Executive Council of the OPCW

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executive council governing body policy-making organ

The Executive Council of the OPCW is the main policy-making and governing body of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, responsible for overseeing implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and guiding the organization’s activities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
OPCW Executive Council	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive council ⓘ governing body ⓘ policy-making organ ⓘ
chairpersonRole	presides over meetings of the Executive Council ⓘ
chairpersonSelection	elected from among the representatives of the members of the Council ⓘ
composition	41 member states ⓘ
compositionPrinciple	equitable geographical distribution ⓘ importance of chemical industry ⓘ
establishedBy	entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
establishedInYear	1997 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	arms control ⓘ disarmament ⓘ non-proliferation of chemical weapons ⓘ
follows	rules of procedure adopted by the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Netherlands ⓘ
headquartersLocation	The Hague ⓘ
jurisdiction	Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ surface form: Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
meetingFrequency	regular sessions ⓘ special sessions as required ⓘ
meetsAt	OPCW Headquarters ⓘ
memberSelection	elected by the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
memberTermLength	two years ⓘ
oversees	Technical Secretariat of the OPCW ⓘ
parentOrganization	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ surface form: Conference of the States Parties of the OPCW
partOf	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ
reportsTo	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ surface form: Conference of the States Parties of the OPCW
role	approves the OPCW programme and budget for submission to the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ concludes agreements or arrangements with States Parties and international organizations as authorized ⓘ considers concerns regarding compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ governing body of the OPCW ⓘ main policy-making organ of the OPCW between sessions of the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ makes recommendations to the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ may recommend collective measures to States Parties in cases of serious non-compliance ⓘ may request clarification from States Parties on issues related to compliance ⓘ oversees financial and administrative matters of the OPCW ⓘ oversees implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ promotes the effective implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ submits reports to the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ supervises the activities of the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW ⓘ
shortName	Executive Council of the OPCW self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OPCW Executive Council

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conference of the States Parties → hasAuthorityOver → Executive Council of the OPCW ⓘ

CSP → hasOrgan → Executive Council of the OPCW ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons → hasOrgan → Executive Council of the OPCW ⓘ

TS → reportsTo → Executive Council of the OPCW ⓘ

Technical Secretariat of the OPCW → reportsTo → Executive Council of the OPCW ⓘ

Executive Council of the OPCW → shortName → Executive Council of the OPCW self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OPCW Executive Council

TS → supports → Executive Council of the OPCW ⓘ