 15 June 2009. He is concurrently accredited as his country’s...
OPCW Director-General Visits Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao Sar) and Guang Dong Province
Officials from the Ministry of Defence of China provided a presentation and an update on the activities (discovery and excavations) dealing with Japanese abandoned chemical weapons in Guang Dong...
Recent documents in English
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Keeping Weapons of Mass Destruction Out of Terrorist Hands | 15/06/2009 |  |
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REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN ASIA ON TRAINING ESCORTS FOR INSPECTIONS TEHRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 8 – 10 AUGUST 2009 | 12/06/2009 | |
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TENTH REGIONAL MEETING OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 1 – 3 SEPTEMBER 2009 | 11/06/2009 | |
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OPCW CALENDAR FOR JUNE TO DECEMBER 2009 | 08/06/2009 | |
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STATUS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AS AT 21 MAY 2009 | 27/05/2009 | |
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REPRESENTATIVES TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, ALTERNATES AND ADVISERS | 25/05/2009 | |
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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF OPCW ORGANS, SUBSIDIARY ORGANS AND BODIES | 25/05/2009 | |
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INVITATION TO APPLY FOR AN INTERNSHIP IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TO BE HELD AT THE SPIEZ LABORATORY, SWITZERLAND, IN 2010 | 25/05/2009 | |
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ONLINE SCHEDULED CHEMICALS DATABASE | 25/05/2009 | |
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SECOND REGIONAL BASIC TRAINING COURSE FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES OF STATES PARTIES IN AFRICA INVOLVED IN THE NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA 13 – 17 JULY 2009 | 18/05/2009 | |
Status of Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention
188 nations, 98% of the global population, have joined the OPCW.
31,446, or 44.09%, of the world's declared stockpile of 71,316 metric tonnes of chemical agent have been destroyed.
3.84, or 44.29%, of the 8.67 million chemical munitions and containers have been destroyed.
3,723 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, 5,057 industrial facilities are liable to inspection.