Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the welcome reception hosted by Director-General, Department of Arms Control, Mr. Fu Cong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Director-General
2 September 2019
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the 47th Session of the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters, 30 July 2019
Deputy Director-General
30 July 2019
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Opening Session of the Associate Programme 2019, 26 July 2019
Deputy Director-General
26 July 2019
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Technical Workshop on Sharing of Best Practices in the Development of aLegislative and Regulatory Framework on Chemical Security, 24 July 2019
Deputy Director-General
24 July 2019
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Ninety-First Session (As Delivered)
Director-General
9 July 2019
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Ninety-First Session of the Executive Council (Full Version)
Director-General
9 July 2019
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the UN HR Directors Meeting, 3 July 2019
Deputy Director-General
3 July 2019
Closing remarks by the Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, Ms Odette Melono at the Symposium on Women in Chemistry, 24 June 2019, The Hague, Netherlands,
Deputy Director-General
24 June 2019
Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-proliferation (CPDNP), “The Chemical Weapons Convention in 2019: Building on past successes and to address current challenges”
Director-General
21 June 2019
Lecture by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the Integrated Center for UN and Foreign Affairs Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University
Director-General
18 June 2019
Remarks of the Director-General: Briefing for States Parties on Syrian Arab Republic: Update on IIT-FFM-SSRC-DAT
Director-General
28 May 2019
Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at 22nd International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference (CWD)
Director-General
23 May 2019
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Ninetieth Session
Director-General
12 March 2019
Opening Remarks of the Director-General at the Sixty-Third Meeting of the Executive Council (EC-M-63)
Director-General
25 February 2019
EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference: The CWC after the Fourth Review Conference – Keynote Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias
Director-General
18 December 2018
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW 26 November 2018 The Hague
Director-General
26 November 2018
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-Third Session (Full Version)
Director-General
19 November 2018
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-Third Session
Director-General
19 November 2018
Meeting of the Board of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Opening Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias
Director-General
26 October 2018
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Ninth Session
Director-General
9 October 2018
Asser Institute Ninth Annual WMD Training Programme Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World Keynote Address Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias 1 October 2018
Director-General
1 October 2018
Opening Statement by the Director–General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Fourth Special Session
Director-General
26 June 2018
Restoring Restraint: Enforcing Accountability for Users of Chemical Weapons Keynote Address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Washington D.C., the United States
Director-General
19 June 2018
Opening address by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Conference on Countering Chemical Terrorism 7 June 2018 The Hague, the Netherlands
Director-General
7 June 2018
EEBL Open Day, University of Rome Tor Vergata “The Chemical Weapons Convention: An Instrument for Peace” Keynote Speech by Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Rome, Italy 28 May 2018
Director-General
28 May 2018
“Supporting Compliance with and Implementation of the CWC” Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Chatham House, United Kingdom 25 May 2018
Director-General
25 May 2018
21st International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference (CWD) Keynote speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, London, United Kingdom 24 May 2018
Director-General
24 May 2018
"The importance of science in the implementation of the CWC" Royal Society of Chemistry Keynote speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü London, United Kingdom 23 May 2018
Director-General
23 May 2018
Keynote statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü International Workshop on “Science for Development” 9 May 2018 Quy Nhon, Viet Nam
Director-General
9 May 2018
138th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union “Proliferation of weapons and meeting international commitments” Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Geneva, Switzerland 27 March 2018
Director-General
27 March 2018
Twenty-Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Remarks by the Director-General OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, The Netherlands 21 March 2018
Director-General
21 March 2018
Celebration of Nourouz Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, Netherlands 21 March 2018
Director-General
21 March 2018
United Nations Security Council Statement by the Director-General OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü
Director-General
20 March 2018
Twenty-Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Opening Remarks by the Deputy Director-General of the OPCW OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, The Netherlands 19 March 2018
Deputy Director-General
19 March 2018
American Chemical Society – National Meeting and Expo Address by the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü 17 March 2018 New Orleans, United States of America
Director-General
17 March 2018
Royal Military Academy of Belgium Address by the Director-General of the OPCW, Amb. Ahmet Üzümcü Brussels, Belgium
Director-General
7 March 2018
Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria Past and Future Challenges to the Chemical Weapons Convention Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü
Director-General
21 February 2018
Meeting on the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director General
Director-General
23 January 2018
Keynote Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At the Wilton Park Conference: The CWC – the Fourth Review Conference and Beyond Reflections on the Future of the OPCW Wiston House, the United Kingdom 22 January 2018
Director-General
22 January 2018
Ceremony Marking the Completion of the Destruction Process of Libya’s Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Munster, Germany 11 January 2018
Director-General
11 January 2018
Briefing to States Parties of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention Remarks by the Deputy Director-General, Geneva Switzerland, 5 December 2017
Deputy Director-General
5 December 2017
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General 30 November 2017
Director-General
30 November 2017
Remarks of the Director-General on the occasion of the 2017 OPCW – The Hague Award ceremony 27 November 2017 The Hague
Director-General
27 November 2017
Green Chemistry Workshop: Green And Sustainable, Opening Remarks of the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 2017
Director-General
24 November 2017
Remarks by Director General Ahmet Üzümcü at 19th Annual Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
Director-General
22 November 2017
The Chemical Weapons Convention in 2017: What Are the Boundaries to Its Future Evolution? Introductory Remarks by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW, OPCW Headquarters, Thursday, 16 November 2017
Director-General
16 November 2017
Remarks on the Occasion of Armistice Day 2017, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW, Ieper, Belgium, Saturday, 11 November 2017
Director-General
11 November 2017
Briefing to Permanent Representations based outside of The Hague Remarks by the Deputy Director-General, Brussels, Belgium, 10 November 2017
Deputy Director-General
10 November 2017
Regional Table Top Exercise on Chemical Emergency Response for GRULAC States Parties Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Mexico City, Mexico, 6 November 2017
Deputy Director-General
6 November 2017
Ensuring Chemistry is Used Exclusively for the Benefit of Humankind Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico , 6 November 2017
Deputy Director-General
6 November 2017
“20 Years of the OPCW: Its Achievements, Future Outlook and Cooperation with Industry” Statement by Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At the ICCA Board Meeting, Vienna 27 October 2017
Director-General
27 October 2017
Allocution: Colloque "Prévenir le risque de détournement de produits et d’installations chimiques" Paris, France, 17 octubre 20172017
Director-General
17 October 2017
Remarks by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü at the Twenty-Sixth Session of the Scientific Advisory Board
Director-General
16 October 2017
Seventeenth Induction Workshop for Diplomatic Personnel Involved in the Work of the OPCW Closing remarks by Deputy Director-General H.E. Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao The Hague, the Netherlands 29 September 2017
Deputy Director-General
29 September 2017
Ceremony marking the closure of Kizner Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General, OPCW Udmurt Republic, Russian Federation 27 September 2017
Deputy Director-General
27 September 2017
“OPCW’s Role in New International Security Scenarios: the Syrian Experience” Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW At The Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs Santiago 26 September 2017
Director-General
26 September 2017
Remarks by the Director-General at the Stakeholders Forum For States Parties In Latin America And The Caribbean (GRULAC) on the Adoption of National Implementing Legislation on the Chemical Weapons Convention
Director-General
26 September 2017
"The CWC, implementation and considerations for Africa" International Relations Institute of Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroon Speech by the Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü 13 September 2017
Director-General
13 September 2017
Stakeholders Forum for States Parties in Africa on Adoption of national Implementing legislation Ahmet Üzümcü Opening remarks on day two Director-General of the OPCW 13 September 2017
Director-General
13 September 2017
Speech at Eighth Annual Summer Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - Asser Institute
Deputy Director-General
8 September 2017
UN Disarmament Fellowship Programme Visit to the OPCW Closing Remarks by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, OPCW Deputy Director-General The Hague, 4 September 2017
Deputy Director-General
4 September 2017
Keynote Address by the Director-General: Asser Institute Eighth Annual WMD Summer Programme - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World
Director-General
4 September 2017
Opening Remarks of the 2017 Associate Programme (Eighteenth Edition) by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General
Deputy Director-General
28 July 2017
Webinar Lecture “Ethics in Science” by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, 27 July 2017
Director-General
27 July 2017
The 17th Asian Chemical Congress Keynote Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Melbourne, Australia 25 July 2017
Director-General
25 July 2017
The Chemical Weapons Convention: A Model of International Solidarity and the Power of a Universal Ideal, Remarks by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, Australian Institute for International Affairs, Melbourne, 25 July 2017
Director-General
25 July 2017
Statement by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü to the Executive Council at its 55th Meeting
Director-General
5 July 2017
Statement by the Director-General At the Institute for Political and International Studies Tehran, Iran 2 July 2017
Director-General
2 July 2017
Closing Remarks by the Director-General Sixth Regional Basic Training Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons Tehran, Iran 2 July 2017
Director-General
2 July 2017
Seventeenth Workshop on Coordination of Assistance and Protection under Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention - Remarks by the Deputy Director-General
Deputy Director-General
28 June 2017
Training-of-Trainers Course on technical aspects of the CWC Transfers Regime for representatives of Customs Training Institutions Opening remarks by the Deputy Director-General 20 June 2017
Deputy Director-General
20 June 2017
The Chemical Weapons Convention 1997-2017: Progress, Challenges and Reinforcing the Global Norm against Chemical Weapons Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü Washington, United States of America 20 June 2017
Director-General
20 June 2017
Peace and Disarmament: The Bedrock of Growth and Prosperity Peking University Beijing, China Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü 15 June 2017
Director-General
15 June 2017
Special event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Opening remarks by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General, OPCW 31 May 2017 Zagreb, Croatia
Deputy Director-General
31 May 2017
Uncovering the Use of Chemical Weapons: the Role of Science and the OPCW Designated Laboratories Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland 29 May 2017
Director-General
29 May 2017
Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW 13th Annual NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation Helsinki, Finland 29 May 2017
Director-General
29 May 2017
Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü: 20th International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference London, United Kingdom
Director-General
25 May 2017
Keynote: 1st Scientific International Conference On CBRNE (SICC): Twenty years after the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Looking back and looking forward
Director-General
23 May 2017
Statement by the Director-General: Ceremony to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW
Director-General
26 April 2017
Keynote Address: International Conference on Chemical Disarmament and Security: OPCW's Contribution to Global Peace and Security Doha, Qatar 10 April 2017
Deputy Director-General
10 April 2017
Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General, OPCW "Supporting the Aims of Resolution 1540 through Chemical Weapons Convention"
Director-General
6 April 2017
“Navruz – the holiday of spring, renewal and peace in Uzbekistan” The Hague, 23 March 2017
Deputy Director-General
23 March 2017
Eighth Singapore International Symposium on Protection Against Toxic Substances (SISPAT) “Staying one step ahead of evolving CBRN threats through international cooperation” Keynote Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General
Director-General
21 March 2017
Statement at the Official Opening of the Tree of Life Monument at the Garden of the Embassy of Iraq
Director-General
16 March 2017
The Oxford Union Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Director-General OPCW, 20 February 2017
Director-General
20 February 2017
Meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the Implementation of Resolution 1540 2004 15 December 2016
Director-General
15 December 2016
Launching Event on the Report on Needs and Best Practices on Chemical Safety and Security Opening Remarks by Amb. Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, the Hague, 30 November
Deputy Director-General
30 November 2016
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General The Twenty-first Session of the Conference of States Parties 30 November 2016
Director-General
30 November 2016
Opening Remarks by the Director-General 18th Annual Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention 23 November 2016
Director-General
23 November 2016
Workshop on Article XI of the Chemical Weapons Convention Opening Remarks by Amb. Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, The Hague, 22 November 2016
Deputy Director-General
22 November 2016
Briefing to Permanent Representations based outside of The Hague Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, OPCW Deputy Director-General Brussels, Belgium 10 November 2016
Deputy Director-General
10 November 2016
Opening Remarks by Director-General OPCW, Ahmet Üzümcü “Training Course for National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention on Training Escorts for Inspections” Doha Regional Centre for CBRN Training Doha, Qatar
Director-General
23 October 2016
“Abolishing Chemical Weapons: 20 Years On” Lecture by Director-General Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar 23 October 2016
Director-General
23 October 2016
Lecture by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü at the University of Dhaka
Director-General
18 October 2016
Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Regional Seminar on Chemical Safety and Security Management Dhaka, Bangladesh
Director-General
18 October 2016
Speech to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW Dhaka, Bangladesh
Director-General
17 October 2016
Lecture delivered by Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Korea National Diplomatic Academy
Director-General
9 September 2016
The OPCW's Mission and Role for International Peace and Prosperity Address to Students at Hankuk University
Director-General
8 September 2016
Chemical Weapons: New Threats and Ongoing Challenges Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the OPCW Fifth Seoul Defense Dialogue
Director-General
8 September 2016
Preventing the Re‐Emergence of Chemical Weapons: Lessons for Non‐Proliferation - Keynote Speech at the Opening of the Asser Summer Programme
Deputy Director-General
5 September 2016