OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria
Joint Mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations for the Elimination of the Chemical Weapons Programme of the Syrian Arab Republic

Closure of OPCW

The OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria, established on 16 October 2013, oversaw the timely elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme in the safest and most secure manner possible. Its mandate concluded on 30 September 2014, and the OPCW mission in Syria continues to deal with the destruction of chemical weapon production facilities.

Mission Update - 5

6 November 2013

Further progress made by the team, following completion of 27 October and 1 November targets

The OPCW-UN Joint Mission has now verified 22 of the 23 sites.

The additional site inspected is in the region of Aleppo and was one of the two sites that could not be visited earlier due to safety and security reasons. The verification was conducted with the support of sealed cameras used by Syrian personnel as per the inspection team’s guidance. The exact geographical location and the time of capture of the footage/images were fully authenticated. As per the declaration by Syria, the site was confirmed as dismantled and long abandoned with the building showing extensive battle damage.