Director-General Addresses Royal Society of Chemistry in Brussels

16 March 2012

The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, delivered a speech to the Belgium Section of the Royal Society of Chemistry on the evening of 15 March 2012. 

In his address [PDF – 43 KB], the Director-General highlighted the value of the OPCW’s interaction with the chemistry community, and of chemistry’s contribution to society and the global economy. During a lively question-and-answer session that followed his prepared remarks, the Director-General enlarged upon the future of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the OPCW’s management and monitoring of declarations from States Parties, the status of Scheduled chemicals, and other issues.