As the implementing body for the CWC, the
OPCW oversees the global endeavour to permanently and verifiably eliminate chemical weapons.
HE Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani, Qatar's permanent representative to
OPCW, made the remarks at the 22nd session of the conference of the states parties to the convention on the prohibition of the development, production, use and destruction of chemical weapons in The Hague.
Speaking before the 49th meeting of the Executive Council of the
OPCW held in The Hague today, Al-Sellamy added that evidence has mounted to reveal the use of chemicals by Al-Asad regime against the innocent people of Syria.
The
OPCW said it had confirmed two more shipments headed for the northern Syrian port of Latakia.
Syria last month signed up to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which the
OPCW enforces, agreeing to hand over its chemical weapons for destruction under a Russia-US plan aimed as averting military striked on the country in the wake of a devastating chemical attack on a Damascus suburb.
The
OPCW has conducted more than 5,000 inspections in 86 countries.
Constrained by budget problems, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (
OPCW), the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is facing the prospect of being ill-equipped to perform its duties in the future.