OPCW Director-General Addresses First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
In an address on 15 October 2008 to the First Committee of the 63rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, hailed the cooperation between the OPCW and the UN as...21 October 2008Full story
Message from the UN Secretary-General to the Second Review Conference
Delivered by Mr Tim Caughley, Deputy Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, Director of the Geneva Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations.07 April 2008Full story
United Nations Secretary-General and OPCW Director-General Agree to Promote Mutually Beneficial Cooperation
The UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon and the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Mr. Rogelio Pfirter have agreed to strengthen the existing cooperation between their two...25 October 2007Full story
OPCW Director-General Addresses the United Nations General Assembly's First Committee
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly's First Committee on 17 October 2007, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Pfirter, stated that “Our...23 October 2007Full story
High-Level Chemical Weapons Convention Meeting Held at the United Nations
The tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was celebrated in a High-Level Meeting held in New York on 27 September 2007, during the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. 08 October 2007Full story
OPCW Academic Forum
On 18 and 19 September 2007, an Academic Forum, jointly organized by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the TNO Laboratories and the Clingendael Institute was held in The Hague, The Netherlands. The...02 October 2007Full story
OPCW Receives Montreal Protocol “Partners Award”
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer has celebrated its 20th Anniversary. To mark the occasion, a “Partners Award” was presented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to the...01 October 2007Full story
