OPCW Executive Council adopts historic decision on destruction of Syria chemical weapons
27 September 2013 - The OPCW Executive Council today adopted a historic decision [PDF - 28 KB] on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. In a special session, the 41-member body agreed on an accelerated programme for…
More movement of chemicals out of Syria boosts removals to half of stockpile
20 March 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission has verified the delivery of another consignment of Priority 1 chemicals today to Latakia and their removal from the port on a cargo ship, raising the amount of Syrian chemicals that…
OPCW Executive Council adopts historic decision on destruction of Syria chemical weapons
27 September 2013 - The OPCW Executive Council today adopted a historic decision [PDF - 28 KB] on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. In a special session, the 41-member body agreed on an accelerated programme for…
Syria chemical weapons team reports encouraging progress
3 October 2013 - Press release [bulletin] from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations. The joint OPCW-UN team mandated to assist Syria with the elimination of its chemical weapons…
Statement Attributable to the OPCW-UN Joint Mission Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag
20 March 2014 - As of today 53.6% of the Syrian Arab Republic's chemical weapons material has been removed from or destroyed in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Removal of priority chemicals in Syria marks “important new phase” in work of Joint Mission
8 January 2014 - The Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü informed the OPCW Executive Council today about the commencement of the removal of priority chemicals from Syria for destruction outside the country and described it as “an…
Removal of priority chemicals in Syria marks “important new phase” in work of Joint Mission
8 January 2014 - The Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü informed the OPCW Executive Council today about the commencement of the removal of priority chemicals from Syria for destruction outside the country and described it as "an…
Press conference on UN mission to investigate alleged chemical weapons use in Syria*
13 December 2013 - On a scale of 1 to 10, the fact-finding mission in Syria had achieved 8.7, the chief of the mission charged with verifying the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria said at a Headquarters press…
OPCW-UN Mission confirms removal of sulphur mustard stockpile from Syria
26 February 2014 - Statement of the Special Coordinator of the Joint Mission Ms. Sigrid Kaag Today, a shipment of the Syrian Arab Republic's stockpile of sulphur mustard, commonly known as "mustard gas" has left its territory…
Germany to Destroy Effluent from Syrian Chemicals
9 January 2014 - The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has confirmed to the OPCW that it will dispose of 370 metric tonnes of effluent to be generated by the hydrolysis of Syria’s stock of mustard gas aboard the U…
Removal of priority chemicals in Syria marks “important new phase” in work of Joint Mission
8 January 2014 - The Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü informed the OPCW Executive Council today about the commencement of the removal of priority chemicals from Syria for destruction outside the country and described it as “an…
Director-General meets Russian Foreign Minister
24 March 2014 - Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mr Sergey Lavrov, who is in The Hague to attend the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). The Director-General discussed with…