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The Tenth Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention
29 April 2007Ten years ago, on 29 April 1997, the global chemical weapons ban, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), entered into force. It is the first disarmament treaty that stringently verifies the total and permanent abolition and...
Custom Authorities Meet in Croatia
26 April 2007The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) organized a sub-regional workshop for customs authorities in South-Eastern Europe on the technical aspects of the Chemical Weapons Convention’s (CWC) transfers...
OPCW Director-General Visits Germany; Meets German Foreign Minister
26 April 2007From 23 to 26 April, 2007, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany and met the German Foreign...
OPCW Director-General Attends Demilitarisation Event in Russia
24 April 2007At the invitation of the Russian Federation, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, attended an official event, hosted by the Russian Federal Agency on...
Sub-Regional Workshop for Custom Authorities Commences in Viet Nam
23 April 2007A sub-regional workshop for customs authorities in South East Asia on Technical Aspects of the Transfers’ regime of the Chemical Weapons Convention is taking place in Ha Noi, Viet Nam from 23-25 April 2007. In total, 37...