Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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intergovernmental organization international organization treaty implementation body

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is an international body that oversees the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, working to eliminate chemical weapons and prevent their use worldwide.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization → international organization → treaty implementation body →
abbreviation	OPCW →
awardReceived	Nobel Peace Prize → Nobel Peace Prize 2013 →
conducts	on-site inspections of chemical facilities →
cooperatesWith	International Atomic Energy Agency → International Committee of the Red Cross → Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) → United Nations → World Health Organization →
country	Netherlands →
dateFounded	1997-04-29 →
encourages	international cooperation in the peaceful uses of chemistry →
fieldOfWork	arms control → chemical weapons disarmament → disarmament → international law → international security → non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction →
foundedBy	Chemical Weapons Convention →
hasOrgan	Conference of the States Parties → Executive Council of the OPCW → Technical Secretariat of the OPCW →
headquartersLocation	Netherlands → South Holland → The Hague →
inception	1997 →
legalBasis	Chemical Weapons Convention →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
memberOf	United Nations system →
numberOfMemberStates	190+ →
officialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
provides	assistance and protection against chemical weapons →
purpose	elimination of chemical weapons → implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention → international cooperation in peaceful uses of chemistry → prevention of use of chemical weapons → verification of destruction of chemical weapons →
reasonForAward	for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons →
scopeOfJurisdiction	global →
supervises	implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention by States Parties →
website	https://www.opcw.org/ →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Conference of the States Parties → Executive Council of the OPCW → TS → Technical Secretariat of the OPCW →	partOf
TS → Technical Secretariat of the OPCW →	parentOrganization
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ("OPCW") →	abbreviation
Conference of the States Parties →	acronymUsedBy
Conference of the States Parties →	associatedOrganization
OPCW Headquarters →	category
The Hague →	contains
Conference of the States Parties →	convenedBy
Chemical Weapons Convention →	establishes
Annex on Chemicals →	governingBody
Conference of the States Parties →	governs
Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention →	governsBodyWithin
Syrian Civil War ("Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons") →	hasOrganizationInvolved
United Nations system →	hasPart
Chemical Weapons Convention →	hasVerificationBody
Netherlands →	hosts
South Holland →	hostsInstitution
Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information →	implementedBy
Verification Annex →	isImplementedBy
Executive Council of the OPCW ("Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention") →	legalBasis
Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) →	modeledAfter
OPCW Headquarters →	occupant
OPCW Headquarters →	operator
U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program ("Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons") →	oversightBy
OPCW Headquarters →	ownedBy
CWC →	verificationBody