UN Secretary-General’s Message on the Remembrance Day for all Victims of Chemical Warfare (29 April 2009)
29 April 2009The Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is an occasion to recall some of the greatest atrocities in human history, to assess our progress in preventing any recurrence, and to pledge to continue advancing this...
Update on the OPCW’s contribution to global anti-terrorism efforts and effective multilateralism
21 April 2009The Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism has continued to operate under the very able coordination and facilitation of France. On 25 March 2009, the Working Group facilitated presentations from two national counter-terrorism...
OPCW Hosts Visit by UNICRI Director and Joint Seminar on Multilateral Approaches to Non-Proliferation
20 March 2009The OPCW, together with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) based in Turin, Italy, organised a one-day international seminar entitled “Multilateral Approaches to Non-Proliferation – The...
Senior UN Counter-terrorism Official Visits the OPCW
06 February 2009Mr Mike Smith, Executive Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), visited the OPCW on 5 February 2009 for meetings with the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, and...
OPCW Director-General Addresses the Sixty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
04 November 2008On 3 November 2008, the OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter addressed the 63rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, on the theme “Cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation for...