Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties
Documents

CSP-25

Document Symbol Title Date
C‑25/1 Note by the Director-General: Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 21 July 2020
EC‑94/DG.8 Note by the Director-General: Draft Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 8 June 2020

Notes by the Director-General

Document Symbol Title Date
C‑25/DG.15* Note by the Director-General: Summary of Nominations for External Auditor of the OPCW 12 November 2020
C‑25/DG.14 Note by the Director-General: Engaging the Chemical Industry Associations 12 November 2020
EC‑95/DG.20 C‑25/DG.12 Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 August 2019 to 15 August 2020 25 September 2020
EC‑95/DG.21 C‑25/DG.13 Note by the Director-General: Cash Situation and the Use of the Working Capital Fund for the Financial Year to 31 August 2020 25 September 2020
EC‑95/DG.11 C‑25/DG.9 Note by the Director-General: The Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on the Chemical Weapons Convention 10 September 2020
EC‑95/DG.5 C‑25/DG.5 Note by the Director-General: Report on Status of Implementation by States Parties of Agreed Multi-Year Payment Plans 25 August 2020
EC‑94/DG.10 C‑25/DG.3 Note by the Director-General: Transfers of Funds During 2019 19 June 2020
EC‑94/DG.4 C‑25/DG.2 Note by the Director-General: Annual Report of the Office of Internal Oversight for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2019 24 April 2020

Conference Room Papers

Document Symbol Title Date
C‑25/DEC/CRP.2 Draft Decision: Submission of the 2020 OPCW Financial Statements To The External Auditor 22 October 2020
EC‑95/3 C‑25/2 Report of the Executive Council on the Performance of Its Activities in the Period from 13 July 2019 to 12 July 2020 7 October 2020
EC‑94/3 C‑25/CRP.1 Draft Report of the OPCW on the Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction in 2019 7 July 2020

Information Series

Document Symbol Title Date
C‑25/INF.1/Rev.1 Annotated Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 30 November – 4 December 2020 27 November 2020
C‑25/INF.2 Tentative Programme of Work for the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020

VIP National Statements 

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National Statements

Title Date
Angola: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Maria Isabel De Resende Encoge, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 30 November 2020
Poland: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Marcin Czepelak, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 30 November 2020
Ghana: Statement by Mr Mohammed Habib Idris, Acting Head of Mission and Deputy, Permanent Representative of Ghana at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 30 November 2020
Iran: Statement by the Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Support of Credentials of the Delegation of Venezuela at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties 30 November 2020
Armenia: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Tigran Balayan, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 30 November 2020
People's Republic of China: Statement by the Delegation of the People's Republic of China to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 30 November 2020
Myanmar: Statement by Ambassador H.E. Mr. Soe Lynn Han, Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the State Parties 28 November 2020
Finland: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Päivi Kaukoranta, Permanent Representative of Finland to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 28 November 2020
Turkey: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Şaban Dişli, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties 28 November 2020
Italy: Statement by the Delegation of Italy to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Joint Statement at CSP-25 by 29 States Parties: Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, et al 27 November 2020
Estonia: Statement by the Delegation of Estonia to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Philippines: Statement of the Delegation of the Republic of the Philippines to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties 27 November 2020
Germany: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Gudrun Lingner, Permanent Representative of Germany to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Joint Statement at CSP-25 by 56 States Parties: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, et al 27 November 2020
Thailand: Statement by H.E. Mrs. Eksiri Pintaruchai, Ambassador and Representative of Thailand to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Armenia: Statement on behalf of the Group of Member States of the International Organization of Francophonie (French) 27 November 2020
Lithuania: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Vidmantas Purlys, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Honduras: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Roberto Ochoa Madrid, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Honduras to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties (Spanish) 27 November 2020
United States of America: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Joseph Manso, Permanent Representative of United States of America to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Bangladesh: Statement by H. E. Ambassador M Riaz Hamidullah Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
India: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Venu Rajamony, Permanent Representative of India to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Switzerland: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
People's Republic of China: Statement by the Delegation of the People's Republic of China to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties (Chinese) 27 November 2020
Russia: Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties in Support of the Credentials of the Delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 27 November 2020
Republic of Korea: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Yeondoo Jeong, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
The Netherlands: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Paul van den Ijssel, Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Czech Republic: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Kateřina Sequensová, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
France: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Luis Vassy, Permanent Representative of France to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties (French) 27 November 2020
Sweden: Statement delivered by H.E. Ambassador Annika Markovic, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
State of Palestine: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Mrs. Rawan Sulaiman, Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties 27 November 2020
Slovenia: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Sanja Štiglic, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Austria: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Astrid Harz, Permanent Representative of Austria to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Albania: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Adia Sakiqi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Albania to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Israel: Statement delivered by H.E. Ambassador Naor Gilon, Embassy of the State of Israel, at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Russia: Statement on Behalf of The Collective Security Treaty Organisation Member States which are Parties To The Chemical Weapons Convention at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference Of The States Parties 27 November 2020
United Arab Emirates: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Dr Hissa Abdulla Alotaiba, Permanent Representative of the State of the United Arab Emirates to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties (Arabic) 27 November 2020
Spain: Statement by the Permanent Representation of Spain to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties (Spanish) 27 November 2020
Russia: Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020
Canada: Statement by the Delegation of Canada to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 26 November 2020
United Kingdom: Statement by Baroness Annabel Goldie DL, UK Minister of State in the House of Lords at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 26 November 2020
Malta: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Dr Mark A. Pace, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 26 November 2020
Norway: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Bård Ivar Svendsen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 26 November 2020
Australia: Statement delivered by H.E. Ambassador Matthew Neuhaus Permanent Representative of Australia to the OPCW at the Twenty Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 25 November 2020
Cuba: Statement by the Delegation of the Republic of Cuba to the OPCW in Support of Credentials of the Delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 25 November 2020
New Zealand: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Lyndal Walker, Permanent Representative of the New Zealand to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 25 November 2020
Cuba: Statement by H.E. Ambassador Soraya Álvarez Núñez Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the OPCW at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties (Spanish) 24 November 2020

International Organisations

Title Date
European Union: Statement on behalf of the European Union delivered by H.E. Ambassador Marjolijn van Deelen at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 25 November 2020

Chemical Industry

Title Date
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry: Statement on Behalf of the IUPAC delivered by President, Professor Christopher Brett, at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 27 November 2020

NGO Video Statements

Watch video statements submitted by civil society and NGO participants at CSP-25. 

NGO

Title Date
Istanbul University: Statement by Dr. Sadik Toprak at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Rutgers University (Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Weapons Control): Statement by Marie Isabelle Chevrier, PhD at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Pakistan House: Statement by Muhammad Athar Javed, PhD. at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Association of Supporting Victims of Chemical Weapons (ASVCW): Statement by Mr. Seyed Kamal Loh Mousavi at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions (IDUM): Statement by Mr. Terrance P. Long at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
The Harvard Sussex Program: Statement by Mr Alexander Ghionis at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Center for International Security Studies and Strategic Research, MEF University: Statement by Dr. Mustafa Kibaroglu at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
University of Bradford and the Omega Research Foundation: Statement by Dr Michael Crowley at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Kentucky Environmental Foundation: Statement by Mr. Craig Williams at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), India: Statement by Dr. Ajey Lele at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
American Public Health Association (APHA): Statement by Dr. Deborah Klein Walker at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
CBRNe Society : Statement by Ms. Anna Paternnosto at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Association for the Defence of Chemical Injuries in the Fars Province (SCWVSF): Statement by Mr Mohammad Ali Hajipour at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Mayors for Peace: Statement by Mr Khder Kareem at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Arms Control Association and Green Cross International: Statement by Dr. Paul F. Walker at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Colorado Citizens’ Advisory Commission, Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.A: Statement by Ms. Irene Kornelly at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University: Statement by Emine Yilmaz Can, M.D. at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
ArgIQ – Information Quality in Argentina: Statement by Ms. Maria Jose Espona at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI): Statement by Dr Maria Sultan at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
VERTIC - Verification Research, Training and Education Centre: Statement by Ms. Yasemin Balci at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
Kurdish Organizations Network Coalition for the International Criminal Court (KONCICC): Statement by Mr Sarkout Mahmoud at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020
United Services Institution of India: Statement by Dr Nivedita Das Kundu at the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties 24 November 2020

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