Organisation for the Prohibition

Provisional Technical Secretariat Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons... 

In addition to the agents detailed in this handbook, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) identifies in its Declaration Handbook 2002 for the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction another five agents in this class. However, there is no information available in the unclassified literature concerning the physical, chemical, or toxicological properties of these additional agents. 

Key WOrds Chemical Weapons (CW), CW Convention (CWC), CW Production Facilities (CWPF), CW destruction, CWPF destruction conversion, CW nonproduction, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), First Review Conference, Chemical terrorism. ... 

Especially the latter two numbers are still quite insufficient taking into consideration the tasks of such governmental office in the national implementation measures starting with the respective legislation and then supervision of the domestic chemical industry and any cooperative activities with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). 

Pursuant to the CWC, after its signature, the Preparatory Commission was founded and after EIF the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was established with HQ in The Hague / The Netherlands (Johan de Wittlaan 32, 2517 JR Den Haag). See also http// www.opcw.org. The Organisation consists of three main elements ... 

Weapons Convention is facilitated by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the assistance received through the contributions of member states and the utilisation of experts within and external to the OPCW. It also involves the coordination and delivery of specialised services from national agencies and other international organisations involved in providing emergency humanitarian assistance. The OPCW will continue its work on the cooperative efforts with many member states to maintain the effort to development, implement and train for an effective delivery of assistance in accordance with the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention. 

Unlike both the NPT and the BWC, the CWC establishes an implementing secretariat. The international agency for monitoring nuclear weapons non-proliferation obligations is the IAEA. Its counterpart for chemical weapons is the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The OPCW is required ... 

This chapter discusses the negotiation of the provisions of the CWC related to Review Conferences, and then considers the preparations for, and the conduct of, the first Review Conference (RevCon), which was convened at the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague from 28 April to 9 May 2003. The outcomes of the RevCon are then considered, followed by an assessment of the potential value of the RevCon in guiding the activities of the OPCW until the next RevCon, which is scheduled to take place in 2008. 

Statement by Ambassador Noor Farida Ariffin, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Behalf of the States Parties of the Non-Aligned Movement to the Chemical Weapons Convention and China, The Hague, 30 April 2003, p. 5. 

The Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has surveyed the States Parties to the CWC regarding their legislation. The most recent survey indicates that 96 states (58 per cent of the States Parties to the CWC) have legislation in place. With respect to the categories of provisions that the Secretariat considers necessary, however, the survey found that the legislation of only 53 states (32 per cent of the States Parties to the CWC) was sufficiently comprehensive. ... 

The author is Senior Policy Officer of the Technical Secretariat, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The views expressed herein are those of the author in her personal capacity and do not necessarily represent those of the OPCW. 

What is the significance of the universality of the only international agreement to provide for the elimination of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction The members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) already represent nearly 95 per cent of the earth s population and landmass and 98 per cent of global chemical industry. These are, of course, only raw statistics. But the issue of universality of instruments such as the Chemical Weapons Convention unearths a number of other, sometimes contentious, issues. 

Complete and permanent chemical disarmament, once a distant goal, is now being implemented daily around the world by the member states of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This multilateral and complex task inspired an international symposium held at the United Nations University in 2003, titled Towards the Elimination of Chemical Weapons The Roles of the OPCW and Japan , and serves as the basis for the invaluable research summarized in this text. 

Senior Planning Officer Office of the Deputy Director General Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Hague The Netherlands... 

We would also like to pay a special tribute to all the sponsors of the 20 ICCE and, in particular, the Tertiary Education Commission (http //tec.intnet.mu/) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (http //www.opcw.org/) for kindly agreeing to fund the publication of these proceedings. 

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Technical Secretariat. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for on-site Analysis (Version 2), 8-3-1999. 

Meeting between representatives of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and members of the committee at The Hague, The Netherlands, January 18, 2006. 

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