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Foreign Minister of New Zealand Visits the OPCW
29 October 2007On 15 October 2007, Rt Hon. Winston Peters, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, visited the Headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and met its Director-General, Ambassador...
CWC and OPCW Tenth Anniversary Commemorated by Columbia Law School
25 October 2007The tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' (OPCW) decade-long implementation of the treaty was commemorated in New York on...
United Nations Secretary-General and OPCW Director-General Agree to Promote Mutually Beneficial Cooperation
25 October 2007The UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon and the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Mr. Rogelio Pfirter have agreed to strengthen the existing cooperation between their two...
OPCW Director-General Addresses the United Nations General Assembly's First Committee
23 October 2007In his address to the United Nations General Assembly's First Committee on 17 October 2007, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Pfirter, stated that “Our...
CWC Advanced Course Held for National Authorites of Lusophone States Parties in Brazil
09 October 2007An advanced course for officials of National Authorities from Lusophone States Parties, who are responsible for implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), was held in Salvador, Brazil from 18 to 21 September 2007....