Speeches and Statements

Title Delivered By Publication Date
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Discussion Panel “Being the only one”, 11 February 2020 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Briefing to States Parties on the Report of the Investigation into Possible Breaches of Confidentiality, 6 February 2020 Deputy Director-General
Director-General’s Statement on the Report of the Investigation into Possible Breaches of Confidentiality Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Global Stakeholders Forum on the Adoption of National Implementing Legislationon the Chemical Weapons Convention, 3 December 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-Fourth Session Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at Its Twenty-Fourth Session (Full Version) Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Briefing to Non-Hague-Based Permanent Representations to the OPCW -Special Session onthe5th Phase of theOPCW Africa Programme, 14 November 2019 Deputy Director-General
Welcome Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Briefing by the EU Satellite Centre, 12 November 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the 21st Annual Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention - Regional Group Meeting Africa, 6 November 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Ninety-Second Session of the Executive Council (Full Version) Director-General
Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Closing Ceremony for the Tenth annual WMD Summer Programme (Asser Institute), 4 October 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Closing Ceremony of the Associate Programme, 27 September 2019 Deputy Director-General
Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the 13th CBRNe Protection Symposium Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the UN Disarmament Fellowship Programme, 16 September 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the 19th Induction Workshop for Diplomatic Personnel, 12 September 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, Ms Odette Melono, at the Regional Pilot Workshop on National Protective Programmes against Chemical Weapons for GRULAC States Parties Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Training Course on Fulfilling Declarations and Inspections Obligations under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2 September 2019 Deputy Director-General
Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the welcome reception hosted by Director-General, Department of Arms Control, Mr. Fu Cong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the 47th Session of the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters, 30 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Opening Session of the Associate Programme 2019, 26 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the Technical Workshop on Sharing of Best Practices in the Development of aLegislative and Regulatory Framework on Chemical Security, 24 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Ninety-First Session (As Delivered) Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Ninety-First Session of the Executive Council (Full Version) Director-General
Opening Remarks by the OPCW Deputy Director-General, Ms Odette Melono, at the UN HR Directors Meeting, 3 July 2019 Deputy Director-General
Closing remarks by the Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, Ms Odette Melono at the Symposium on Women in Chemistry, 24 June 2019, The Hague, Netherlands, Deputy Director-General
Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-proliferation (CPDNP), “The Chemical Weapons Convention in 2019: Building on past successes and to address current challenges” Director-General
Lecture by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at the Integrated Center for UN and Foreign Affairs Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University Director-General
Remarks of the Director-General: Briefing for States Parties on Syrian Arab Republic: Update on IIT-FFM-SSRC-DAT Director-General
Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, at 22nd International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference (CWD) Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Ninetieth Session Director-General
Opening Remarks of the Director-General at the Sixty-Third Meeting of the Executive Council (EC-M-63) Director-General
EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference: The CWC after the Fourth Review Conference – Keynote Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias Director-General
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW 26 November 2018 The Hague Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-Third Session (Full Version) Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-Third Session Director-General
Meeting of the Board of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Opening Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Ninth Session Director-General
Asser Institute Ninth Annual WMD Training Programme Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World Keynote Address Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias 1 October 2018 Director-General
Opening Statement by the Director–General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Fourth Special Session Director-General
Restoring Restraint: Enforcing Accountability for Users of Chemical Weapons Keynote Address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Washington D.C., the United States Director-General
Opening address by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Conference on Countering Chemical Terrorism 7 June 2018 The Hague, the Netherlands Director-General
EEBL Open Day, University of Rome Tor Vergata “The Chemical Weapons Convention: An Instrument for Peace” Keynote Speech by Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Rome, Italy 28 May 2018 Director-General
“Supporting Compliance with and Implementation of the CWC” Remarks by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Chatham House, United Kingdom 25 May 2018 Director-General
21st International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference (CWD) Keynote speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, London, United Kingdom 24 May 2018 Director-General
"The importance of science in the implementation of the CWC" Royal Society of Chemistry Keynote speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü London, United Kingdom 23 May 2018 Director-General
Keynote statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü International Workshop on “Science for Development” 9 May 2018 Quy Nhon, Viet Nam Director-General
138th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union “Proliferation of weapons and meeting international commitments” Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Geneva, Switzerland 27 March 2018 Director-General
Twenty-Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Remarks by the Director-General OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, The Netherlands 21 March 2018 Director-General
Celebration of Nourouz Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, Netherlands 21 March 2018 Director-General
United Nations Security Council Statement by the Director-General OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Director-General
Twenty-Seventh Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Opening Remarks by the Deputy Director-General of the OPCW OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, The Netherlands 19 March 2018 Deputy Director-General
American Chemical Society – National Meeting and Expo Address by the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü 17 March 2018 New Orleans, United States of America Director-General
Royal Military Academy of Belgium Address by the Director-General of the OPCW, Amb. Ahmet Üzümcü Brussels, Belgium Director-General
Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria Past and Future Challenges to the Chemical Weapons Convention Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü Director-General
Meeting on the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director General Director-General
Keynote Speech by the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At the Wilton Park Conference: The CWC – the Fourth Review Conference and Beyond Reflections on the Future of the OPCW Wiston House, the United Kingdom 22 January 2018 Director-General
Ceremony Marking the Completion of the Destruction Process of Libya’s Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Munster, Germany 11 January 2018 Director-General
Briefing to States Parties of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention Remarks by the Deputy Director-General, Geneva Switzerland, 5 December 2017 Deputy Director-General
Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare Statement by the Director-General 30 November 2017 Director-General
Remarks of the Director-General on the occasion of the 2017 OPCW – The Hague Award ceremony 27 November 2017 The Hague Director-General
Green Chemistry Workshop: Green And Sustainable, Opening Remarks of the Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 2017 Director-General
Remarks by Director General Ahmet Üzümcü at 19th Annual Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention Director-General
The Chemical Weapons Convention in 2017: What Are the Boundaries to Its Future Evolution? Introductory Remarks by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW, OPCW Headquarters, Thursday, 16 November 2017 Director-General
Remarks on the Occasion of Armistice Day 2017, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW, Ieper, Belgium, Saturday, 11 November 2017 Director-General
Briefing to Permanent Representations based outside of The Hague Remarks by the Deputy Director-General, Brussels, Belgium, 10 November 2017 Deputy Director-General
Regional Table Top Exercise on Chemical Emergency Response for GRULAC States Parties Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Mexico City, Mexico, 6 November 2017 Deputy Director-General
Ensuring Chemistry is Used Exclusively for the Benefit of Humankind Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico , 6 November 2017 Deputy Director-General
“20 Years of the OPCW: Its Achievements, Future Outlook and Cooperation with Industry” Statement by Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü At the ICCA Board Meeting, Vienna 27 October 2017 Director-General
Allocution: Colloque "Prévenir le risque de détournement de produits et d’installations chimiques" Paris, France, 17 octubre 20172017 Director-General
Remarks by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü at the Twenty-Sixth Session of the Scientific Advisory Board Director-General
Seventeenth Induction Workshop for Diplomatic Personnel Involved in the Work of the OPCW Closing remarks by Deputy Director-General H.E. Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao The Hague, the Netherlands 29 September 2017 Deputy Director-General
Ceremony marking the closure of Kizner Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General, OPCW Udmurt Republic, Russian Federation 27 September 2017 Deputy Director-General
“OPCW’s Role in New International Security Scenarios: the Syrian Experience” Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW At The Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs Santiago 26 September 2017 Director-General
Remarks by the Director-General at the Stakeholders Forum For States Parties In Latin America And The Caribbean (GRULAC) on the Adoption of National Implementing Legislation on the Chemical Weapons Convention Director-General
"The CWC, implementation and considerations for Africa" International Relations Institute of Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroon Speech by the Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü 13 September 2017 Director-General
Stakeholders Forum for States Parties in Africa on Adoption of national Implementing legislation Ahmet Üzümcü Opening remarks on day two Director-General of the OPCW 13 September 2017 Director-General
Speech at Eighth Annual Summer Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - Asser Institute Deputy Director-General
UN Disarmament Fellowship Programme Visit to the OPCW Closing Remarks by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, OPCW Deputy Director-General The Hague, 4 September 2017 Deputy Director-General
Keynote Address by the Director-General: Asser Institute Eighth Annual WMD Summer Programme - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World Director-General
Opening Remarks of the 2017 Associate Programme (Eighteenth Edition) by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General Deputy Director-General
Webinar Lecture “Ethics in Science” by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, 27 July 2017 Director-General
The 17th Asian Chemical Congress Keynote Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General Melbourne, Australia 25 July 2017 Director-General
The Chemical Weapons Convention: A Model of International Solidarity and the Power of a Universal Ideal, Remarks by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, OPCW Director-General, Australian Institute for International Affairs, Melbourne, 25 July 2017 Director-General
Statement by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü to the Executive Council at its 55th Meeting Director-General
Statement by the Director-General At the Institute for Political and International Studies Tehran, Iran 2 July 2017 Director-General
Closing Remarks by the Director-General Sixth Regional Basic Training Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons Tehran, Iran 2 July 2017 Director-General
Seventeenth Workshop on Coordination of Assistance and Protection under Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention - Remarks by the Deputy Director-General Deputy Director-General
Training-of-Trainers Course on technical aspects of the CWC Transfers Regime for representatives of Customs Training Institutions Opening remarks by the Deputy Director-General 20 June 2017 Deputy Director-General
The Chemical Weapons Convention 1997-2017: Progress, Challenges and Reinforcing the Global Norm against Chemical Weapons Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü Washington, United States of America 20 June 2017 Director-General
Peace and Disarmament: The Bedrock of Growth and Prosperity Peking University Beijing, China Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü 15 June 2017 Director-General
Special event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Opening remarks by Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Deputy Director-General, OPCW 31 May 2017 Zagreb, Croatia Deputy Director-General
Uncovering the Use of Chemical Weapons: the Role of Science and the OPCW Designated Laboratories Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland 29 May 2017 Director-General
Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General OPCW 13th Annual NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation Helsinki, Finland 29 May 2017 Director-General
Keynote Speech by Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü: 20th International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference London, United Kingdom Director-General
Keynote: 1st Scientific International Conference On CBRNE (SICC): Twenty years after the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Looking back and looking forward Director-General
Statement by the Director-General: Ceremony to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW Director-General
Keynote Address: International Conference on Chemical Disarmament and Security: OPCW's Contribution to Global Peace and Security Doha, Qatar 10 April 2017 Deputy Director-General
Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General, OPCW "Supporting the Aims of Resolution 1540 through Chemical Weapons Convention" Director-General
“Navruz – the holiday of spring, renewal and peace in Uzbekistan” The Hague, 23 March 2017 Deputy Director-General
Eighth Singapore International Symposium on Protection Against Toxic Substances (SISPAT) “Staying one step ahead of evolving CBRN threats through international cooperation” Keynote Address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General Director-General