14th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention Concludes
11 December 2009A total of 122 of the 188 States Parties to the CWC attended, together with 2 signatory States, 8 IGOs, and 30 NGOs and chemical industry associations.
Russian Photo Exhibit: The Destruction of Chemical Weapons in the Russian Federation/ photos by ITAR-TASS
04 December 2009Photographers from the ITAR-TASS News Agency visited Gorny, Kambarka, Kizner, Leonidovka, Maradykovsky, Pochep and Shchuchye to chronicle the demilitarization work underway at those seven sites for the exhibit.
Meeting on Proposed NGO Coalition Against Chemical Weapons
03 December 2009The Hague, 2-3 December 2009
H.E. Mr Ahmet Üzümcü of Turkey Appointed as Next Director-General of the OPCW
02 December 2009Ambassador Üzümcü is a career diplomat with extensive multilateral experience in political-military affairs and in disarmament and proliferation issues.
UN Secretary-General Addresses the OPCW Conference
30 November 2009UN Secretary-General: "This year, the OPCW achieved a landmark by verifying the destruction of more than 50 per cent of the declared chemical weapons stockpiles."