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

OPCW Director-General Addresses IUPAC Symposium
Recognises the important role of scientists, engineers and relevant civil society institutions05 August 2009Full story

OPCW Director-General Opens Regional Workshop in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Pfirter: "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,...11 June 2009Full story

National Authorities of Eastern Europe Meet in Bulgaria
36 participants from 23 States Parties attended29 May 2009Full story

OPCW Releases Scheduled Chemicals Database
Contains 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.29 May 2009Full story

First EDNA User Group Forum
States Parties shared their experiences of using EDNA with the Secretariat and discussed ideas and proposals for its future development27 May 2009Full story



