Participants at the Third International Course on Assistance and Protection against Chemical Weapons.
The Government of Pakistan, Chem-Bio Defence Cell (CBDC), Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DESTO) and the OPCW jointly organised the Third International Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons. The course took place at the National Centre for Physics in Islamabad, Pakistan from 28 October to 1 November 2013. There were 14 OPCW sponsored participants from 14* States Parties as well as seven participants from Pakistan.
The course was related to assistance and protection against chemical weapons under Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention and offered training in the use of protective equipment, and in monitoring, detection, and decontamination techniques which are used in response to attacks with chemical warfare agents. Participants also acquired knowledge of chemical-emergency responses through field exercises.
* Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, Cambodia, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Malaysia, Romania, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania and Vietnam.