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EDA and EC to chair CBRN research workshop
The European Defense Agency and the European Commission recently announced that they will organize and chair a workshop to present their accomplishments in the field of chemical, biological,...
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U.S. and U.K. advance plans to seize, destroy Syrian chemical weapons
The United States and the United Kingdom have developed advanced plans to either seize or destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile if the country collapses further. Experts said that the most likely...
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Botswana drafts legislation to ban chemical weapons
Botswana’s Ministry of Justice and Security is putting together a draft bill to take to parliament that would ban chemical weapons. During a stakeholder workshop on Thursday in Gaborone, Permanent...
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Pakistan holds seminar on nation’s role in CWC
Pakistan’s Institute of Policy Studies recently held a seminar on the country’s role as a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention and its effort to end the threat of chemical warfare. Several of...
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Hagel meets with Barak in first meeting with foreign counterpart
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak this week for Hagel’s first meeting with a foreign counterpart since taking office. During the meeting, the leaders...
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EU opens CBRN regional response center in the Philippines
The European Union recently opened a regional secretariat of the EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Center for Excellence in the Malacañang Palace, the Philippine executive...
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Israel: Assad’s regime is preparing to use chemical weapons
The director of the Israeli Defense Force said on Thursday that Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime is making preparations to use chemical weapons in a speech at the 13th Annual Herzliya Conference in...
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Russia and West clash over Syria chemical weapon use at U.N. Security Council
Russia clashed with France and Britain on Wednesday at the U.N. Security Council over an investigation into allegations of chemical weapon use by both Syria and the Syrian opposition. Russia supports a...
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Iran condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria
Iran censured the use of chemical weapons in Syria as a flagrant violation of international law during a meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Wednesday. Kazem Abadi,...
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OPCW holds regional workshop in Africa
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons recently held a regional workshop on assistance and protection against chemical weapons for representatives of state parties in Africa. The...
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Syria refuses to admit U.N. chemical weapons inspection team
The Assad regime in Syria refused to adhere to a planned chemical weapons inspection by a United Nations team on Monday, accusing the U.N. of broadening its original mandate. Assad’s government...
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Ban urges Syrian government to allow chemical weapons probe
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Syrian authorities on Tuesday to extend their fullest cooperation and allow a chemical weapons investigation to proceed. “I regret that the...
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ICRC calls for the complete elimination of chemical weapons
The International Committee of the Red Cross gave a statement during the Third Special Review of the Chemical Weapons Convention on Wednesday, urging for compliance to the agreement on the elimination...
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Pakistan participates in CWC’s third review conference
Pakistan participated in the third review conference for the Chemical Weapons Convention on Monday in The Hague. Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, the leader of Pakistan’s CWC delegation, delivered the...
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Üzümcü: Syria demonstrates need for universal CWC
Ahmet Üzümcü, the director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, spoke last week on the importance of a universal Chemical Weapons Convention in light of recent events in...
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G8 foreign ministers express concern about Syria
The G8 foreign ministers, a group of nations with a broad range of global interests, met in London on Wednesday and Thursday to address multiple international issues, including the Syrian conflict. The...
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Gottemoeller: CWC has unfinished business
Rose Gottemoeller, the U.S. acting under secretary for arms control and international security, presented a statement last week during the third session of the Chemical Weapons Convention Review...
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Third Review Conference of the CWC successfully adopts a final document
The Third Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention ended Friday, with a consensus on a final two-part document to carry out an “unequivocal agreement” against chemical weapons. The two...
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Ban Ki-moon speaks on the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during observance of the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare on Monday that the deceased lay dead without honor until chemical weapons have...
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Workshops organized to support Angola’s adoption of CWC and BWC
Georges Chikoti, the foreign minister of Angola, recently opened two workshops in Luanda, Angola designed to support the country’s adoption of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and...
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