Closure of OPCW-UN Joint Mission

The OPCW-UN Joint Mission on the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons has completed its mandate and its operations drew to a close on 30 September 2014. From there on, the OPCW mission in Syria will continue to deal with the destruction of chemical weapon production facilities and clarification of certain aspects of the Syrian initial declaration.

Press Encounters

Special Coordinator speaks at stakeout in New York

4 June 2014 - Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission speaks at the media stakeout following her Security Council briefing [

01 Aug 2014

Special Coordinator speaks at stakeout in New York

8 May 2014 - Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission speaks at the media stakeout following her Security Council briefing [video]

08 May 2014

Press briefing by the OPCW-UN Joint Mission [English/Arabic]

27 April 2014 – The following are the key points made by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, at a press briefing in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic:

27 Apr 2014

Secretary-General's remarks at press conference at Sochi, Russian Federation

6 February 2014 - Secretary-General speaks at joint press-conference regarding 30 June 2014 deadline for the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons program

20 Mar 2014

10 January 2014

10 January 2014 - Speaking at his fist press conference this year, the United Nations Secretary-General touched upon issues relating to work of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission.

20 Mar 2014

Press conference on UN mission to investigate alleged chemical weapons use in Syria*

13 December 2013 - On a scale of 1 to 10, the fact-finding mission in Syria had achieved 8.7, the chief of the mission charged with verifying the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria said at a Headquarters press conference today.

20 Mar 2014