OPCW Director-General Has High-Level Meetings in Washington and Visits Blue Grass Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility
06 September 2010The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, visited the United States from 30 August to 2 September where he met with senior U.S. officials in Washington D.C. and visited the chemical weapons storage depot and destruction...
Global Campaign to Destroy Chemical Weapons Passes 60 Percent Mark
08 July 2010The destruction of chemical weapons that have been declared to the OPCW by States Parties under the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) has surpassed 60 percent of global stockpiles, according to data reported...
Director-General Meets Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic and Opens International Conference on Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation
28 May 2010The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, visited the Czech Republic on 25 May 2010 to address the 13th International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference. In the course of his visit the Director-General also...
OPCW Director-General Welcomes Continued EU Support for OPCW Activities
15 December 2009The EU Council Decision 2009 supports concrete projects that will endorse and strengthen the multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation measures of the CWC.
OPCW Director-General Meets Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Addresses NATO Conference in Warsaw
10 December 2009The NATO conference attracted 170 senior officials representing more than 40 NATO and partner nations, including from the organisation’s Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, the Gulf Cooperation Council and...