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Director-General Visits Qatar for High Level Meetings and Opens Regional Seminar on Chemical Safety and Security Management

Paying an official visit on 11 and 12 December 2012, Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü met the State of Qatar’s Minister of Industry, H.E. Dr. Mohamed bin Saleh al Sada, Chief of Staff, H.E. Major General Hamad bin Ali al Attiyah,...11 December 2012Full story

OPCW Deputy Director-General Addresses Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention

The Deputy Director-General, Mrs Grace Asirwatham, addressed the opening session today of the 2012 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), which is taking place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva...10 December 2012Full story

Statement by the OPCW Director-General on Syria

For the first time in the history of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force in April 1997, there are serious concerns that chemical weapons might be used. The CWC’s Preamble, which embodies the...07 December 2012Full story

Statement by the OPCW on Syria

In response to questions on developments in Syria the OPCW spokesperson issued the following statement: The OPCW continues to monitor reports on current developments in Syria with regard to concerns about chemical weapons. The...05 December 2012Full story

Director-General Addresses Symposium on Protection Against Toxic Substances in Singapore

Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, the OPCW Director-General, delivered the keynote address via a video message to the Seventh Singapore International Symposium on Protection against Toxic Substances (SISPAT), which was held on 4 December...04 December 2012Full story

Director-General Participates in Symposium on Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Programme

Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü participated with senior U.S. officials and academicians in a symposium on 3 December 2012 entitled “Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR): Partnering for a More Secure World”. The symposium...04 December 2012Full story

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Visits the OPCW

The Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh, visited the OPCW last week and met with OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü.The Director-General provided a...04 December 2012Full story

Iraq’s Minister of Science and Technology Visits the OPCW

The Minister of Science and Technology of Iraq, H.E. Abdul Karim Ali Yasin Al-Samarra, accompanied by other senior Iraqi officials visited the OPCW where he met with OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü.The Director-General...03 December 2012Full story

Monument to Victims of Chemical Weapons Unveiled at OPCW Headquarters in The Hague

An elegant new monument dedicated to victims of chemical weapons was unveiled in the garden of the OPCW headquarters in The Hague during an afternoon ceremony on 26 November 2012, the first day of the 17th Session of the...28 November 2012Full story

OPCW Signs Interface Procedures with UN OCHA

The Technical Secretariat of the OPCW has signed Interface Procedures with the Emergency Services Branch of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in a meeting at the UN OCHA headquarters in...27 November 2012Full story

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