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Canada Contributes CAD 10 Million to Syria Trust Fund
24 January 2014![Participants and OPCW staff at the first OPCW workshop on Schedule 1 facilities.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2014/01/2014_01_13_ceseden_2_.jpg?itok=lh5YaGNP)
“Schedule 1 Users Forum” Held in Spain
24 January 2014![President of France, Mr François Hollande(left) and Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2014/01/visit_of_french_president_francois_hollande.jpg?itok=uf14gfnz)
French President Visits the OPCW
20 January 2014![Herve Glemet, a budget officer at OPCW, opens the first tender for the destruction of Syrian chemicals.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2014/01/rfq_opening_syria.jpg?itok=BBG7Dl-d)
OPCW Receives Tenders from 14 Private Firms to Destroy Syrian Commodity Chemicals and Effluents
20 January 2014![OPCW Deputy Director-General Mrs. Grace Asirwatham](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2013/12/ddg_head_shot_sm.jpg?itok=RzM8rYwl)
New Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility Opens at Kizner in the Russian Federation
20 December 2013![OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2013/12/director-general_head-shot_02.jpg?itok=sck0pcEA)
Ahmet Üzümcü re-appointed as OPCW Director-General
4 December 2013![Partcipants at a Course on Chemical Safety Management for States Parties in Africa, which was held in Wuppertal, Germany from 4 - 8 November 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2013/11/wuppertal.png?itok=l572-4Nv)
Course on Chemical Safety Management for State Parties in Africa
27 November 2013![OPCW Deputy Director-General, Mrs. Grace Asirwatham (second from left), speaks at the Amman Security Colloquium on the “Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East – Impact on Global Non-Proliferation Efforts” in Amman, Jordan, on 13 – 14 November.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2013/11/ddg_amman.jpg?itok=9jjcBCm_)
OPCW Deputy Director-General Participated in the Amman Security Colloquium on the Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East
26 November 2013![Participants at the Third International Course on Assistance and Protection against Chemical Weapons.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2013/11/apb_pakistan_nov_2013.jpg?itok=3at1KLC8)
Third International Course on Assistance and Protection against Chemical Weapons held in Islamabad, Pakistan
11 November 2013![OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü (right) welcomes Croatian President H.E. Mr Ivo Josipović to the OPCW on 30 October 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_featured_image/public/images/news/2013/10/croation_president_visit.jpg?itok=jqS83BxJ)