Press Releases

  • OPCW Director-General meets with US Secretary of State
    27 Mar 2014 - 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 discussed with the Secretary of State...
  • Director-General meets Russian Foreign Minister
    27 Mar 2014 - 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 the Foreign Minister the ongoing OPCW-UN Joint...
  • Removal of priority chemicals in Syria marks “important new phase” in work of Joint Mission
    27 Mar 2014 - 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 important new phase” in the work of the OPCW-UN Joint...
  • Germany to Destroy Effluent from Syrian Chemicals
    27 Mar 2014 - 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.S. vessel MV Cape Ray. It was stated that the...
  • Removal of priority chemicals in Syria marks “important new phase” in work of Joint Mission
    27 Mar 2014 - 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 important new phase” in the work of the OPCW-UN Joint...
  • Syria chemical weapons team reports encouraging progress
    26 Mar 2014 - 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 programme has made encouraging...
  • OPCW Executive Council adopts historic decision on destruction of Syria chemical weapons
    26 Mar 2014 - 27 September 2013 - The OPCW Executive Council today adopted a historic decision [PDF - 28 KB] on the destruction of Syria's chemical...
  • More movement of chemicals out of Syria boosts removals to half of stockpile
    25 Mar 2014 - 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 are now out of the...
  • Syria chemical weapons destruction begins
    20 Mar 2014 - 6 October 2013 - Press release [bulletin] by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations. The process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons programme began today. Under the supervision of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of...
  • Syria’s accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force
    20 Mar 2014 - 14 October 2013 - Today, on 14 October 2013, the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force for the Syrian Arab Republic, making it the 190th State Party to the treaty. Syria deposited its instrument of accession with the United Nations Secretary-General on 14 September....

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