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Keynote Address by OPCW Deputy Director-General H.E. Mrs Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus at Annual OPCW-Asser Training Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction ppuhm Fri 30/10/2026 - 13:58

Good morning, everyone.

It is my pleasure to open this annual training programme on disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destructio...

Keynote Address by OPCW Deputy Director-General at the Annual OPCW-Asser Training Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction kviray Mon 26/10/2026 - 14:41 Keynote Address by OPCW Deputy Director-General Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus at the Annual OPCW-Asser Training Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction ...

OPCW Director-General on official visit to the United Kingdom

OPCW Director-General Sabrina Dallafior at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London, United Kingdom. (Photo: MOD)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—22 October 2026— The OPCW Director-General Sabrina Dallafior paid an official visit to the United Kingdom from 19 to 20 October 2026. During...

OPCW Director-General Sabrina Dallafior meets Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski

OPCW Director-General Sabrina Dallafior met Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Radosław Sikorski, at OPCW Headquarters in The Hague on 16 October 2026. 

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—16 October 2026— The D...

OPCW Director-General visits Syria

OPCW Director-General Sabrina Dallafior (left) during a meeting with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad al-Shaibani in Damascus, Syria.

The Foreign Minister and the Director-General discussed progress in locating and destroying the remnants of the Assad-era chemical weapons programme and agreed to...