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OPCW Director-General Addresses the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
27 February 2009On 24 February 2009, the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter visited the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria, where he gave a lecture on “The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: Achievements and...
H.E. Mr Zeidan Al-Saghir (Lebanon)
26 February 2009H.E. Mr Zeidan Al-Saghir, Permanent Representative of the Lebanese Republic to the OPCW, presented his credentials to the Director-General on 26 February 2009. He is concurrently accredited as his country’s Ambassador...
Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the Executive Council
25 February 2009In accordance with Rule 6 of its Rules of Procedure, and with effect from 12 May 2009, the Council at its Fifty-Fifth Session (17–20 February 2009) elected Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco Tonda of Mexico as its new Chairperson for a...
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Fifty-fifth Session
20 February 2009The year has started very positively for the OPCW, with two new States Parties having joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. This brings the number of States Parties to this very successful Convention to 186. We had all greeted...
U.S. President Obama Sends Letter of Thanks to OPCW Director-General
17 February 2009The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, has sent a letter of thanks and appreciation to the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, for the Director-General’s letter of congratulations on the...