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	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an agency of the United Nations.
		Its mission is to promote membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty and to check, by inspections, that members are adhering to the provisions of the convention.
		If it is used in an offensive way, as some alleged the Pentagon did in Fallujah during the US-Iraqi offensive of Nov 8 2004, its chemical properties therefore used against personnel, it would be forbidden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/OPCW (160 words)

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		It is a distinct honour to address this august body, the First Committee of the UNISCA and, as a Representative of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, to elaborate on the means of verifying and ensuring the fulfilment of international obligations in the field of disarmament, in particular chemical disarmament.
		Distinguished delegates, dear colleagues, The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is internationally recognized as an effective verification and monitoring organisation, that supports the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention to implement fully and effectively the provisions of the Convention as well as to build understanding and trust.
		OPCW implements a complex verification regime, built on the combination of a unique scheme of data monitoring and on-site inspections, designed to assess that the activities conducted by States Parties are consistent both with the object and purpose of the Convention and with the contents of the declarations submitted by the States Parties.
	www.mzv.cz /opcw/dokumenty/unisca_statement-8-1-04.doc (1437 words)

	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was created under the Convention to ensure the implementation of its provisions and to provide a forum for consultation and co-operation.
		The OPCW in The Hague is the implementing organisation.
		Due to its large chemical industry, South Africa remains one of nine African countries to be a member of the Executive Council of the OPCW.
	www.dfa.gov.za /foreign/Multilateral/inter/opcw.htm (614 words)

	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - TheBestLinks.com - OPCW, United Nations, TheBestLinks.com:Find ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		Its mission is to promote membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty and to check, through its inspectors, that members are obeying the provisions of the convention.
	www.thebestlinks.com /OPCW.html (141 words)

	The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2001
		The Organisation shall have the like inviolability of official archives and premises as, in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles, is accorded in respect of the official archives and premises of a diplomatic mission.
		The Organisation shall have exemption from duties (whether of customs or excise) and taxes on the importation of goods imported by the Organisation for its official use, such exemption to be subject to compliance with such conditions as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may prescribe for the protection of the Revenue.
		The Organisation shall have exemption from prohibitions and restrictions on importation or exportation of goods by the Organisation and necessary for the exercise of its official activities and in the case of any publications of the Organisation imported or exported by it.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2001/20013921.htm (1703 words)

	[A-List] US imperialism: chemical weapons
		Chemical coup d'etat The US wants to depose the diplomat who could take away its pretext for = war with Iraq George Monbiot Tuesday April 16, 2002 The Guardian On Sunday, the US government will launch an international coup.
		The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) enforces = the chemical weapons convention.
		The OPCW is certainly suffering from a financial crisis, but = that is largely because the US unilaterally capped its budget and then = failed to pay what it owed.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2002-April/005588.html (1334 words)

	Judgment 2080 - ILO Administrative Tribunal
		Considering the complaint filed by Mr Horst-Vincent Daniel Becker against the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on 17 August 2000 and corrected on 4 October, the OPCW's reply of 16 December 2000, the complainant's rejoinder of 4 April 2001, and the Organisation's letter of 24 July 2001 in lieu of a surrejoinder;
		The complainant, a German national born in 1941, was recruited in 1993 by the Preparatory Commission for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, the Netherlands, as the Head of the Budget and Finance Branch at grade P-5.
		In its reply the Organisation submits that under the terms of the Paris Resolution the OPCW is the successor organisation to the Preparatory Commission.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/tribunal/fulltext/2080.htm (2638 words)

	Protective clothing
		In a chemical war, forces must be prepared for long periods of uncertainty that leads to an extension of the chemical warning phase.
		The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), based in the Hague, the Netherlands, is responsible for the implementation of the convention.
		He attributes this significant accomplishment to the good faith that has been demonstrated by all member states in their commitment to achieving the goal of the organisation – a world that is free of the threat of chemical weapons.
	www.global-defence.com /2000/pages/cloth.html (897 words)

	UN Chronicle: OPCW Confirms Destruction of Terrorist Chemical Weapons Facilities
		Designed primarily to prohibit the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and related facilities and their destruction within a specified period of 10 years, the Convention encompasses a broad scope and covers not only military facilities but also facilities in the civilian chemical industry which deal with dual-use chemicals.
		Such domestic legislation required by the Convention is meant to criminalize attempts to produce chemical weapons anywhere under their jurisdiction or control, and also make it illegal for its nationals to indulge in such activity anywhere.
		The provisions of the Convention related to assistance and protection against chemical weapons have placed the means available to the future OPCW at the disposal of States that are threatened or attacked by chemical weapons.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_2_36/ai_57590315 (721 words)

	Judgment 2032 - ILO Administrative Tribunal
		The complainant, a German national born in 1927, was employed by the Preparatory Commission for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as a legal expert under a series of intermittent short-term contracts between January 1994 and May 1997.
		The temporary presence of the complainant in the Netherlands during periods of employment with the Preparatory Commission and the OPCW was not sufficient to affect his status as a resident of Germany for German national tax purposes.
		The OPCW's argument that the complainant must prove his case "beyond a reasonable doubt" is entirely mistaken; the impugned decision reflects a similar error in requiring that the complainant prove "conclusively" that his German tax was imposed upon his Preparatory Commission income.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/tribunal/fulltext/2032.htm (3835 words)

	openDemocracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague for nine years, ultimately as senior editor, inspired by the feeling that I was participating in a historically unique disarmament and non-proliferation venture.
		The essence of the OPCW resides in its verification regime, which gives the OPCW Secretariat far-reaching powers to verify whether each and every member state is complying with its undertaking to abolish all existing stockpiles of chemical weapons and not to develop new ones.
		With this decision, the OPCW condemned itself to a slow and lingering death, and destroyed its credibility as a politically independent multilateral organisation.
	www.opendemocracy.net /articles/ViewPopUpArticle.jsp?id=3&articleId=876 (3318 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Israel: Chemical Chronology
		In the Hague, a delegation from the Israeli Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense meets with the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter.
		The Israel delegation consists of the Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs, H.E. Mr Jeremy Issacharoff; the Director of the Arms Control Department, H.E. Mr Alon Bar; the Ambassador of Israel to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. Mr Eitan Margalit; and Mr Shmuel Limone, a Senior Consultant in the Ministry of Defence of Israel.
		An Israeli representative attends a workshop on the universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in Nicosia, Cyprus.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Israel/Chemical/3664_4695.html (1122 words)

	ASA Newsletter - Health & Safety Issues
		In an organisation whose staff operate regularly in hazardous environments, it is tempting to focus on the more obvious (and possibly, more dramatic) chemical weapons related hazards.
		OPCW medical staff frequently observe that unnecessary frustrations can occur when patients are not fully aware of the modus operandi of their General Practitioner's practice on the one hand, and the overall National medical system on the other.
		Due to the Diplomatic/International status of UN and other international organisations, they are also not part of the medical system of the country in which their organisation is hosted.
	www.asanltr.com /newsletter/03-5/articles/H&S.htm (1842 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Yugoslavia: Chemical Chronology
		The Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia accedes to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
		Croatia submits its initial declaration under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.
		The staff of National Authorities for the implementation of the CWC and chemical industry representatives were the target audience for this course.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Yugoslavia/Chemical/4000_5047.html (1221 words)

	Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
		Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Convention (OPCW).
		South Africa chaired the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which is based in The Hague for the period August 1995 to February 1996.
		This Council is the executive organ of the OPCW and is established to promote the effective implementation of, and compliance with, the Convention.
	www.dfa.gov.za /foreign/Multilateral/inter/treaties/cwc.htm (459 words)

	T.M.C. Asser press, OPCW: THE LEGAL TEXTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Because chemical weapons are relatively cheap and easy to produce, the Convention requires restriction and regulation of production and trade in toxic chemicals and their precursors.
		The OPCW is composed of three organs: the Conference of the States Parties, the Executive Council, and the Technical Secretariat which includes an international inspectorate to carry out intrusive on-site verification and monitoring of facilities and chemical plants around the globe.
		OPCW: The Legal Texts draws together in a single volume the text of the Convention, the interpretative decisions and understandings reached by the organs, the policies, model agreements, rules of procedure, regulations and key background texts.
	www.asserpress.nl /cata/opcw/fra.htm (316 words)

	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Genomics Gateway Website, Department of Peace Studies, University ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In order to do this, the OPCW receives, analyses and verifies states' declarations concerning destruction of weapons, activities of their chemical industry and trade in restricted chemicals (i.e.
		Progressing towards its goal of universality of the CWC the OPCW has increased its membership for 87 states in 1997 to 167 states as of November 2004.
		The OPCW states that it "has overseen the destruction of nearly 10 per cent of the world's stockpile" and "The CWC regime now covers 90 per cent of the world's population, 92 per cent of the world's landmass, and 98 per cent of its chemical industry" (http://www.opcw.org/html/info/chemdisarm_frameset.html).
	www.brad.ac.uk /acad/sbtwc/gateway/ARMS/OPCW.htm (457 words)

	Come Clean Chemical Weapons - Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
		Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Good news on the prohibition of Chemical Weapons History of Chemical Weapons Who has Chemical Weapons?
		The Ninth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) concluded successfully on 2 December 2004.
		The Conference of the States Parties, the highest policy-making organ of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) comprising 167 Member States, convened in The Hague from 29 November to 2 December 2004.
	www.comeclean.org.uk /articles.php?articleID=69 (102 words)

	Bulletin 21 - Lessons To Be Learned from the Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention
		Having an international organisation (an institutional as well as a legal framework) to administer the treaty is important to build confidence in the regime as well as in treaty compliance.
		Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, (Corrected Version), opened for signature on January 13, 1993, entered into force on April 29, 1997; for the text see www.opcw.org/docs/cwc_ch.pdf.
		The Mission Statement of the OPCW says, "Our mission is to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention in order to achieve the OPCW's vision of a world both free of chemical weapons and in which cooperation in chemistry for peaceful purposes for all is fostered.
	www.inesap.org /bulletin21/bul21art27.htm (1745 words)

	S.I. No. 459/1998: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND IMMUNITIES ACTS 1967 AND 1976, ORGANISATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL ...
		The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is hereby designated as an organisation to which Part VIII of the Act of 1967 applies.
		The States Parties to this Convention hereby establish the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to achieve the object and purpose of this Convention, to ensure the implementation of its provisions, including those for international verification of compliance with it, and to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among States Parties.
		The effect of this Order is to designate, in accordance with the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Acts 1967 and 1976, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (O.P.C.W.) as an organisation to which Part VIII of the Acts applies.
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /ZZSI459Y1998.html (2337 words)

	CNN.com - Chemical weapons inspector sacked - April 22, 2002
		The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons voted 48-7 in favour of the U.S. proposal dismissing director general Jose Bustani.
		In a letter to OPCW members before the vote Bustani blamed "one member state" for plotting his dismissal.
		But Bustani argued in his submission to the OPCW that he was being attacked for what he considered was his policy of treating all members equally.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/04/22/chemical.weapons (386 words)

	UN Chronicle: 'Chemical Weapons Convention unique test case.'
		Responsible for implementing the Convention is the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which has been established in The Hague, The Netherlands.
		It is important that the CWC is adhered to by all States which possess chemical weapons or have the capabilities to develop them, as well as by States with an important chemical industry," Mr Bustani said.
		The prohibitions in the treaty have to be translated from international law--binding only on States--to national law, which is imposed by the State on the individual.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_n3_v34/ai_20267836 (1342 words)

	Chemical weapons and international humanitarian law
		The Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, of 13 January 1993 (Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC) entered into force on 29 April 1997.
		This landmark Convention complements and reinforces the 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons by also banning the development, production and stockpiling of chemical weapons — as well as their use — and requiring the destruction of existing stockpiles.
		Speech delivered by Jacques Forster, vice-president of the ICRC during the International seminar on the Biological and Chemical Weapons Threat, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibiting asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and bacteriological methods of warfare.
	www.icrc.ch /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/section_ihl_chemical_weapons (655 words)

	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
		The OPCW is a 2-3 minute walk from the tram stop, not far from the ICTY and the city's conference centre (Congresscentrum).
		Some OPCW conferences take place at the conference centre of The Hague (Congresscentrum), which is located very near the OPCW headquarters.
		This article was written by Véronique Chatterjee-Mars with the invaluable assistance of Ms Loreto Bravo, Ms Maja Drazenovic and Mr.
	www.aiic.net /viewpage.cfm/page1163.htm (443 words)

	Chemical Weapons - Iran
		Iran is currently able to employ chemical weapons, and Iran is progressing in its development of a large self-supporting CW infrastructure.
		Since the early 1990s, it has put a high priority on its chemical weapons program because of its inability to respond in kind to Iraq’s chemical attacks and the discovery of substantial Iraqi efforts with advanced agents, such as the highly persistent nerve agent VX.
		The Iranian chemical weapons infrastructure is very poorly characterized in the open literature, and given the reported scope of this program it must be assumed that as many as a dozen other facilities have significant chemical weapons development, production, storage or training activities.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/iran/cw.htm (530 words)

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