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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons


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  • Variants

    • OPCW
    • Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
    • Organisation pour l'interdiction des armes chimiques
    • OIAC
    • Организация по запрещению химического оружия
    • Organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ po zapreshchenii︠u︡ khimicheskogo oruzhii︠a︡
    • ОЗХО
    • OZKhO
    • Organización para la Prohibición de las Armas Químicas
    • OPAQ
    • 禁止化学武器组织
    • Jin zhi hua xue wu qi zu zhi
    • Silahsızlanma ve Kimyasal Silahların Yasaklanması Örgütü
  • Additional Information

    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Address: Johan de Wittlaan 32 , The Hague 2517 JR
        • Affiliation Address:
        • City: The Hague
        • Post Code: 2517 JR
        • Email: [email protected]
        • Source: Its English website, Contact page, November 18, 2013
        • Source: http://www.opcw.org/contact/
    • Descriptor

        International agencies
    • Associated Locale

        Hague (Netherlands)
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Associated Language

        French
    • Associated Language

        Russian
    • Associated Language

        Chinese
    • Associated Language

        Spanish
    • Associated Language

        Arabic
    • Associated Language

        Turkish
    • Field of Activity

      Chemical arms control

      Chemical weapons disposal

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  • Sources

    • found: OPCW, 1999:t.p. (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) p. iv (OPCW, The Hague)
    • found: LC in OCLC, 2/22/00(hdg.: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)
    • found: Taxation : reimbursement [ER], 1999? PDF file, t.p. (agreement between the United States of America and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)
    • found: Its WWW site, November 18, 2013:English home page (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons; OPCW) French home page (Organisation pour l'interdiction des armes chimiques; OIAC) Russian home page (Организация по запрещению химического оружия = Organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ po zapreshchenii︠u︡ khimicheskogo oruzhii︠a︡; ОЗХО = OZKhO) Spanish home page (Organización para la Prohibición de las Armas Químicas; OPAQ) Chinese home page (禁止化学武器组织 = Jin zhi hua xue wu qi zu zhi) - http://www.opcw.org/
    • found: Wikipedia, November 18, 2013(The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation, located in The Hague, Netherlands. The organisation promotes and verifies the adherence to the Chemical Weapons Convention which prohibits the use of chemical weapons and requires their destruction; awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize; Formation: 29 April 1997; Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands; 52.091241°N 4.283193°E; Official languages: English, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic)
    • found: Uluslararası hukukta Silahsızlanma ve Kimyasal Silahların Yasaklanması Örgütü (OPCW), 2015.
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  • Change Notes

    • 2000-03-07: new
    • 2022-10-21: revised
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