The United Nations Adopts Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy was adopted by United Nations Member States at their General Assembly on 8 September 2006. The strategy is in the form of a Resolution and an annexed Plan of Action. The...13 September 2006Full story
OPCW Director-General Meets CTBTO Executive Secretary and UN Under-Secretary for Disarmament Affairs
On 31 August 2006, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, met in Vienna H.E. Ambassador Nobuaki Tanaka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament...07 September 2006Full story
United Nations Secretary-General Calls on all States
On the occasion of the Remembrance Day for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, to be observed for the first time on 27 April 2006, the United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Mr Kofi Annan has forwarded this message:27 April 2006Full story
Director of the African Union’s Anti-Terrorism Centre visits the OPCW
On 15 February 2006 , H.E. Mr Abdelhamid Boubazine, Director ad-Interim of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism, visited the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in...21 February 2006Full story
OPCW Director-General Attends African Union Summit
On 23 January 2006, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, attended the opening of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union,...26 January 2006Full story
OPCW Technical Secretariat and African Union Commission Sign Memorandum of Understanding
On 24 January 2006, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Professor Alpha Oumar...26 January 2006Full story
The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopts Resolution on the Chemical Weapons Convention
The Sixtieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) adopted a draft resolution on the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The draft...03 November 2005Full story
