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Chemical Weapons Ban Annual Conference to Convene in The Hague
The Ninth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention will convene in The Hague from 29 November to 3 December 2004.26 November 2004Full story
OPCW Director-General Visits the United Kingdom
The Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, paid an official visit to the United Kingdom from 16 to 17 November 2004 . During his visit, Director-General...22 November 2004Full story
Commemorating the Victims of Chemical Warfare
On the eighty-sixth anniversary of the end of the First World War, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was honoured to participate in a solemn commemoration ceremony in the city of Ieper , Belgium , on...11 November 2004Full story
OPCW Director-General Visits Italy and Signs Agreements
The Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, paid an official visit to the Italian Republic from 2 to 3 November 2004 . During his visit, Director-General...05 November 2004Full story
The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly Adopts Resolution on the Chemical Weapons Convention
During the Fifty-ninth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) adopted a resolution on the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention...03 November 2004Full story
Inter-Parliamentary Union Urges All Parliaments to Strengthen Multilateral Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regimes
The Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), adopted by consensus its resolution on the role of parliaments in strengthening multilateral regimes for non-proliferation of weapons and for disarmament, in the light of new...03 November 2004Full story
OPCW Director-General Visits the United States of America and the Organization of American States
On 20 October 2004, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, visited the United States of America and met United States Assistant Secretary of State, H.E....26 October 2004Full story
Madagascar Joins the Chemical Weapons Convention
Madagascar deposited its instrument of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 20 October 2004. Thirty days after that date, on 19 November 2004, Madagascar will become...21 October 2004Full story
OPCW Director-General Addresses the United Nations
On 21 October 2004, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter addressed the 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and delivered the...21 October 2004Full story
African National Authorities Meeting Held in Harare, Zimbabwe
The Second Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Africa, held in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 19 and 20 October 2004, was organised jointly by the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Organisation for...21 October 2004Full story
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