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Press Release: International Day for Mine Awareness
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today observed the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. To commemorate this Day the United Nations Mine Action Support Team (UNMAST) hosted a…
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…
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…
Statement by the President of the Security Council
At the 7148th meeting of the Security Council, held on 26 March 2014, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in Sierra Leone”, the President of the Security Council made the…
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…