News related to non-proliferation and Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention

OPCW Director-General Opens Regional Workshop in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
11 June 2009Pfirter: "The verification regime of the Convention requires States Parties to track the import and export of scheduled chemicals and report such data to the OPCW. Such a measure, when applied earnestly by all States Parties,...

National Authorities of Eastern Europe Meet in Bulgaria
29 May 200936 participants from 23 States Parties attended

OPCW Releases Scheduled Chemicals Database
29 May 2009Contains information on over 1,300 scheduled chemicals declared to the OPCW, as well as all scheduled chemicals that had been assigned CAS Registry Numbers, amounting to an additional 28,000 chemicals.

First EDNA User Group Forum
27 May 2009States Parties shared their experiences of using EDNA with the Secretariat and discussed ideas and proposals for its future development

Workshop for Customs and Border Authorities in Eastern Europe
08 May 200924 participants from 16 States Parties attended

