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OPCW Director-General meets with US Secretary of State
24 March 2014 - Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü met this morning with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is in The Hague to attend the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). The meeting was held at the OPCW Headquarters. The…
Director-General meets Russian Foreign Minister
24 March 2014 - Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mr Sergey Lavrov, who is in The Hague to attend the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). The Director-General discussed with…
Removal of priority chemicals in Syria marks “important new phase” in work of Joint Mission
8 January 2014 - The Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü informed the OPCW Executive Council today about the commencement of the removal of priority chemicals from Syria for destruction outside the country and described it as “an…
Germany to Destroy Effluent from Syrian Chemicals
9 January 2014 - The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has confirmed to the OPCW that it will dispose of 370 metric tonnes of effluent to be generated by the hydrolysis of Syria’s stock of mustard gas aboard the U…
Removal of priority chemicals in Syria marks “important new phase” in work of Joint Mission
8 January 2014 - The Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü informed the OPCW Executive Council today about the commencement of the removal of priority chemicals from Syria for destruction outside the country and described it as “an…
Syria chemical weapons team reports encouraging progress
3 October 2013 - Press release [bulletin] from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations. The joint OPCW-UN team mandated to assist Syria with the elimination of its chemical weapons…
OPCW Executive Council adopts historic decision on destruction of Syria chemical weapons
27 September 2013 - The OPCW Executive Council today adopted a historic decision [PDF - 28 KB] on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. In a special session, the 41-member body agreed on an accelerated programme for…
More movement of chemicals out of Syria boosts removals to half of stockpile
20 March 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission has verified the delivery of another consignment of Priority 1 chemicals today to Latakia and their removal from the port on a cargo ship, raising the amount of Syrian chemicals that…
UN Security Council endorses expeditious destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons programme
27 September 2013 - Deeply outraged by the use of chemical weapons on 21 August in a Damascus suburb, as concluded by a United Nations investigation team, the Security Council this evening endorsed the expeditious destruction…
OPCW Executive Council adopts historic decision on destruction of Syria chemical weapons
27 September 2013 - The OPCW Executive Council today adopted a historic decision [PDF - 28 KB] on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. In a special session, the 41-member body agreed on an accelerated programme for…