OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria
Joint Mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations for the Elimination of the Chemical Weapons Programme of the Syrian Arab Republic

Closure of OPCW

The OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria, established on 16 October 2013, oversaw the timely elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme in the safest and most secure manner possible. Its mandate concluded on 30 September 2014, and the OPCW mission in Syria continues to deal with the destruction of chemical weapon production facilities.

Speeches and Statements

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the destruction of Syria’s declared chemical weapons, 20 August 2014

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria: completion of removal of chemical weapons material, 23 June 2014

Statement by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü:

"The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, confirmed at a press briefing in Rome today that he remains confident the deadline of 30 June 2014 for destroying Syria’s entire arsenal of chemical weapons can be met".

The Hague, 16 January 2014

Statement by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü to the OPCW Executive Council at its thirty-seventh meeting [on the implementation of the plan for the destruction of the Syrian chemical weapons outside the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic]

New York, 16 December 2013

UN Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the Final Report of the UN Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic

New York, 12 December 2013

2013 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü: ‘Working Together for a World Free of Chemical Weapons, and Beyond’

Oslo, 10 December 2013

Statement by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Ümzücü at the 35th meeting of the OPCW Executive Council
The Hague, 26 November 2013

Statement by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Ümzücü at the 34th meeting of the OPCW Executive Council
The Hague, 15 November 2013

Statement by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, delivered to the 34th Meeting of the OPCW Executive Council

The Hague, 15 November 2013

Statement by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü at the 34th Meeting of the Executive Council, providing an update on the work of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission The Hague, 5 November 2013

Opening remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at press briefing on the appointment of the Special Coordinator of the Joint Mission of the UN and OPCW on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons programme

New York, 16 October 2013

Statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Awarding of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

New York/Singapore, 11 October 2013

Statement by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü at a press conference organized at the OPCW Headquarters in The Hague

The Hague, 9 October 2013

Remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the press following adoption of Security Council vote to rid Syria of chemical weapons

New York, 27 September 2013

Statement by OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü on the Executive Council Decision on the destruction of Syria chemical weapons

The Hague, 27 September 2013

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