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20th Anniversary Website
Website marking the 20th Anniversary Year of the OPCW: 20 years of working together for a world free of chemical weapons
Statistics
193 States Parties covering
98% of the global population.
96% of the world's declared stockpile of 72,304 metric tonnes of chemical agent have been destroyed.
6,861 inspections have taken place at 3,180 chemical weapon-related and 3,681 industrial sites since April 1997.
4,766 industrial facilities are liable to inspection.
