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State of Palestine Joins the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

21 June 2018
Deputy Director-General of OPCW, Hamid Ali Rao (far left), President of the Netherlands Court of Audit, Mr Arno Visser, Director-General of OPCW, Ahmet Üzümcü and UN Under-Secretary-General, Office of Internal Oversight Services, Ms Heidi Mendoza.

OPCW and UN Share Internal Audit Best Practices

15 September 2017
Image from a meeting of the OPCW Executive Council.

OPCW Executive Council Adopts Decision Regarding the OPCW-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism Reports About Chemical Weapons Use in the Syrian Arab Republic

11 November 2016
Samples are collected from a container with Libyan precursor chemicals at a specialised destruction facility operated by GEKA in Munster, Germany. Photo: GEKATanks containing Libyan chemicals are unloaded at the port of Bremen, Germany. Photo: Defence Command Denmark

Libya’s Remaining Chemical Weapon Precursors Arrive Safely and Securely at German Facility for Destruction

8 September 2016
A loading operation to remove the remnants of Libya’s remaining chemical weapons stocks. Photo credit: Defence Command Denmark

Libya’s Remaining Chemical Weapon Precursors Successfully Removed

31 August 2016
Libyan National Authority Personnel in 2014

OPCW Director-General Welcomes UN Security Council Resolution and OPCW Executive Council Decision; Pledges to Facilitate Verifiable Destruction of Libya’s Remaining Chemical Weapons

22 July 2016
Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü (center), keynote speakers and speakers at the opening ceremonies of OPCW Day on 2 May 2016

OPCW Founding Celebrated with First OPCW Day Conference: Chemical Safety and Security in a Technologically Evolving World

2 May 2016
OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Continuing Partnership Between the OPCW and UN Highlighted During UN Secretary-General’s Visit to the OPCW

20 April 2016

European Union donates €4.6 million to OPCW Special Missions and the UN-OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism

3 March 2016

OPCW Executive Council gravely concerned about continuing use of chemical weapons in Syria

23 November 2015
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