Tony Fleming

Discussion Series: Chemical Terrorism  On Tuesday, October 18, at 10:00 am EDT, Maria Espona (ArgIQ) will lead a discussion on chemical terrorism. Maria notes that, in different situations, the use of toxic chemicals to cause harm could be considered chemical terrorism. Among those, there are:Use of toxic substances or chemical agents in assassinations;Attacks on chemical

Discussion Series: RSVP to The Stimson Center’s Blockchain in Practice Demonstration The CWC Coalition and the Henry L. Stimson Center’s Blockchain in Practice program are pleased to invite you to attend a demonstration of the MATCH (Monitoring and Tracking Chemicals) prototype – Stimson’s latest initiative to explore and test distributed ledger technology as an innovative approach to

LOOKING AHEAD ON THE CALENDAR The CWC Coalition is working on a busy schedule of programming to keep members and the public involved in important chemical weapons related discussions. We want to highlight some of the events, meetings, and dates of note coming up! More details about each item will be provided closer to the

CSP-27 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN NGO applications for the 27th Conference of the States Parties to the CWC (CSP-27) are now open on the OPCW website. Applications are due August 14.  Based on the application form, we believe NGOs will be allowed to participate in-person this year. The OPCW has stated that NGO application decisions will be communicated to

REMINDER: White Phosphorus Discussion Our first discussion series webinar will be led by Jean Pascal Zander (The Trench) and Alastair Hay (University of Leeds) on Wednesday, June 15, at 10:00 am EDT via Zoom. They will be discussing the nature of WP, the kind of harm it causes, and the place of incendiary weapons in international

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention. We wanted to take this moment to thank everyone in this community for the work you have done to spread awareness about the treaty and support full implementation and universalization. While challenges lie ahead, we remain hopeful that we will

RSVP: Internal Meeting March 30 With the possibility of chemical weapons use in the headlines, the CWC Coalition will be hosting an internal CWC Coalition meeting on Wednesday, March 30, 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT (Washington, DC) via Zoom. During this meeting, we will be discussing: – Overview of current chemical weapons issues in