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June 1, 2022
A Pentagon program eliminated the last U.S. VX agent weapons but still must destroy others.
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June 1, 2022
Iran, Myanmar, Russia and Syria failed to uphold chemical weapons treaty commitments, the State Department reported.
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May 1, 2022
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Western officials have voiced concern about the potential for a chemical incident or attack in the war-torn country.
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April 28, 2022
On the 25th anniversary of the CWC's entry into force, experts caution that despite the CWC's numerous achievements, the global taboo against chemical weapons possession, production, and use cannot be taken for granted.
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April 22, 2022
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April 1, 2022
Amid concerns that Russia could use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Ukraine, a group of U.S. national security officials is mulling potential responses.
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March 14, 2022
When the United States ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, it accepted the treaty mandate to eliminate its chemical weapons within a decade. But several extensions have come and gone, and the government is pushing hard to finish destroying the last vestiges of its once-massive Cold War-era stockpile by 2023.
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March 1, 2022
The attacks occurred in Marea in September 2015 and in Kafr Zeita in October 2016 during the Syrian civil war.
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February 14, 2022
A decade ago, credible reports began to surface about the use of chemical weapons by combatants involved in the brutal civil war in Syria. Our expert panel will assessed the progress that has been achieved to eliminate Syria’s chemical arsenal, what is left to be done, and how to ensure chemical weapons are never used again.
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January 11, 2022
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) members reappointed Fernando Arias as director-general.