THE Philippines has reaffirmed its strong commitment to the banning of chemical weapons during the 108th session of the executive council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ...

According to Vladimir Tarabrin, on the eve of the session, the Russian side provided new data on the use of listed chemicals and chemical riot control agents by the Ukrainian army, confirmed by analys ...

Asaad al-Shibani asks for the support of the global chemical weapons watchdog to "end to this painful legacy".

Syria's foreign minister vowed on Wednesday to swiftly rid the country of chemical weapons remaining after the downfall of ...

Syria’s foreign minister has pledged to destroy any remaining chemical weapons in his country as he paid a historic visit to the headquarters of the global chemical weapons watchdog.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands-25 February Year-The Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias, met with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom ...

The Government of the Republic of Korea has contributed around €95,000 to enhance capacity-building activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to strengthen research ...

Tear gas is not lethal, but causes temporary irritation to the eyes and respiratory system. The OPCW said it had retrieved evidence related to three incidents in the region in October and had ...

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced on Friday that the riot-control agent CS had been found in nine samples provided by Ukraine, which accuses Russia of employing ...

Following a sarin gas attack that killed hundreds of people in 2013, Syria joined the OPCW under a U.S.-Russian deal and 1,300 metric tons of chemical weapons and precursors were destroyed by the ...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, had found evidence of repeated use of chemical weapons by Assad’s government during Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war. Syria joined ...