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- 02 Oct 2014 - 1 October 2014- Following the closure of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission on 30 September 2014, the Secretary-General expressed his deep gratitude to the Special Coordinator, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, as well as all the staff members from both the UN and the OPCW, who worked under difficult...
- 11 Jul 2014 - Nicosia, 11 July 2014- Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator for the OPCW-UN Joint Mission met today with a delegation of U.S. officials to discuss progress made with regard to the completion of removal and in-country destruction of Syria's chemical...
- 26 Jun 2014 - 25 June 2014 - Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator for the OPCW-UN Joint Mission concluded today a brief visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ms. Kaag met with the Deputy Foreign Minister H.E. Majid Takhte Ravanchi and held constructive discussions on the progress...
- 23 Jun 2014 - 23 June 2014 – The Joint Mission welcomes the removal of the remaining 7.2 per cent of chemical weapons material from the Syrian Arab Republic. With this last movement, the total of declared chemical weapons materials destroyed or removed from Syria has reached 100%. The...
- 20 May 2014 - 20 May 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms the destruction of the entire declared Syrian stockpile of Isopropanol. [PDF] Now 7.2 percent of Syria's chemical weapons material...
- 24 Apr 2014 - 24 April 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms delivery of a further shipment of chemical weapons material. Today's operation brings the total of chemical material removed and destroyed in country to 92.5%. "I welcome the significant progress of the last three weeks,...
- 21 Apr 2014 - Statement by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission 19 April 2014 - With today's movement, the Syrian Arab Republic has removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 percent of its chemical weapons material. Further...
- 16 Apr 2014 - 16 April 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms that the 15th shipment of chemical material left the port of Latakia today. The overall percentage of chemicals removed from the Syrian Arab Republic or destroyed in the country has now reached 72.3%. Damascus, 16 April 2014
- 15 Apr 2014 - 13 April 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been working to strengthen public health capacities within Syrian Arab Republic to respond to risks of...
- 08 Apr 2014 - 8 April 2014 - Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission concluded a brief mission to Cairo. Ms. Kaag met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr Nabil Fahmy on the Chemical Weapons Elimination Programme of the Syrian Arab Republic. The...