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…
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…
Special Coordinator speaks at stakeout in New York
8 May 2014 - Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission speaks at the media stakeout following her Security Council briefing [ video]
Head of OPCW-UN mission urges ‘final push’ to complete chemical weapons removal
8 May 2014 – The head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) today called for safe and unfettered access to the remaining eight per cent of Syria's…
Entire declared Syrian stockpile of Isopropanol is destroyed
20 May 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms the destruction of the entire declared Syrian stockpile of Isopropanol. Now 7.2 percent of Syria's chemical weapons material remains in country and awaits swift removal for…
OPCW-UN Joint Mission press release on the destruction of the Syrian stockpile of Isopropanol
20 May 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms the destruction of the entire declared Syrian stockpile of Isopropanol. [ PDF] Now 7.2 percent of Syria's chemical weapons material remains in country and awaits swift removal…
As Syria deadline nears, OPCW-UN mission focuses on swift removal of remaining chemicals
4 June 2014 – Given that the 30 June 2014 deadline for the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons programme will not be met, the focus now is on the immediate removal of the remaining materials, the head of the OPCW-UN Joint…
100% of declared chemical weapons materials destroyed or removed from Syria
23 June 2014 – The Joint Mission welcomes the removal of the remaining 7.2 per cent of chemical weapons material from the Syrian Arab Republic. With this last movement, the total of declared chemical weapons materials…
OPCW-UN Joint Mission statement on the complete removal of declared chemical weapons materials
23 June 2014 – The Joint Mission welcomes the removal of the remaining 7.2 per cent of chemical weapons material from the Syrian Arab Republic. With this last movement, the total of declared chemical weapons materials…
UN Secretary-General welcomes completion of removal of chemical weapons
23 June 2014 – Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria: completion of removal of chemical weapons material The Secretary-General welcomes the removal of the remaining 7.2 per cent of…
OPCW-UN Special Coordinator visits Tehran
25 June 2014 -- Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator for the OPCW-UN Joint Mission concluded today a brief visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ms. Kaag met with the Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and Foreign Affairs…
OPCW-UN Special Coordinator visits Tehran
25 June 2014 - Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator for the OPCW-UN Joint Mission concluded today a brief visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ms. Kaag met with the Deputy Foreign Minister H.E. Majid Takhte Ravanchi and…