Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Assumes Office as New OPCW Director-General
Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü of Turkey has taken up office as the new Director-General of the OPCW, becoming the third person to hold that office since the Organisation was established in 1997. He...
OPCW Opens 11th Annual Associate Programme
The 11th annual Associate Programme opened on 23 July 2010 at the OPCW headquarters in The Hague. The Associate Programme aims to provide greater understanding of the Chemical Weapons Convention...
The National Authority of the Kingdom of Spain and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW jointly organised an advanced training course for personnel from National Authorities of States Parties in...

Sub-Regional Workshop for Pacific Island States on National Implementation of the CWC
A sub-regional workshop on national implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) for the Pacific Islands States was held in Nadi, Fiji from 5 to 7 July 2010, attracting 25 participants...
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188 nations, 98% of the global population, have joined the OPCW.
42,507, or 59.71%, of the world's declared stockpile of 71,194 metric tonnes of chemical agent have been destroyed.
3.95, or 45.56%, of the 8.67 million chemical munitions and containers have been destroyed.
4,134 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, 4,919 industrial facilities are liable to inspection.








