Speeches and Statements

Title Delivered By Publication Date
Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the welcome reception hosted by Director-General, Department of Arms Control, Mr. Fu Cong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the 47th Session of the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters, 30 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Opening Session of the Associate Programme 2019, 26 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Technical Workshop on Sharing of Best Practices in the Development of aLegislative and Regulatory Framework on Chemical Security, 24 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Ninety-First Session (As Delivered) Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Ninety-First Session of the Executive Council (Full Version) Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the UN HR Directors Meeting, 3 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Closing remarks by the Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, Ms Odette Melono at the Symposium on Women in Chemistry, 24 June 2019, The Hague, Netherlands, Deputy Director-General
Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-proliferation (CPDNP), “The Chemical Weapons Convention in 2019: Building on past successes and to address current challenges” Director-General
Lecture by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the Integrated Center for UN and Foreign Affairs Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University Director-General
Remarks of the Director-General: Briefing for States Parties on Syrian Arab Republic: Update on IIT-FFM-SSRC-DAT Director-General
Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at 22nd International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference (CWD) Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Ninetieth Session Director-General
Opening Remarks of the Director-General at the Sixty-Third Meeting of the Executive Council (EC-M-63) Director-General
EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference: The CWC after the Fourth Review Conference – Keynote Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias Director-General
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW 26 November 2018 The Hague Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-Third Session (Full Version) Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-Third Session Director-General
Meeting of the Board of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Opening Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Ninth Session Director-General
Asser Institute Ninth Annual WMD Training Programme Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World Keynote Address Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias 1 October 2018 Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director–General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Fourth Special Session Director-General
Restoring Restraint: Enforcing Accountability for Users of Chemical Weapons Keynote Address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Washington D.C., the United States Director-General
Opening address by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Conference on Countering Chemical Terrorism 7 June 2018 The Hague, the Netherlands Director-General
EEBL Open Day, University of Rome Tor Vergata “The Chemical Weapons Convention: An Instrument for Peace” Keynote Speech by Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Rome, Italy 28 May 2018 Director-General
“Supporting Compliance with and Implementation of the CWC” Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Chatham House, United Kingdom 25 May 2018 Director-General
21st International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference (CWD) Keynote speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, London, United Kingdom 24 May 2018 Director-General
"The importance of science in the implementation of the CWC" Royal Society of Chemistry Keynote speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü London, United Kingdom 23 May 2018 Director-General
Keynote statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü International Workshop on “Science for Development” 9 May 2018 Quy Nhon, Viet Nam Director-General
138th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union “Proliferation of weapons and meeting international commitments” Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Geneva, Switzerland 27 March 2018 Director-General
Twenty-Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Remarks by the Director-General OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, The Netherlands 21 March 2018 Director-General
Celebration of Nourouz Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, Netherlands 21 March 2018 Director-General
United Nations Security Council Statement by the Director-General OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Director-General
Twenty-Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Opening Remarks by the Deputy Director-General of the OPCW OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, The Netherlands 19 March 2018 Deputy Director-General
American Chemical Society – National Meeting and Expo Address by the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü 17 March 2018 New Orleans, United States of America Director-General
Royal Military Academy of Belgium Address by the Director-General of the OPCW, Amb. Ahmet Üzümcü Brussels, Belgium Director-General
Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria Past and Future Challenges to the Chemical Weapons Convention Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Director-General
Meeting on the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director General Director-General
Keynote Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At the Wilton Park Conference: The CWC – the Fourth Review Conference and Beyond Reflections on the Future of the OPCW Wiston House, the United Kingdom 22 January 2018 Director-General
Ceremony Marking the Completion of the Destruction Process of Libya’s Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Munster, Germany 11 January 2018 Director-General
Briefing to States Parties of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention Remarks by the Deputy Director-General, Geneva Switzerland, 5 December 2017 Deputy Director-General
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General 30 November 2017 Director-General
Remarks of the Director-General on the occasion of the 2017 OPCW – The Hague Award ceremony 27 November 2017 The Hague Director-General
Green Chemistry Workshop: Green And Sustainable, Opening Remarks of the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 2017 Director-General
Remarks by Director General Ahmet Üzümcü at 19th Annual Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention Director-General
The Chemical Weapons Convention in 2017: What Are the Boundaries to Its Future Evolution? Introductory Remarks by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW, OPCW Headquarters, Thursday, 16 November 2017 Director-General
Remarks on the Occasion of Armistice Day 2017, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW, Ieper, Belgium, Saturday, 11 November 2017 Director-General
Briefing to Permanent Representations based outside of The Hague Remarks by the Deputy Director-General, Brussels, Belgium, 10 November 2017 Deputy Director-General
Regional Table Top Exercise on Chemical Emergency Response for GRULAC States Parties Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Mexico City, Mexico, 6 November 2017 Deputy Director-General
Ensuring Chemistry is Used Exclusively for the Benefit of Humankind Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico , 6 November 2017 Deputy Director-General
“20 Years of the OPCW: Its Achievements, Future Outlook and Cooperation with Industry” Statement by Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At the ICCA Board Meeting, Vienna 27 October 2017 Director-General
Allocution: Colloque "Prévenir le risque de détournement de produits et d’installations chimiques" Paris, France, 17 octubre 20172017 Director-General
Remarks by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü at the Twenty-Sixth Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Director-General
Seventeenth Induction Workshop for Diplomatic Personnel Involved in the Work of the OPCW Closing remarks by Deputy Director-General H.E. Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao The Hague, the Netherlands 29 September 2017 Deputy Director-General
Ceremony marking the closure of Kizner Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General, OPCW Udmurt Republic, Russian Federation 27 September 2017 Deputy Director-General
“OPCW’s Role in New International Security Scenarios: the Syrian Experience” Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW At The Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs Santiago 26 September 2017 Director-General
Remarks by the Director-General at the Stakeholders Forum For States Parties In Latin America And The Caribbean (GRULAC) on the Adoption of National Implementing Legislation on the Chemical Weapons Convention Director-General
"The CWC, implementation and considerations for Africa" International Relations Institute of Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroon Speech by the Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü 13 September 2017 Director-General
Stakeholders Forum for States Parties in Africa on Adoption of national Implementing legislation Ahmet Üzümcü Opening remarks on day two Director-General of the OPCW 13 September 2017 Director-General
Speech at Eighth Annual Summer Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - Asser Institute Deputy Director-General
UN Disarmament Fellowship Programme Visit to the OPCW Closing Remarks by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, OPCW Deputy Director-General The Hague, 4 September 2017 Deputy Director-General
Keynote Address by the Director-General: Asser Institute Eighth Annual WMD Summer Programme - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World Director-General
Opening Remarks of the 2017 Associate Programme (Eighteenth Edition) by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General Deputy Director-General
Webinar Lecture “Ethics in Science” by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, 27 July 2017 Director-General
The 17th Asian Chemical Congress Keynote Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Melbourne, Australia 25 July 2017 Director-General
The Chemical Weapons Convention: A Model of International Solidarity and the Power of a Universal Ideal, Remarks by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, Australian Institute for International Affairs, Melbourne, 25 July 2017 Director-General
Statement by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü to the Executive Council at its 55th Meeting Director-General
Statement by the Director-General At the Institute for Political and International Studies Tehran, Iran 2 July 2017 Director-General
Closing Remarks by the Director-General Sixth Regional Basic Training Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons Tehran, Iran 2 July 2017 Director-General
Seventeenth Workshop on Coordination of Assistance and Protection under Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention - Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Deputy Director-General
Training-of-Trainers Course on technical aspects of the CWC Transfers Regime for representatives of Customs Training Institutions Opening remarks by the Deputy Director-General 20 June 2017 Deputy Director-General
The Chemical Weapons Convention 1997-2017: Progress, Challenges and Reinforcing the Global Norm against Chemical Weapons Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü Washington, United States of America 20 June 2017 Director-General
Peace and Disarmament: The Bedrock of Growth and Prosperity Peking University Beijing, China Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü 15 June 2017 Director-General
Special event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Opening remarks by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General, OPCW 31 May 2017 Zagreb, Croatia Deputy Director-General
Uncovering the Use of Chemical Weapons: the Role of Science and the OPCW Designated Laboratories Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland 29 May 2017 Director-General
Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW 13th Annual NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation Helsinki, Finland 29 May 2017 Director-General
Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü: 20th International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference London, United Kingdom Director-General
Keynote: 1st Scientific International Conference On CBRNE (SICC): Twenty years after the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Looking back and looking forward Director-General
Statement by the Director-General: Ceremony to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW Director-General
Keynote Address: International Conference on Chemical Disarmament and Security: OPCW's Contribution to Global Peace and Security Doha, Qatar 10 April 2017 Deputy Director-General
Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General, OPCW "Supporting the Aims of Resolution 1540 through Chemical Weapons Convention" Director-General
“Navruz – the holiday of spring, renewal and peace in Uzbekistan” The Hague, 23 March 2017 Deputy Director-General
Eighth Singapore International Symposium on Protection Against Toxic Substances (SISPAT) “Staying one step ahead of evolving CBRN threats through international cooperation” Keynote Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General Director-General
Statement at the Official Opening of the Tree of Life Monument at the Garden of the Embassy of Iraq Director-General
The Oxford Union Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Director-General OPCW, 20 February 2017 Director-General
Meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the Implementation of Resolution 1540 2004 15 December 2016 Director-General
Launching Event on the Report on Needs and Best Practices on Chemical Safety and Security Opening Remarks by Amb. Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, the Hague, 30 November Deputy Director-General
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General The Twenty-first Session of the Conference of States Parties 30 November 2016 Director-General
Opening Remarks by the Director-General 18th Annual Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention 23 November 2016 Director-General
Workshop on Article XI of the Chemical Weapons Convention Opening Remarks by Amb. Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, The Hague, 22 November 2016 Deputy Director-General
Briefing to Permanent Representations based outside of The Hague Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, OPCW Deputy Director-General Brussels, Belgium 10 November 2016 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by Director-General OPCW, Ahmet Üzümcü “Training Course for National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention on Training Escorts for Inspections” Doha Regional Centre for CBRN Training Doha, Qatar Director-General
“Abolishing Chemical Weapons: 20 Years On” Lecture by Director-General Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar 23 October 2016 Director-General
Lecture by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü at the University of Dhaka Director-General
Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Regional Seminar on Chemical Safety and Security Management Dhaka, Bangladesh Director-General
Speech to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW Dhaka, Bangladesh Director-General
Lecture delivered by Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Korea National Diplomatic Academy Director-General
The OPCW's Mission and Role for International Peace and Prosperity Address to Students at Hankuk University Director-General
Chemical Weapons: New Threats and Ongoing Challenges Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the OPCW Fifth Seoul Defense Dialogue Director-General
Preventing the Re‐Emergence of Chemical Weapons: Lessons for Non‐Proliferation - Keynote Speech at the Opening of the Asser Summer Programme Deputy Director-General