Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Established- 29 April 1997Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Aim- to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction; to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
members (countries that have ratified the Convention)- (190) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekis
signatory states(countries that have signed, but not ratified, the Convention) - (2) Burma, Israel
Citation
"Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)." World Factbook, Relief Central, relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563654/all/Organization_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons__OPCW_. Accessed 19 January 2021.
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). World Factbook. https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563654/all/Organization_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons__OPCW_. Accessed January 19, 2021.
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In World Factbook Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563654/all/Organization_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons__OPCW_
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) [Internet]. In: World Factbook. [cited 2021 January 19]. Available from: https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563654/all/Organization_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons__OPCW_.
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