Director-General of the OPCW Technical Secretariat

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The Director-General of the OPCW Technical Secretariat is the chief administrative officer responsible for overseeing the day-to-day implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and managing the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ technical and verification activities.

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instanceOf chief administrative officer
executive position
head of international organization
appliesToJurisdiction states parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
appointedBy Conference of the States Parties of the OPCW
confersWith Secretary-General of the United Nations
surface form: UN Secretary-General

international organizations concerned with disarmament
representatives of States Parties
country Netherlands
employer Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
fieldOfWork arms control verification
chemical weapons disarmament
non-proliferation of chemical weapons
hasAuthorityOver OPCW Technical Secretariat staff
OPCW inspection activities
OPCW verification regime implementation
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
headOf Technical Secretariat of the OPCW
surface form: OPCW Technical Secretariat
inception 1997
legalBasis Chemical Weapons Convention
Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention
surface form: OPCW Convention Article VIII

OPCW Staff Regulations
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Netherlands
South Holland
The Hague
memberOf Technical Secretariat of the OPCW
surface form: OPCW Secretariat senior management
nominatedBy Executive Council of the OPCW
officeHeldIn Technical Secretariat of the OPCW
surface form: OPCW Technical Secretariat
organizationServed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
partOf Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
positionHeldBy Ahmet Üzümcü NERFINISHED
Fernando Arias NERFINISHED
José Mauricio Bustani
Rogelio Pfirter NERFINISHED
reportsTo Conference of the States Parties of the OPCW
Executive Council of the OPCW
responsibleFor administration of OPCW resources
day-to-day implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
implementation of decisions of the Conference of the States Parties
implementation of decisions of the Executive Council
management of OPCW technical activities
management of OPCW verification activities
preparation of OPCW programme and budget
seat The Hague
termLength 4 years
termRenewable true

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