Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

  • OPCW is an independent, autonomous international organisation with a working relationship with the UN headquartered at The Hague, Netherlands.
  • It is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29th April 1997.
  • The OPCW, with its 193 Member States, oversees the global endeavour to permanently and verifiably eliminate chemical weapons.
  • It was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2013.
  • OPCW Member States share the collective goal of preventing chemistry from ever again being used for warfare, thereby strengthening international security. To this end, the Convention contains four key provisions:
    • Destroying all existing chemical weapons under international verification by the OPCW.
    • Monitoring ....
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