Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Sophie Groenheijde

Towards an eradication of all chemical weapons.

Timeframe: 29/04/1997 – 01/01/2100

Netherlands · Non-Proliferation of WMDs

Key Insights

• The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), located in The Hague, the Netherlands, was created to oversee the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The CWC prohibits the use of and orders the destruction of chemical weapons. In 2013, the OPCW was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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