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October 2022 Newsletter

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 […]

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September 2022 Newsletter

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

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July 2022 Newsletter

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

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June 2022

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

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April 2022 Newsletter

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

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March 2022 Newsletter

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

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Ten Years of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria: A Look Back and A Look Ahead​

Tuesday, February 22, 202210:00 am – 11:30 am EST (Washington, DC time)  In July 2012, the Syrian government publicly acknowledged for the first time what had long been suspected: that Syria possessed an arsenal of chemical weapons stockpile. A year later, in August 2013, Syrian military forces launched a large-scale Sarin gas attack outside Damascus

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US Chemical Weapons Stockpile Elimination: Progress Update

23 September 202110:00 am – 11:30 am Washington DC Time As part of its treaty obligations to the Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States must finish destroying all of its declared chemical weapons stockpiles by September 2023.  With two years remaining before the stockpile elimination deadline, the CWC Coalition organized a discussion to cover what

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Central Nervous System (CNS)-Acting Chemicals: The Path Forward

June 29, 202110:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Time Ahead of the OPCW’s 97th Executive Council meeting next month and the 26th Conference of States Parties later this year, the debate surrounding central nervous system (CNS)-acting chemicals and their regulation continues. At the previous Executive Council meeting in March of this year, the council voted to adopt a decision recommending that,

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