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The inaugural OPCW-The Hague Award was given to Australian scientist Robert Matthews and the Finnish Institute for the Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (Verifin), the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced Tuesday.
A joint mission overseeing the elimination of chemical weapons program in Syria confirmed on Tuesday that the country has destroyed all its declared arsenal of a chemical called Isopropanol, a UN spokesman told reporter here
Approximately 80 percent of the chemical weapons materials have been shipped out of Syria or destroyed, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a regular news briefing held Monday.
The Syrian foreign ministry on Tuesday warned the EU against using frozen Damascus assets to finance the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal, a mission led by world bodies.
International chemical weapon inspectors have completed verification activities at 21 of Syria's 23 declared chemical weapon sites, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement Monday.
Syria has submitted an initial declaration of its chemical weapon program, including a general plan of destruction of its chemical weapons' program, the Organization of the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement Sunday.
The Syrian government has " fully cooperated" in supporting the joint mission of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to destroy Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons, Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag said on Tuesday.
The advance team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the UN have been reinforced with a second group of OPCW inspectors and more UN support staff, bringing the total strength of the joint team to 60, the OPCW said Tuesday.
The joint team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations said here that the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons program began Sunday.
Russia is ready to safeguard the sites for destroying Syrian chemical arsenals, a senior diplomat said Thursday.
Russia on Sunday accused the United States of threatening to thwart the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Syria if Moscow drops support for a U.N. Security Council resolution allowing the use of force.
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