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News: Belgium

  • Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), H.E. Mr Fernando Arias, met with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, and Minister of Defence of Belgium, H.E. Mr Didier Reynders OPCW Director-General Meets with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Delivers EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference Keynote 19 December 2018
  • OPCW Director-General, H.E. Mr Fernando Arias, and Belgium’s Permanent Representative to the OPCW, H.E. Mr Christian Lepage Belgium Contributes €2M to Future OPCW Centre for Chemistry and Technology 22 October 2018
  • The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, meeting with Ms Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy OPCW Director-General Meets with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security in Brussels 10 July 2018
  • OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, meeting with the Minister of Defense, H.E. Mr Steven Vandeput, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, H.E. Mr Didier Reynders, during a visit to Brussels, Belgium. OPCW Director-General Visits Brussels 8 March 2018
  • Armistice Commemoration in Ieper, Belgium and Director-General visit to the Belgian destruction facility located in Poelkapelle, Belgium OPCW Director-General Honours WWI Chemical Weapons Victims in Ieper, Belgium 13 November 2017
  • The OPCW Deputy Director-General, Mr Hamid Ali Rao, updating representatives on the OPCW’s activities during 2017 and on issues relevant to the upcoming CSP-22. OPCW Deputy Director-General Briefs Permanent Representatives Based Outside of The Hague 10 November 2017
  • Deputy Director-General, Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao giving a briefing for Permanent Representatives of States Parties to the Chemical Weapon Convention in Brussels OPCW Deputy Director-General Briefs States Parties, Based outside The Hague, on Preparations for the Twenty-First Session of the Conference of States Parties 10 November 2016
  • OPCW Deputy Director-General delivering remarks on the Remembrance Armistice Day 2015 – Remembrance Armistice Day in Ieper 12 November 2015
  • Commemoration of the Centenary of the First Large-Scale Use of Chemical Weapons held in Argentina. Centenary of First Large-Scale Use of Chemical Weapons in Ieper Commemorated in Argentina 30 April 2015
  • Minute of Silence during the annual Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare. OPCW Commemorates Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare 29 April 2015
  • Director-General, Ahmet Üzümcü (right) presents the Ieper Declaration to the Mayor of Ieper, the Hon. Mr Jan Durnez on 21 April 2015, at the commemoration of the centenary of the first large-scale use of chemical weapons. OPCW States Parties issue historic Declaration on the centenary of the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in Ieper 21 April 2015
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