Geneva School of Diplomacy Awards Ambassador Üzümcü a Honorary Doctorate for Lifetime Achievements in Arms Control and Disarmament

On 26 June 2010 Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü of Turkey received an honorary doctorate from the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations for lifetime achievements in arms control and disarmament.

According to the Geneva...

Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Assumes Office as New OPCW Director-General

Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü of Turkey has taken up office as the new Director-General of the OPCW, becoming the third person to hold that office since the Organisation was established in 1997. He succeeds Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter...

Change at the Top - Interviews with the Outgoing and Incoming OPCW Directors-General

In December 2009 the 14th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention appointed H.E Mr Ahmet Üzümcü of Turkey as the next OPCW Director-General. In advance of his taking office on 25 July...

Director-General Pfirter Meets with UN Secretary-General

In connection with the completion of his tenure at the end of July this year, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, paid a farewell call on the...

Director-General Addresses 27th International Workshop on Global Security in Berlin

In the context of his recent visit to Berlin, the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, participated as a guest speaker in the 27th International Workshop on Global Security on 6 June 2010. The event was presented by...