News
- First responders from English-speaking African countries enhance chemical emergency preparedness Training delivered under Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention assists English-speaking OPCW Member States in Africa in building stronger chemical emergency response capabilities to better protect populations
- OPCW and IPU underscore role of parliamentarians in promoting effective implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention OPCW event organised on sidelines of 148th IPU Assembly brings together parliamentarians to discuss importance of adopting national legislations to effectively implement Chemical Weapons Convention
- OPCW Director-General on official visit to France Highlights include meetings with senior government officials and delivering keynote speech at event marking 25th anniversary of DGA Maîtrise NRBC becoming OPCW designated laboratory
- OPCW workshop in Lisbon enhances national implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention The workshop strengthens collaboration among Portuguese-speaking Member States in advancing the implementation of the Convention.
- African laboratories work to meet OPCW designation requirements
- Commemoration of the 1988 Halabja Chemical Weapons Attack Statement by OPCW Director-General, Fernando Arias
- Japan contributes near €190K to OPCW assistance and protection programmes Contribution will enhance ongoing assistance and protection activities related to Ukraine
- Preventing chemical weapon re‑emergence by countering chemical terrorism OPCW Working Group on Terrorism concluded 2023 with first-ever Tabletop Exercise on chemical terrorism
- OPCW Fact-Finding Mission concludes investigation on reported allegation in Al-Yarmouk, Syria Report concludes ‘no reasonable grounds’ chemicals used as a weapon in October 2017 incident reported to OPCW by Government of Syria
- OPCW identifies ISIL as perpetrators of 2015 chemical attack in Marea, Syria IIT report concludes ISIL held exclusive means, motives, and capabilities to deploy sulfur mustard in 2015 attack
- OPCW and European Union sign MoU to strengthen collaboration Parties to work within respective areas of competence towards full implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention through mutual respect, understanding, and strategic cooperation
- OPCW Director-General receives Slovenia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Bilateral discussion addresses international security environment and way forward in implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention
