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OPCW Director-General Visits Washington D.C. for High Level Meetings
23 February 2010Following a visit to the U.S. chemical weapons destruction facility in Anniston, Alabama the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, visited Washington D.C. on 18 and 19 February 2010 for high-level meetings with U.S....
H.E. Ms. Nassima Baghli (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria)
22 February 2010H.E. Ms. Nassima Baghli, the Permanent Representative of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to the OPCW, presented her credentials to the Director-General on 22 February, 2010. She is concurrently accredited as her...
OPCW Director-General Visits Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Anniston, USA
22 February 2010At the invitation of the U.S. Government the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, paid a visit to the chemical weapons destruction facility (CWDF) at the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama on 17 February 2010. He was...
New 1540 Committee Chairman Visits the OPCW
10 February 2010H.E. Mr. Claude Heller, who was appointed Chairman of the United Nations Security Council 1540 Committee on 31 January 2010, paid a visit to the OPCW headquarters on 8 February 2010 and met with the Director-General, Ambassador...
H.E. Mr. Kouadio Adjoumani (Côte d'Ivoire)
22 January 2010H.E. Mr. Kouadio Adjoumani, the Permanent Representative of the Côte d'Ivoire to the OPCW, presented his credentials to the Director-General on 22 January, 2010. He is concurrently accredited as his country’s Ambassador...
H.E. Mr. Peceli Vocea (Fiji)
22 January 2010H.E. Mr. Peceli Vocea, the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the OPCW, presented his credentials to the Director-General on 22 January, 2010. He is concurrently accredited as his country’s Ambassador Extraordinary and...
U.S. Senator Lugar Voted 'Arms Control Person of the Year' for Efforts to Destroy Chemical Weapons in Russia
13 January 2010In an online poll conducted by the Arms Control Association (ACA), U.S. Senator Richard Lugar has been voted the "2009 Arms Control Person of the Year" in recognition of his long-standing support for U.S. financial contributions...
OPCW Director-General, Other WMD Agency Heads Meet UN Secretary-General to Discuss Strengthened Cooperation
11 January 2010The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation among the represented agencies.
OPCW Sub-Regional Training for Customs Officials from Central and West Africa
20 December 2009A sub-regional training course for customs authorities in Central and West African States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) on technical aspects of the CWC transfers’ regime took place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso...
H.E. Mr. Roman A. Kolodkin (Russian Federation)
16 December 2009H.E. Mr. Roman Kolodkin, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OPCW, presented his credentials to the Director-General on 16 December, 2009. He is concurrently accredited as his country’s Ambassador...