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- France contributes €591,000 to support key OPCW activities Funding will enhance the work of OPCW in Syria, capacity-building activities in Africa and Ukraine, as well as training initiatives
- OPCW-The Hague Award 2025 open for nominations Award honours efforts of individuals and organisations working towards a world free of chemical weapons
- OPCW AI Research Challenge: Harnessing AI tools to enhance global chemical security OPCW teams up with four institutions to leverage AI to strengthen the Organisation’s scientific and technological capabilities
- OPCW supports gender equity in chemistry Annual OPCW Women in Chemistry Symposium brings together scientists, policymakers and educators from around the world to chart a course for a more inclusive future in chemistry
- OPCW Director-General receives Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Discussion focuses on strengthening international cooperation to uphold the norms and principles of the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Philippines contributes €10,000 to support OPCW Scientific Advisory Board Contribution will be used to enhance the work of the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board, which provides specialised advice to the OPCW Director-General on scientific and technological matters
- Strengthening chemical security: How OPCW’s new guidelines will help prevent misuse of hazardous chemicals Enhancing safeguards for safer chemical trade and management
- OPCW Executive Council Visits Germany’s Old Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities Modern sophisticated facilities enable safe and secure destruction of WW2 legacy chemical weapons
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Commemoration of the 1988 Halabja Chemical Weapons Attack
Statement by OPCW Director-General, Fernando Arias
- Syria’s caretaker Foreign Minister addresses OPCW’s Executive Council In a landmark visit to OPCW’s Headquarters in The Hague, caretaker Foreign Minister al-Shaibani reaffirmed the commitment of the new Syrian authorities to cooperate with the OPCW to eliminate the chemical weapons programme of the former Syrian regime
- OPCW Director-General receives Prime Minister of Eswatini High-level discussion focuses on the way forward in implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Republic of Korea provides €95,000 to enhance OPCW capacity-building activities in Asia and Africa Voluntary contribution will support 14th edition of Seoul workshop as well as OPCW African Fellowships in Biotoxin Analysis Programme
