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OPCW-UN Joint Mission Special Coordinator visits Cairo
8 April 2014 - Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission concluded a brief mission to Cairo. Ms. Kaag met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr Nabil Fahmy on the Chemical Weapons Elimination Programme of the Syrian Arab Republic. The Special Coordinator met with…
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OPCW-UN Joint Mission Special Coordinator visits Cairo
8 April 2014 - Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission concluded a brief mission to Cairo. Ms. Kaag met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr Nabil Fahmy on the Chemical Weapons Elimination Programme of the Syrian Arab Republic. The Special Coordinator met with…
Statement by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission
19 April 2014 - With today's movement, the Syrian Arab Republic has removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 percent of its chemical weapons material. Further engagement is expected to sustain momentum and to complete removal operations during the next days, with a view to concluding the…
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92.5% of Syria’s chemical weapons material removed or destroyed in-country
24 April 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms delivery of a further shipment of chemical weapons material. Today's operation brings the total of chemical material removed and destroyed in country to 92.5%. "I welcome the significant progress of the last three weeks, and I strongly encourage the…
Press briefing by the OPCW-UN Joint Mission
27 April 2014 – The following are the key points made by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, at a press briefing in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic [ English/Arabic]: -- The Syrian Arab Republic has now removed from its territory or destroyed in-country more than 92% of its…
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Press briefing by the OPCW-UN Joint Mission [English/Arabic]
27 April 2014 – The following are the key points made by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, at a press briefing in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic: -- The Syrian Arab Republic has now removed from its territory or destroyed in-country more than 92% of its declared…