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Dominican Republic Designates National Authority
03 July 2009As at 2 July 2009, 180 of the 188 States Parties to the CWC have established or designated their National Authority.
OPCW Director-General Visits Bosnia and Herzegovina and Opens International Seminar on Non-proliferation Obligations
25 June 2009On 22 June 2009 the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, paid an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he met with H.E. Dr Haris Silajdzic, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and H.E. Mr...
OPCW Director-General Addresses UN Counter-Terrorism Committee
22 June 2009The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, addressed the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee on 18 June 2009.
OPCW Director-General Visits Washington DC for High-Level Meetings and Public Presentations
18 June 2009The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, visited Washington DC on 16 and 17 June 2009 for a series of high-level meetings with US government officials and Congressional offices and to deliver public addresses at two...
H.E. Mr Čedomir Radojković (Republic of Serbia)
15 June 2009H.E. Mr. Čedomir Radojković, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Serbia to the OPCW, presented his credentials to the Director-General on 15 June, 2009. He is concurrently accredited as his country’s Ambassador...
OPCW Director-General Visits Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao Sar) and Guang Dong Province
13 June 2009Officials from the Ministry of Defence of China provided a presentation and an update on the activities (discovery and excavations) dealing with Japanese abandoned chemical weapons in Guang Dong Province.
OPCW Director-General Opens Regional Workshop in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
11 June 2009Pfirter: "The verification regime of the Convention requires States Parties to track the import and export of scheduled chemicals and report such data to the OPCW. Such a measure, when applied earnestly by all States Parties,...
OPCW Delegation Visits Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Umatilla
05 June 2009To date, the facility has completed the destruction of all GB and VX agents, representing 37% of the original stockpile at that site
OPCW Delegation Visits U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities
04 June 2009The facility located at Pueblo will destroy 2,371 metric tonnes of mustard agent by neutralization, followed by bio-treatment of the resulting hydrolysate
OPCW Director-General Attends Opening Ceremony of the Shchuchye Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in the Russian Federation
29 May 2009OPCW inspectors will maintain a 24-hour presence at the facility to ensure that all chemical weapons at the site are irreversibly destroyed