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OPCW Executive Council

Eighty-Sixth Session EC-86/S/610 – 13 October 2017 28 September 2017 Original: ENGLISH

NOTE BY THE TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT

UPDATED MATRIX OF ACTIONABLE ITEMS IDENTIFIED AT THE THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE

Following the request by the Seventy-Third Session of the Executive Council (paragraph 13.1 of EC-73/6, dated 19 July 2013), the Director-General submits the updated version of the full matrix document based on the report of the Third Review Conference1 (RC-3/3*, dated 19 April 2013). The cut-off date for this document was 21 July 2017. Annexes (English only): Annex 1: Matrix of Actionable Items Identified at the Third Review Conference Annex 2: List of Reference Documents Issued Since the Third Review Conference

1 Third Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical

Weapons Convention.

EC-86/S/6 Annex 1 page 2

An

nex

1

MA

TR

IX O

F A

CT

ION

AB

LE

IT

EM

S I

DE

NT

IFIE

D A

T T

HE

TH

IRD

RE

VIE

W C

ON

FE

RE

NC

E

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 P

art

A:

Pol

itic

al D

ecla

rati

on

9.17

In

tent

ion

to k

eep

… d

ecla

rati

ons

(men

tion

ed in

pa

ras

9.3

to 9

.16)

un

der

rev

iew

at e

ach

regu

lar

sess

ion

of th

e C

onfe

renc

e of

the

Sta

tes

Par

ties

n/a

Cou

ncil

and

Con

fere

nce

to r

evie

w;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n as

req

uire

d;

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n as

req

uire

d;

Par

as 1

0.1

to 1

0.5

of E

C-7

2/4,

da

ted

7 M

ay 2

013;

Par

as 1

3.1

to 1

3.6

of E

C-7

3/6;

Par

as 9

.1 to

9.4

of

EC

-74/

5 da

ted

11 O

ctob

er 2

013;

Par

a 9

of E

C-7

5/2,

da

ted

7 M

arch

201

4; P

ara

11 o

f E

C-7

6/6,

da

ted

11 J

uly

2014

; Par

a 9.

1 of

EC

-77/

4,

date

d 10

Oct

ober

201

4; P

ara

22 o

f C

-19/

5,

date

d 5

Dec

embe

r 20

14; P

aras

8.1

and

8.2

of

EC

--78

/2, d

ated

19

Mar

ch 2

015;

Par

a 7

of

EC

-79/

6, d

ated

9 J

uly

2015

; Par

a 10

of

EC

-80/

4*, d

ated

8 O

ctob

er 2

015;

P

ara

22 o

f C

-20/

5, d

ated

4 D

ecem

ber

2015

; P

ara

7 of

EC

-81/

2, d

ated

23

Mar

ch 2

016;

S

/135

4/20

16, d

ated

18

Febr

uary

201

6;

S/1

364/

2016

, dat

ed 8

Mar

ch 2

016;

S

/137

0/20

16, d

ated

8 A

pril

201

6.

At i

ts E

ight

y-S

econ

d S

essi

on, t

he C

ounc

il

cons

ider

ed a

nd n

oted

the

upda

ted

vers

ion

of

2

Clu

ster

I: C

hem

ical

Wea

pons

Iss

ues;

Clu

ster

II:

Che

mic

al I

ndus

try

and

Oth

er A

rtic

le V

I Is

sues

; Clu

ster

III

: Adm

inis

trat

ive

and

Fin

anci

al I

ssue

s; C

lust

er I

V:

Leg

al, O

rgan

isat

iona

l and

Oth

er I

ssue

s.

3 T

he r

efer

ence

to “

Reg

ular

and

Out

stan

ding

Iss

ues

on th

e A

gend

a of

the

Exe

cutiv

e C

ounc

il” (

EC

-86/

INF

.1, d

ated

6 S

epte

mbe

r 20

17)

is in

clud

ed if

the

issu

e is

al

read

y on

the

agen

da o

f th

e E

xecu

tive

Cou

ncil.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 3

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 th

e “M

atri

x of

Act

iona

ble

Item

s Id

enti

fied

at

the

Thi

rd R

evie

w C

onfe

renc

e”

(EC

-81/

S/1

/Add

.2, d

ated

27

May

201

6);

S/1

388/

2016

, dat

ed 2

0 M

ay 2

016;

S

/139

1/20

16, d

ated

6 J

une

2016

and

Cor

r.1,

da

ted

9 Ju

ne 2

016;

S/1

396/

2016

, dat

ed 8

Ju

ly 2

016;

S/1

403/

2016

, dat

ed 8

Aug

ust

2016

; S/1

418/

2016

, dat

ed 7

Sep

tem

ber

2016

; S

/142

5/20

16, d

ated

10

Oct

ober

201

6;

S/1

434/

2016

, dat

ed 9

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

S/1

441/

2016

, dat

ed 1

2 D

ecem

ber

2016

; S

/144

9/20

17, d

ated

12

Janu

ary

2017

and

C

orr.

1, d

ated

6 F

ebru

ary

2017

; Par

a 8

of

EC

-83/

5, d

ated

11

Nov

embe

r 20

16.

S/1

462/

2017

, dat

ed 1

0 Fe

brua

ry 2

017;

S

/147

6/20

17, d

ated

3 M

arch

201

7;

S/1

486/

2017

, dat

ed 1

9 A

pril

201

7 ;

S/1

495/

2017

, dat

ed 8

May

201

7;

S/1

502/

2017

, dat

ed 1

3 Ju

ne 2

017;

S

/151

4/20

17, d

ated

10

July

201

7.

Par

a 10

of

EC

-84/

2, d

ated

9 M

arch

201

7;

At i

ts E

ight

y-F

ifth

Ses

sion

, the

Cou

ncil

co

nsid

ered

and

not

ed th

e up

date

d ve

rsio

n of

th

e “M

atri

x of

Act

iona

ble

Item

s Id

enti

fied

at

the

Thi

rd R

evie

w C

onfe

renc

e”

(EC

-83/

S/5

/Add

.2, d

ated

5 J

uly

2017

).


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 P

art

B:

Rev

iew

of

the

Op

erat

ion

of

the

Ch

emic

al W

eapo

ns

Con

ven

tion

as

Pro

vid

ed f

or in

Par

agra

ph

22

of A

rtic

le V

III,

Tak

ing

into

Acc

oun

t an

y R

elev

ant

Sci

enti

fic

and

Tec

hn

olog

ical

Dev

elop

men

ts

Th

e R

ole

of t

he

Ch

emic

al W

eap

ons

Con

ven

tion

in E

nh

anci

ng

Inte

rnat

ion

al P

eace

an

d S

ecu

rity

an

d in

Ach

ievi

ng

the

Ob

ject

ives

as

Set

For

th in

th

e P

ream

ble

of

the

Con

ven

tion

9.

31

Cal

led

upon

thos

e S

tate

s P

arti

es th

at c

onti

nue

to

mai

ntai

n re

serv

atio

ns to

the

1925

Gen

eva

Pro

toco

l re

late

d to

the

Con

vent

ion

to w

ith

dra

w t

hem

an

d

to n

otif

y th

e D

epos

itar

y of

th

e 19

25 G

enev

a P

roto

col a

ccor

din

gly

… in

vite

d S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o in

form

th

e n

ext

regu

lar

sess

ion

of

the

Con

fere

nce

wh

en a

res

erva

tion

to

the

1925

G

enev

a P

roto

col i

s w

ith

dra

wn

Clu

ster

IV

S

tate

s P

artie

s to

take

act

ion

En

suri

ng

the

Un

iver

sali

ty o

f th

e C

hem

ical

Wea

pon

s C

onve

nti

on9.

34

Cal

led

for

the

adeq

uate

fun

ding

for

the

OP

CW

’s

univ

ersa

lity

act

ivit

ies,

thro

ugh

the

regu

lar

bu

dge

t an

d v

olu

nta

ry f

un

din

g

(b

udge

t fa

cili

tati

on)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-74/

CR

P.1

, dat

ed 1

2 Ju

ly 2

013;

C

-18/

DE

C.6

, dat

ed 4

Dec

embe

r 20

13;

EC

-77/

DE

C.4

* , dat

ed 9

Oct

ober

201

4;

EC

-83/

DE

C.2

, dat

ed 1

3 O

ctob

er 2

016;

C

-19/

DE

C.4

, dat

ed 3

Dec

embe

r 20

14;

C-2

0/D

EC

.6, d

ated

3 D

ecem

ber

2015

; C

-21/

DE

C.6

, dat

ed 1

Dec

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-86/

CR

P.1

, dat

ed 7

Jul

y 20

17.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.37

R

eaff

irm

ed th

e im

port

ance

of

the

Act

ion

Plan

on

Uni

vers

ality

(E

C-M

-23/

DE

C.3

, dat

ed 2

4 O

ctob

er

2003

) an

d th

e su

bseq

uent

dec

isio

ns o

f th

e C

onfe

renc

e to

reg

ular

ly r

evie

w t

he r

esul

ts a

nd

impl

emen

tati

on o

f it

and

to

take

any

dec

isio

n it

de

ems

nece

ssar

y ad

dres

sing

, in

part

icul

ar, t

he

Clu

ster

IV

(u

nive

rsal

ity

faci

lita

tion

)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke

acti

on;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-80/

DG

.11

C-2

0/D

G.9

, dat

ed

9 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15; E

C-8

3/D

G.5

C

-21/

DG

.7, d

ated

18

Aug

ust 2

016.

EC

-M-2

3/D

EC

.3;

C-1

6/D

EC

.16,

dat

ed

2 D

ecem

ber

2011

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.5

of

Ann

ex 1

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 5

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 st

atus

of

thos

e St

ates

not

Par

ty w

hose

no

n-ad

here

nce

is a

cau

se f

or s

erio

us c

once

rn9.

39(b

) R

eque

sted

the

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

inte

nsi

fy f

urt

her

th

eir

effo

rts

wit

h a

ll S

tate

s n

ot P

arty

to

enco

urag

e th

em to

rat

ify

or a

cced

e to

the

Con

vent

ion

at th

e ea

rlie

st, w

ith

a vi

ew to

ach

ievi

ng

full

uni

vers

alit

y

Clu

ster

IV

(u

nive

rsal

ity

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n.

On

16 O

ctob

er 2

015,

the

Con

vent

ion

cam

e in

to f

orce

for

Ang

ola,

mak

ing

it th

e 19

2nd

Sta

te P

arty

to th

e C

onve

ntio

n.

On

7 Ju

ne 2

016

at a

mee

ting

wit

h th

e C

harg

é d’

Aff

aire

s of

Sou

th S

udan

in N

ew Y

ork,

the

Dep

uty

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al, w

as in

form

ed th

at

the

gove

rnm

ent o

f S

outh

Sud

an w

as

reco

nsid

erin

g op

tion

s fo

r su

cces

sion

and

ac

cess

ion

in th

e w

ake

of a

dvic

e re

ceiv

ed

from

the

Tre

atie

s S

ecti

on o

f th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns O

ffic

e of

Leg

al A

ffai

rs.

Par

a 9.

18 o

f R

C-2

/4,

date

d 18

Apr

il 2

008;

C

-16/

DE

C.1

6 (E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.5

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.39

(c)

Req

uest

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at a

nd th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

to

mak

e fu

ll u

se o

f al

l ava

ilab

le o

ppor

tun

itie

s an

d r

esou

rces

incl

ud

ing

new

mec

han

ism

s su

ch a

s sp

ecia

l env

oys,

as

and

whe

n co

nsid

ered

app

ropr

iate

by

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al, t

o pu

rsue

this

goa

l at a

ll

leve

ls, i

nclu

ding

in c

lose

coo

pera

tion

wit

h ot

her

inte

rnat

iona

l, re

gion

al, a

nd s

ubre

gion

al

orga

nisa

tion

s

Clu

ster

IV

(u

nive

rsal

ity

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n (p

rovi

sion

of

addi

tion

al r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

) S

ecre

tari

at a

ctio

ns:

As

per

9.37

, and

9.3

9(b)

abo

ve

Par

as 9

.16

and

9.18

of

RC

-2/4

; C

-16/

DE

C.1

6 (E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.5

of

Ann

ex 1

);

9.39

(d)

Req

uest

the

poli

cy-m

akin

g or

gans

to

con

tin

ue

to

ann

ual

ly r

evie

w o

ngo

ing

effo

rts

to a

chie

ve

un

iver

sali

ty

Clu

ster

IV

(u

nive

rsal

ity

faci

lita

tion

)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke

acti

on

C-1

6/D

EC

.16

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.5

of A

nnex

1)

Gen

eral

Obl

igat

ion

s an

d D

ecla

rati

ons

Rel

ated

Th

eret

o 9.

44(a

) C

alle

d up

on th

ose

Sta

tes

Par

ties

that

had

yet

to

subm

it th

eir

init

ial d

ecla

rati

ons

to d

o so

as

a m

atte

r of

urg

ency

Clu

ster

I

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n P

ara

9.23

of

RC

-2/4


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

44(b

) R

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

dep

loy

con

tin

ued

ef

fort

s in

sup

por

t of

th

ose

Sta

tes

Par

ties

and

to

kee

p t

he

Cou

nci

l in

form

ed o

f p

rogr

ess

in t

he

pre

par

atio

n an

d s

ub

mis

sion

of

Art

icle

III

init

ial

dec

lara

tion

s

Clu

ster

I

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion;

Pa

ra 3

4 of

EC

-72/

DG

.10*

, dat

ed

6 M

ay 2

013;

Par

a 29

of E

C-7

3/D

G.1

2,

date

d 16

Jul

y 20

13; P

ara

27 o

f EC

-74/

DG

.20,

da

ted

8 O

ctob

er 2

013;

Par

a 56

of C

-18/

DG

.17,

da

ted

2 D

ecem

ber 2

013;

Pa

ras

40 a

nd 4

1 of

EC

-75/

DG

.10,

da

ted

4 M

arch

201

4; P

ara

50

of E

C-7

6/D

G.1

8, d

ated

8 J

uly

2014

; Pa

ras

8 an

d 54

of E

C-7

7/D

G.2

7,

date

d 7

Oct

ober

201

4; E

C-7

7/P/

S/1,

da

ted

2 O

ctob

er 2

014;

Par

a 72

of

C-1

9/D

G.1

6, d

ated

1 D

ecem

ber 2

014;

E

C-M

-48/

P/S/

1, d

ated

14

Janu

ary

2015

; E

C-7

8/P/

S/1,

dat

ed 4

Mar

ch 2

015;

E

C-M

-49/

P/S/

1, d

ated

1 M

ay 2

015

EC

-79/

P/S

/1, d

ated

1 J

uly

2015

; P

ara

54 o

f E

C-7

8/D

G.1

3,

date

d 17

Mar

ch 2

015;

Par

a 49

of

EC

-79/

DG

.19,

dat

ed 7

Jul

y 20

15; P

ara

35

of E

C-8

0/D

G.2

4,

date

d 6

Oct

ober

201

5; E

C-8

0/P

/S/1

, da

ted

25 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15; P

ara

69

of C

-20/

DG

.17,

dat

ed 3

0 N

ovem

ber 2

015;

E

C-8

1/H

P/D

G.1

, dat

ed 2

2 F

ebru

ary

2016

; C

-81/

DE

C.4

, dat

ed 2

3 M

arch

201

6;

Par

a 38

of

EC

-81/

DG

.15,

da

ted

15 M

arch

201

6; P

aras

6.1

9 to

6.2

1

of E

C-8

1/2;

EC

-82/

DG

.23,

da

ted

12 J

uly

2016

.

Par

a 9.

23 o

f R

C-2

/4

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-3/3

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ef.

Tas

k

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ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 A

t the

Eig

hty-

Sec

ond

Ses

sion

of

the

Cou

ncil

, the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al d

eliv

ered

a

stat

emen

t on

the

acti

viti

es o

f th

e S

ecre

tari

at

wit

h re

gard

to th

e de

clar

atio

n of

the

Syri

an

Ara

b R

epub

lic

(EC

-82/

DG

.24,

da

ted

13 J

uly

2016

); E

C-8

2/H

P/D

G.2

*,

date

d 30

Jun

e 20

16; E

C-8

2/D

G.1

8,

date

d 6

Jul

y 20

16, a

nd E

C-8

2/H

P/D

G.3

, da

ted

4 Ju

ly 2

016;

Par

as 7

to 1

0 of

E

C-8

3/D

G.2

, dat

ed 2

2 Ju

ly 2

016;

Par

as 7

to

9 of

EC

-83/

DG

.6, d

ated

22

Aug

ust 2

016;

P

aras

7 a

nd 8

of

EC

-83/

DG

.18,

dat

ed

26 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16; P

aras

11,

12,

50,

53,

an

d 54

of

EC

-83/

DG

.22,

dat

ed

11 O

ctob

er 2

016.

E

C-8

4/H

P/D

G.1

, dat

ed 2

Mar

ch 2

017;

Par

as

5, 4

4 an

d 45

of

EC

-84/

DG

.26,

dat

ed

7 M

arch

201

7;

EC

-84/

HP

/DG

.1, d

ated

2 M

arch

201

7;

EC

-85/

DG

.25,

dat

ed 4

Jul

y 20

17

9.44

(c)

Cal

led

upon

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

ensu

re t

hat

th

eir

dec

lara

tion

s u

nd

er A

rtic

le I

II a

re u

pd

ated

in a

ti

mel

y m

ann

er, i

f an

d w

hen

new

info

rmat

ion

beco

mes

ava

ilab

le

Clu

ster

I

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n P

ara

9.34

of

RC

-2/4

9.44

(d)

Cal

led

upon

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

con

tinu

e re

nd

erin

g,

wh

en r

equ

este

d, t

ech

nic

al a

ssis

tanc

e to

Sta

tes

Par

ties

on

the

prep

arat

ion

and

subm

issi

on o

f A

rtic

le I

II d

ecla

rati

ons

and

amen

dmen

ts

Clu

ster

I

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Par

a 4(

b) o

f E

C-M

-34/

DG

.1,

date

d 25

Oct

ober

201

3; P

ara

34

of C

-18/

DG

.17;

Par

a 12

of

C-1

9/D

G.1

6,

date

d 1

Dec

embe

r 20

14; P

ara

12

of C

-20/

DG

.17;

Par

as 1

1 an

d 12

of

Par

as 9

.23

and

9.34

of

RC

-2/4


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-3/3

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ollo

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ates

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ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

3/D

G.2

2; P

aras

17,

18,

and

19

of

C-2

1/D

G.1

7, d

ated

28

Nov

embe

r 20

16.

Par

a 5

of E

C-8

4/D

G.2

6, d

ated

7

Mar

ch 2

017;

Par

a 9

of E

C-8

5/D

G.2

8,

date

d 11

Jul

y 20

17.

Des

tru

ctio

n of

Ch

emic

al W

eap

ons,

In

clu

din

g Im

ple

men

tati

on o

f th

e C

onfe

ren

ce o

f th

e S

tate

s P

arti

es a

nd

E

xecu

tive

Cou

nci

l Dec

isio

ns

on D

estr

uct

ion

-Rel

ated

Iss

ues

9.

62(a

) R

eaff

irm

ed th

e de

cisi

on th

at th

e de

stru

ctio

n of

the

rem

aini

ng c

hem

ical

wea

pons

in th

e po

sses

sor

Stat

es

conc

erne

d sh

all b

e co

mpl

eted

in th

e sh

orte

st ti

me

poss

ible

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

the

prov

isio

ns o

f th

e C

onve

ntio

n an

d it

s A

nnex

on

Impl

emen

tati

on a

nd

Ver

ific

atio

n an

d w

ith

the

full

app

lica

tion

of

all t

he

mea

sure

s co

ntai

ned

in d

ecis

ion

C-1

6/D

EC

.11,

dat

ed

1 D

ecem

ber

2011

, on

the

fina

l ext

ende

d de

adli

ne o

f 29

Apr

il 2

012

Clu

ster

I

Pos

sess

or S

tate

s P

arti

es to

con

tinu

e to

take

ac

tion

C

-16/

DE

C.1

1

9.62

(b)

Req

uest

ed th

e C

onfe

renc

e an

d th

e C

ounc

il t

o co

nti

nu

e to

kee

p u

nd

er r

evie

w a

nd

ove

rsee

th

e co

mp

leti

on o

f d

estr

uct

ion

of

chem

ical

wea

pon

s st

ock

pil

es a

nd, i

n th

is r

egar

d, u

nder

line

d th

e im

port

ance

of

cont

inui

ng to

rec

eive

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al’s

con

firm

atio

n t

hat

th

e n

eces

sary

mea

sure

s ar

e b

ein

g u

nd

erta

ken

by

the

poss

esso

r St

ates

con

cern

ed to

mee

t the

pla

nned

co

mpl

etio

n da

tes

for

thei

r de

stru

ctio

n ac

tivi

ties

Clu

ster

I

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to c

ontin

ue to

take

ac

tion;

Se

cret

aria

t to

cont

inue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Para

s 6.

5 to

6.8

of

EC

-72/

4; P

aras

6.5

to

6.8

of

EC

-73/

6; P

aras

6.6

to 6

.9

of E

C-7

4/5;

Par

as 7

.6 to

7.9

of

EC

-75/

2;

Para

3.4

of

EC

-M-4

2/3,

da

ted

30 J

une

2014

; Par

as 6

.5 to

6.1

8

of E

C-7

6/6;

Par

as 6

.6 to

6.1

1 of

EC

-77/

4;

Para

s 6.

5 to

6.1

1 of

EC

-78/

2;

EC

-72/

DG

.8, d

ated

3 M

ay 2

013;

E

C-7

3/D

G.8

, dat

ed 3

Jul

y 20

13

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 1

8 Ju

ly 2

013;

E

C-7

4/D

G.1

8, d

ated

3 O

ctob

er 2

013

C-1

6/D

EC

.11

EC

-M-/

DE

C.1

,dat

ed

27 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13;

EC

-M-5

3/D

EC

.1,

date

d

26 A

ugus

t 201

6;

EC

-84/

DE

C.2

, dat

ed

8 M

arch

201

7

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-3/3

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ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

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ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 an

d C

orr.

1, d

ated

11

Oct

ober

201

3 ;

EC

-74/

2 da

ted

3 O

ctob

er 2

013

an

d C

orr.

1, d

ated

9 O

ctob

er 2

013;

E

C-7

5/D

G.7

, dat

ed 2

6 Fe

brua

ry 2

014

an

d C

orr.

1, d

ated

28

Febr

uary

201

4;

EC

-M-3

3/D

EC

.1,

date

d 27

Sep

tem

ber

2013

; EC

-M-3

4/D

EC

.1,

date

d 15

Nov

embe

r 20

13; E

C-M

-42/

DE

C.1

, da

ted

17 J

une

2014

; EC

-76/

DG

.15,

da

ted

4 Ju

ly 2

014;

Par

as 9

.5 to

9.1

0

of C

-18/

5; C

-18/

DG

.16,

da

ted

29 N

ovem

ber

2013

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed

3 D

ecem

ber

2013

; Par

as 7

.2 to

7.5

, 9.1

3 to

9.

17 o

f C

-18/

5; E

C-7

6/1,

da

ted

30 M

ay 2

014;

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e Se

cret

aria

t, up

load

ed o

n 3

June

201

4;

EC

-77/

DG

.23,

dat

ed 2

6 Se

ptem

ber

2014

; C

-19/

DG

.15,

dat

ed 2

8 N

ovem

ber

2014

; E

C-7

8/D

G.5

, dat

ed 2

3 Ja

nuar

y 20

15; P

aras

9.

3 to

9.1

0 of

C-1

9/5;

E

C-7

8/D

G.1

1, d

ated

9 M

arch

201

5;

EC

-79/

DG

.1, d

ated

23

Mar

ch 2

015;

E

C-M

-49/

DG

.1, d

ated

23

Apr

il 20

15;

EC

-79/

DG

.8, d

ated

22

May

201

5;

EC

-79/

DG

.18*

, dat

ed 1

Jul

y 20

15;

EC

-79/

DG

.15,

dat

ed 2

3 Ju

ne 2

015;

E

C-8

0/D

G.2

, dat

ed 2

3 Ju

ly 2

015;

E

C-8

0/D

G.2

2, d

ated

28

Sept

embe

r 20

15;

EC

-80/

DG

.2, d

ated

23

July

201

5;

EC

-80/

DG

.4, d

ated

24

Aug

ust 2

015;


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

0/D

G.2

0, d

ated

23

Sept

embe

r 20

15;

C-2

0/D

G.1

6, d

ated

26

Nov

embe

r 20

15.

EC

-81/

DG

.1, d

ated

22

Oct

ober

201

5;

EC

-81/

DG

.2, d

ated

24

Nov

embe

r 20

15;

EC

-81/

DG

.3, d

ated

22

Dec

embe

r 20

15;

EC

-81/

DG

.5, d

ated

25

Janu

ary

2016

; and

E

C-8

1/D

G.1

1, d

ated

24

Febr

uary

201

6;

EC

-M-5

1/D

EC

.1, d

ated

24

Febr

uary

201

6;

para

s 3.

3 an

d 3.

4 of

E

C-M

-51/

2, d

ated

24

Febr

uary

201

6;

EC

-82/

DG

.5, d

ated

22

Apr

il 20

16;

EC

-82/

DG

.9, d

ated

25

May

201

6;

EC

-82/

DG

.17,

dat

ed 2

4 Ju

ne 2

016;

E

C-M

-52/

DE

C.1

, dat

ed 2

0 Ju

ly 2

016;

E

C-M

-52/

DE

C.2

, dat

ed 2

7 Ju

ly 2

016;

and

E

C-8

2/1,

dat

ed 3

0 M

ay 2

016;

E

C-8

2/D

G.5

, dat

ed 2

2 A

pril

2016

; E

C-8

2/D

G.9

, dat

ed 2

5 M

ay 2

016;

E

C-8

2/D

G.1

7, d

ated

24

June

201

6;

EC

-M-5

2/D

EC

.1,d

ated

20

July

201

6;

EC

-M-5

2/D

EC

.2, d

ated

27

July

201

6;

EC

-82/

1, d

ated

30

May

201

6;

EC

-82/

DG

.21,

dat

ed 1

1 Ju

ly 2

016;

E

C-M

-53/

DG

.1, d

ated

19

Aug

ust 2

016

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 2

4 A

ugus

t 201

6;

EC

-M-5

3/D

EC

.1, d

ated

26

Aug

ust 2

016;

E

C-M

-53/

DE

C.2

, dat

ed 2

6 A

ugus

t 201

6;

EC

-83/

DG

.2, d

ated

22

Jul

y 20

16;

EC

-83/

DG

.6, d

ated

22

Aug

ust 2

016;

E

C-8

3/D

G.1

8, d

ated

26

Sep

tem

ber

2016

;

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-3/3

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ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

3/D

G.1

9, d

ated

26

Sept

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-83/

DG

.20,

dat

ed 2

9 Se

ptem

ber

2016

and

C

orr.

1, d

ated

5 O

ctob

er 2

016;

C

21/

DG

.16,

dat

ed 2

3 N

ovem

ber

2016

; E

C-8

4/D

G.2

0, d

ated

22

Febr

uary

201

7;

EC

-84/

DG

.1, d

ated

25

Oct

ober

201

6;

EC

-84/

DG

.4, d

ated

23

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

DG

.6, d

ated

22

Dec

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

DG

.11,

dat

ed 2

4 Ja

nuar

y 20

17;

EC

-84/

DG

.22,

dat

ed 2

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

017;

E

C-8

4/D

G.2

, dat

ed 2

6 O

ctob

er 2

016;

Pa

ras

6.27

and

6.2

8 o

f E

C-8

3/5;

E

C-8

3/D

EC

.5, d

ated

11

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

DG

.3, d

ated

21

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

DG

.5, d

ated

21

Dec

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

DG

.10,

dat

ed 2

3 Ja

nuar

y 20

17; a

nd

EC

-84/

DG

.23,

dat

ed 2

4 Fe

brua

ry 2

017;

Pa

ra 6

.20

of E

C-8

4/2;

EC

-84/

DG

.25,

da

ted

6 M

arch

201

7; P

ara

6.31

of

EC

-84/

2 ;

EC

-85/

DG

.2, d

ated

23

Mar

ch 2

017

; E

C-8

5/D

G.5

, dat

ed 2

4 A

pril

2017

; E

C-8

5/D

G.1

1, d

ated

24

May

201

7;

EC

-85/

DG

.1, d

ated

23

Mar

ch 2

017;

E

C-8

5/D

G.4

, dat

ed 2

4 A

pril

2017

; E

C-8

5/D

G.9

, dat

ed 2

4 M

ay 2

017;

E

C-8

5/5,

dat

ed 2

4 M

ay 2

017

and

Cor

r.1,

da

ted

8 J

une

2017

; E

C-8

5/D

G.2

3, d

ated

3 J

uly

2017

; E

C-8

5/D

G.2

1, d

ated

23

June

201

7;

EC

-85/

DG

.20,

dat

ed 2

3 Ju

ne 2

017;


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ef.

Tas

k

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ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

5/P/

NA

T.6

, dat

ed 6

Jul

y 20

17; a

nd

EC

-85/

DG

.14,

dat

ed 3

1 M

ay 2

017.

9.

62(c

) E

ncou

rage

d th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

to

con

tin

ue

con

sult

ing

wit

h t

he

pos

sess

or S

tate

s co

nce

rned

in

ord

er t

o co

ntin

ue i

mpr

ovin

g th

e re

port

ing

that

is

req

uire

d fr

om t

he S

tate

s P

arti

es c

once

rned

…

requ

este

d th

at f

utu

re r

epor

tin

g b

y th

e p

osse

ssor

Sta

tes

con

cern

ed, o

n th

e ba

sis

of

C-1

6/D

EC

.11,

con

tin

ue

to c

onta

in i

nfo

rmat

ion

on

th

e p

rogr

ess

ach

ieve

d t

o m

eet

the

pla

nn

ed

com

ple

tion

dat

e by

whi

ch t

he d

estr

ucti

on o

f th

e re

mai

ning

che

mic

al w

eapo

ns i

s to

be

com

plet

ed

Clu

ster

I

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion;

Po

sses

sor

Stat

es P

artie

s to

con

tinue

to ta

ke

actio

n;

EC

-72/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 2

4 A

pril

2013

; E

C-7

3/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

8 Ju

ne 2

013;

E

C-7

3/N

AT

.1, d

ated

20

June

201

3;

EC

-73/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 2

4 Ju

ne 2

013;

E

C-7

4/N

AT

.3, d

ated

24

Sept

embe

r 20

13;

EC

-74/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

24

Sept

embe

r 20

13,

EC

-74/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 2

4 Se

ptem

ber

2013

; C

-18/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 6

Nov

embe

r 20

13;

C-1

8/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 2

1 N

ovem

ber

2013

; C

-18/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

4 N

ovem

ber

2013

; E

C-M

-36/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

6 D

ecem

ber

2013

; E

C-M

-38/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

16

Janu

ary

2014

; E

C-7

4/D

G.1

7, d

ated

2 O

ctob

er 2

013;

E

C-M

-39/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

18

Febr

uary

201

4;

EC

-75/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

17

Febr

uary

201

4 an

d C

orr.

1, d

ated

26

Febr

uary

201

4;

EC

-75/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

1 Fe

brua

ry 2

014;

E

C-7

5/N

AT

.3, d

ated

21

Febr

uary

201

4;

EC

-M-4

0/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

7 M

arch

201

4;

EC

-M-4

0/P/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 1

7 A

pril

2014

; E

C-M

-41/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

15

May

201

4;

EC

-M-4

3/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

8 Ju

ly 2

014;

E

C-M

-44/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

18

Aug

ust 2

014;

E

C-7

6/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

6 Ju

ne 2

014;

E

C-7

6/N

AT

.2, d

ated

12

June

201

4;

C-1

6/D

EC

.11

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ollo

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p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-7

6/N

AT

.4, d

ated

26

June

201

4;

EC

-76/

NA

T.5

, dat

ed 3

0 Ju

ne 2

014;

E

C-7

7/D

G.1

9, d

ated

17

Sept

embe

r 20

14;

EC

-77/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

8 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14;

EC

-77/

P/N

AT

.3, d

ated

14

Sept

embe

r 20

14;

EC

-77/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

1 Se

ptem

ber

2014

; E

C-7

7/N

AT

.2, d

ated

12

Sept

embe

r 20

14;

Para

s 6.

5 to

6.9

of

EC

-77/

4

EC

-M-4

6/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

4 O

ctob

er 2

014;

E

C-7

8/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

3 N

ovem

ber

2014

; E

C-M

-46/

DG

.1, d

ated

23

Oct

ober

201

4;

EC

-78/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

16

Janu

ary

2015

; C

-19/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

14

Nov

embe

r 20

14;

C-1

9/N

AT

.3, d

ated

7 N

ovem

ber

2014

; C

-19/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

1 N

ovem

ber

2014

; Pa

ras

9.3

to 9

.10

of C

-19/

5; E

C-7

8/N

AT

.1,

date

d 24

Feb

ruar

y 20

15;

EC

-78/

P/N

AT

.4, d

ated

20

Febr

uary

201

5;

EC

-78/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 2

Mar

ch 2

015;

E

C-7

8/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

3 N

ovem

ber

2014

; E

C-M

-48/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

17

Dec

embe

r 20

14; E

C-7

9/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

8 M

arch

201

5;

EC

-M-4

9/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

7 A

pril

2015

; E

C-7

9/P/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

5 M

ay 2

015;

E

C-7

9/P/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 1

0 Ju

ne 2

015;

E

C-7

9/N

AT

.2, d

ated

11

June

201

5;

EC

-79/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 2

6 Ju

ne 2

015;

E

C-7

9/P/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

5 M

ay 2

015;

E

C-7

9/P/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 1

5 Ju

ne 2

015;

E

C-8

0/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

5 Ju

ly 2

015;


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ollo

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p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

0/P/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

8 A

ugus

t 201

5;

Para

s 7.

5 an

d 7.

6 of

EC

-80/

4*;

EC

-80/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

6 Se

ptem

ber

2015

; E

C-8

0/P/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 1

5 Se

ptem

ber

2015

; E

C-8

0/N

AT

.2, d

ated

21

Sept

embe

r 20

15;

EC

-80/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

15

July

201

5;

EC

-80/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

18

Aug

ust 2

015;

E

C-8

0/P/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 1

7 Se

ptem

ber

2015

; E

C-8

0/D

G.1

7, d

ated

14

Sept

embe

r 20

15;

Para

s 9.

3, 9

.4 a

nd 9

.9 o

f C

-20/

5;

C-2

0/N

AT

.1, d

ated

12

Nov

embe

r 20

15;

C-2

0/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

7 N

ovem

ber

2015

; C

-20/

NA

T.3

*, d

ated

19

Nov

embe

r 20

15;

EC

-81/

P/N

AT

.5, d

ated

15

Febr

uary

201

6;

EC

-81/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

9 Fe

brua

ry 2

016;

E

C-8

1/N

AT

.1*,

dat

ed 1

8 Fe

brua

ry 2

016;

Pa

ras

6.6

and

6.7

of E

C-8

1/2;

E

C-8

1/P/

NA

T.6

, dat

ed 1

6 Fe

brua

ry 2

016;

E

C-8

1/P/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 1

5 Ja

nuar

y 20

16;

EC

-81/

P/N

AT

.3, d

ated

18

Dec

embe

r 20

15;

EC

-81/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

12

Nov

embe

r 20

15;

EC

-81/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

3 O

ctob

er 2

015;

E

C-8

2/N

AT

.1, d

ated

20

June

201

6;

EC

-82/

P/N

AT

.5, d

ated

23

June

201

6;

EC

-82/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 3

0 Ju

ne 2

016;

E

C-8

2/D

G.1

, dat

ed 2

4 M

arch

201

6;

EC

-82/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

17

Mar

ch 2

016;

E

C-8

2/P/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

5 A

pril

2016

; E

C-8

2/P/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 1

9 M

ay 2

016;

E

C-8

2/P/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 1

7 Ju

ne 2

016;

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ion

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ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

3/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

4 Ju

ly 2

016;

E

C-8

3/D

G.1

2, d

ated

14

Sept

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-83/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

15

Aug

ust 2

016;

E

C-8

3/P/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 1

3 Se

ptem

ber

2016

; E

C-8

3/P/

NA

T.4

/Rev

.1,

date

d 30

Sep

tem

ber

2016

; E

C-8

3/P/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 1

4 Se

ptem

ber

2016

; E

C-8

3/D

G.2

, dat

ed 2

2 Ju

ly 2

016;

E

C-8

3/N

AT

.1, d

ated

19

Sept

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-83/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

6 Se

ptem

ber

2016

; Pa

ras

9.7,

9.8

, and

9.1

3 of

C

-21/

5, d

ated

2 D

ecem

ber

2016

; C

-21/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

15

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

C-2

1/N

AT

.1, d

ated

10

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

C-2

1/N

AT

.2, d

ated

16

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

017

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 2

2 Fe

brua

ry 2

017;

E

C-8

4/P/

NA

T.6

, dat

ed 1

3 Fe

brua

ry 2

017;

E

C-8

4/N

AT

.3, d

ated

15

Febr

uary

201

7;

EC

-84/

P/N

AT

.1, d

ated

19

Oct

ober

201

6;

EC

-84/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

16

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

P/N

AT

.4, d

ated

19

Dec

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

P/N

AT

.5, d

ated

13

Janu

ary

2017

; and

E

C-8

4/P/

NA

T.7

, dat

ed 1

5 Fe

brua

ry 2

017;

E

C-8

5/P/

NA

T.1

, dat

ed 1

3 M

arch

201

7;

EC

-85/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

15

Apr

il 20

17; a

nd

EC

-85/

P/N

AT

.3, d

ated

16

May

201

7;

EC

-85/

P/N

AT

.5, d

ated

16

June

201

7;

EC

-85/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 2

2 Ju

ne 2

017;

E

C-8

5/P/

NA

T.6

, dat

ed 6

Jul

y 20

17;


RC

-3/3

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ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

5/P/

NA

T.7

, dat

ed 1

3 Ju

ly 2

017;

E

C-8

5/N

AT

.4, d

ated

15

June

201

7; a

nd

EC

-85/

P/N

AT

.4, d

ated

19

June

201

7.

9.62

(d)

Req

uest

ed th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

to

con

tin

ue

to

pro

vid

e a

wri

tten

rep

ort

to t

he

Cou

nci

l an

d t

he

Con

fere

nce

Clu

ster

I

EC

-82/

DG

.1; E

C-8

1/D

G.1

; EC

-81/

DG

.2;

EC

-81/

DG

.3; E

C-8

1/D

G.5

; EC

-81/

DG

.11;

E

C-8

1/D

G.1

2, d

ated

29

Feb

ruar

y 20

16 a

nd

EC

-81/

DG

.12/

Cor

r.1* , d

ated

3 M

arch

201

6;

EC

-82/

DG

.21,

dat

ed 1

1 Ju

ly 2

016

EC

-83/

DG

.20,

dat

ed 2

9 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 5

Oct

ober

201

6;

C-2

1/D

G.1

6, d

ated

23

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

EC

-84/

DG

.20,

dat

ed 2

2 F

ebru

ary

2017

; E

C-8

5/D

G.2

3, d

ated

3 J

uly

2017

.

C-1

6/D

EC

.11;

E

C-6

7/D

EC

.6, d

ated

15

Feb

ruar

y 20

12;

EC

-M-3

3/D

EC

.1,

date

d

27 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13;

EC

-M-3

4/D

EC

.1,

date

d

15 N

ovem

ber

2013

; E

C-8

4/D

EC

.2, d

ated

8

Mar

ch 2

017

9.62

(e)

Enc

oura

ged

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

con

tin

ue

add

ress

ing

the

issu

es r

elat

ed t

o n

ew d

isco

veri

es o

f ol

d

chem

ical

wea

pon

s an

d o

f ab

and

oned

ch

emic

al

wea

pon

s w

ithi

n th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

the

Con

vent

ion

Clu

ster

I

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n E

C-M

-44/

P/S

/1, d

ated

25

Aug

ust 2

014;

E

C-7

8/D

EC

.9, d

ated

19

Mar

ch 2

015;

P

aras

6.4

and

6.5

of

EC

-81/

2;

EC

-81/

NA

T.1

0, d

ated

16

Mar

ch 2

016;

P

ara

6.4

of E

C-8

4/2,

dat

ed 9

Mar

ch 2

017;

E

C-8

5/N

AT

.2, d

ated

16

June

201

7;

EC

-85/

DE

C. 3

, dat

ed 1

2 Ju

ly 2

017.

Par

a 9.

36 o

f R

C-2

/4

9.62

(f)

Urg

ed th

e re

leva

nt S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o co

nti

nu

e to

m

ake

the

full

est

pos

sib

le e

ffor

ts t

o co

mp

lete

d

estr

uct

ion

of

aban

don

ed c

hem

ical

wea

pon

s as

so

on a

s p

ossi

ble

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

the

Cou

ncil

de

cisi

on (

EC

-67/

DE

C.6

) an

d en

cour

aged

con

tinu

ed

coop

erat

ion

betw

een

rele

vant

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to th

at

effe

ct

Clu

ster

I

Rel

evan

t Sta

tes

Par

ties

to c

onti

nue

to

take

act

ion;

E

C-7

4/N

AT

.4, d

ated

26

Sep

tem

ber

2013

; E

C-7

4/N

AT

.1, d

ated

10

Sep

tem

ber

2013

; A

ttac

hmen

t to

EC

-74/

4 C

-18/

2, d

ated

9

Oct

ober

201

3; P

ara

6.10

of

EC

-74/

5;

Par

as 9

.11

to 9

.12

of C

-18/

5;

EC

-75/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 1

2 F

ebru

ary

2014

;

Par

a 9.

37 o

f R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.2

of

Ann

ex 1

)

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ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-7

5/N

AT

.4, d

ated

20

Feb

ruar

y 20

14;

Par

as 7

.15

and

7.16

of

EC

-75/

2;

EC

-76/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 1

3 Ju

ne 2

014;

E

C-7

6/N

AT

.6, d

ated

2 J

uly

2014

; Par

as 6

.19

and

6.20

of

EC

-76/

6; E

C-7

7/N

AT

.3,

date

d 10

Sep

tem

ber

2014

; E

C-7

7/N

AT

.4, d

ated

29

Sep

tem

ber

2014

; P

aras

6.1

5 an

d 6.

16 o

f E

C-7

7/4;

Par

as 9

.11

to 9

.13

of C

-19/

5; P

ara

5 of

EC

-M-4

8/3,

da

ted

4 F

ebru

ary

2015

; E

C-7

8/N

AT

.3, d

ated

2 M

arch

201

5;

EC

-78/

NA

T.4

/Rev

.1,

date

d 13

Mar

ch 2

015;

Par

as 6

.14

and

6.15

of

EC

-78/

2; E

C-7

9/N

AT

.5*,

da

ted

18 J

une

2015

; E

C-7

9/N

AT

.3, d

ated

17

June

201

5;

EC

-79/

4, d

ated

9 J

uly

2015

; par

as 6

.14

and

6.15

of

EC

-79/

6; E

C-8

0/N

AT

.4,

date

d 21

Sep

tem

ber

2015

; E

C-8

0/N

AT

.3, d

ated

17

Sep

tem

ber

2015

; E

C-7

9/4,

dat

ed 9

Jul

y 20

15; P

aras

7.1

3 an

d 7.

14 o

f E

C-8

0/4*

; Par

as. 9

.10

to 9

.13

of

C-2

0/5;

Par

as 6

.15

to 6

.17

of E

C-8

1/2;

E

C-8

1/N

AT

.4, d

ated

26

Feb

ruar

y 20

16;

EC

-81/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 2

5 F

ebru

ary

2016

; E

C-8

1/N

AT

.1* ; E

C-8

1/D

G.1

3,

date

d 4

Mar

ch 2

016;

E

C-8

2/N

AT

.3, d

ated

29

June

201

6;

EC

-82/

NA

T.2

, dat

ed 2

9 Ju

ne 2

016

an

d E

C-8

2/D

G.2

2, d

ated

11

July

201

6;


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 P

aras

6.1

6 to

6.1

9 of

EC

-83/

5;

EC

-83/

NA

T.3

, dat

ed 1

5 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16;

EC

-83/

NA

T.4

, dat

ed 3

0 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16;

EC

-83/

DG

.21,

dat

ed 4

Oct

ober

201

6;

Par

as 9

.14

to 9

.18

of C

-21/

5; P

aras

6.1

2 to

6.

16 o

f E

C-8

4/2;

EC

-84/

NA

T.5

, da

ted

23 F

ebru

ary

2017

; E

C-8

4/N

AT

.1, d

ated

9 F

ebru

ary

2017

; E

C-8

4/N

AT

.6, d

ated

2 M

arch

201

7 ;

EC

-84/

DG

.24,

dat

ed 3

Mar

ch 2

017;

E

C-8

5/N

AT

.6, d

ated

27

Jun

e 20

17;

EC

-85/

NA

T.5

, dat

ed 2

2 Ju

ne 2

017;

E

C-8

5/D

G.2

6, d

ated

5 J

uly

2017

. D

estr

uct

ion

or C

onve

rsio

n o

f C

hem

ical

Wea

pon

s P

rod

uct

ion

Fac

ilit

ies

9.66

N

oted

the

deci

sion

by

the

Cou

ncil

(E

C-6

7/D

EC

.7,

date

d 16

Feb

ruar

y 20

12)

that

est

abli

shed

the

natu

re

of c

onti

nued

ver

ific

atio

n m

easu

res

at c

onve

rted

fa

cili

ties

for

whi

ch 1

0 ye

ars

have

ela

psed

aft

er th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

’s c

erti

fica

tion

of

thei

r co

nver

sion

, an

d em

phas

ised

that

the

deci

sion

ens

ures

that

any

ve

rifi

cati

on m

easu

res

appl

ied

to f

acil

itie

s co

nver

ted

over

10

year

s pr

evio

usly

are

con

sist

ent w

ith

the

non-

disc

rim

inat

ory

and

effe

ctiv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

Con

vent

ion

Clu

ster

I

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n E

C-6

7/D

EC

.7

9.67

(a)

Urg

ed a

ll r

elev

ant S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o co

mp

lete

th

e d

estr

uct

ion

or

con

vers

ion

of

such

fac

ilit

ies

as

soon

as

poss

ible

Clu

ster

I

Rel

evan

t Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n E

C-M

-34/

DE

C.1

; EC

-M-3

5/D

EC

.2,

date

d 29

Nov

embe

r 20

13; P

ara

5.2

of

EC

-M-3

5/3,

dat

ed 2

9 N

ovem

ber

2013

; C

-18/

DE

C.4

, dat

ed 4

Dec

embe

r 20

13; P

aras

7.

13 a

nd 7

.14

of E

C-7

5/2;

EC

-M-4

0/D

G.2

,

Par

a 9.

38 o

f R

C-2

/4

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 19

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 da

ted

27 M

arch

201

4 an

d A

dd.1

, dat

ed

20 J

uly

2014

; EC

-M-4

0/P

/NA

T.2

, da

ted

24 M

arch

201

4; A

dd.1

, and

Add

.2,

both

dat

ed 2

0 Ju

ly 2

014;

EC

-M-4

2/D

EC

.3,

date

d 17

Jun

e 20

14; P

ara

6.12

of

EC

-76/

6;

Par

a 4

of E

C-M

-43/

2, d

ated

24

July

201

4;

EC

-M-4

3/D

EC

.1, d

ated

24

July

201

4;

EC

-M-4

3/D

G.1

/Rev

.1, d

ated

21

July

201

4;

EC

-M-4

6/D

EC

.1, d

ated

19

Nov

embe

r 20

14;

EC

-77/

P/N

AT

.2, d

ated

12

Sep

tem

ber

2014

; P

ara

6.12

of

EC

-77/

4.

9.67

(b)

Req

uest

ed th

e C

ounc

il t

o co

nti

nu

e to

kee

p u

nd

er

revi

ew a

nd

ove

rsee

com

ple

tion

of

des

tru

ctio

n o

r co

nve

rsio

n o

f C

WP

Fs

Clu

ster

I

Cou

ncil

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n

Par

a 9.

38 o

f R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

s I.

3 an

d I.

6 of

Ann

ex 1

) V

erif

icat

ion

Act

ivit

ies

of t

he

OP

CW

9.

69

Cal

led

for

the

adeq

uate

fun

ding

for

the

OP

CW

’s

veri

fica

tion

act

ivit

ies,

thro

ugh

the

regu

lar

bu

dge

t an

d v

olu

nta

ry f

un

din

g

Clu

ster

III

(b

udge

t fa

cili

tati

on)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

C-1

8/D

EC

.6; C

-19/

DE

C.4

; C-2

0/D

EC

.6;

C-2

1/D

EC

.6.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.71

R

ecog

nise

d th

e co

nti

nue

d n

eed

for

th

e O

PC

W t

o h

ave

up

-to-

dat

e ve

rifi

cati

on t

ech

nolo

gies

at

its

dis

pos

al, a

nd e

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e to

wor

k w

ith

Sta

tes

Par

ties

th

at w

ish

to

fam

ilia

rise

th

emse

lves

wit

h a

pp

rove

d

veri

fica

tion

eq

uip

men

t

Clu

ster

s II

and

IV

S

tate

s P

arti

es to

take

act

ion;

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

(pro

visi

on o

f ad

diti

onal

res

ourc

es to

be

cons

ider

ed);

S

/110

4/20

13, d

ated

13

June

201

3;

S/1

144/

2013

, dat

ed 9

Dec

embe

r 20

13;

S/1

160/

2014

, dat

ed 1

9 Fe

brua

ry 2

014;

S

/117

5/20

14, d

ated

25

Apr

il 2

014;

S

/120

6/20

14, d

ated

11

Aug

ust 2

014.

C-I

/DE

C.7

1*, d

ated

30

Nov

embe

r 20

10


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

The

OP

CW

Lab

orat

ory

(LA

B)

has

prov

ided

a

num

ber

of to

urs

and

brie

fing

s an

d w

ill

cont

inue

thes

e ac

tivi

ties

. S

/124

9/20

15, d

ated

4 M

arch

201

5;

S/1

303/

2015

, dat

ed 1

3 A

ugus

t 201

5;

S/1

404/

2016

, dat

ed 9

Aug

ust 2

016;

S

/143

0/20

16, d

ated

20

Oct

ober

201

6;

S/1

487/

2017

, dat

ed 2

0 A

pril

201

7;

S/1

524/

2017

, dat

ed 1

5 A

ugus

t 201

7.

9.73

R

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

con

tinu

e en

gagi

ng

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in d

emon

stra

tin

g th

e si

te-s

elec

tion

ra

nd

om p

roce

sses

an

d p

roce

du

res

in a

n ef

fort

to

incr

ease

tran

spar

ency

and

con

fide

nce

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

Dis

cuss

ion

at f

acil

itat

ions

; A

udit

of

proc

ess

wit

h re

sult

s gi

ven

at

faci

lita

tion

in J

une

2013

(no

n-pa

per

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on 1

7 Ju

ne 2

013)

. S

imul

atio

n on

18

June

201

3

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

19 J

une

2013

);

Dis

cuss

ion

on th

e en

hanc

emen

t of

the

num

ber

of p

lant

s fa

ctor

ing

into

OC

PF

4 sit

e se

lect

ion,

on

2 M

ay 2

014

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on 2

May

201

4);

Pre

sent

atio

ns d

urin

g fa

cili

tati

ons;

A

naly

sis

of p

erfo

rman

ce o

f m

etho

dolo

gy

(S/9

62/2

011)

for

OC

PF

sit

e se

lect

ion,

on

14 M

ay 2

014

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at,

uplo

aded

on

15 M

ay 2

014)

;

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

6

of A

nnex

2)

4

OC

PF

= o

ther

che

mic

al p

rodu

ctio

n fa

cilit

y.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 21

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 R

epor

t on

the

Per

form

ance

of

the

Rev

ised

M

etho

dolo

gy f

or th

e S

elec

tion

of

OC

PF

s, o

n 19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14);

E

C-7

6/D

G.3

, dat

ed 3

Apr

il 2

014;

non

-pap

er

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

19

June

201

4; S

/124

0/20

15,

date

d 6

Feb

ruar

y 20

15. R

epor

ts o

n th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f m

etho

dolo

gy f

or s

elec

tion

of

OC

PF

s in

201

5 (S

/134

8/20

16,

date

d 4

Feb

ruar

y 20

16)

and

in 2

016

(S/1

461/

2017

, dat

ed 6

Feb

ruar

y 20

17).

9.

77

Wel

com

ed th

e be

nefi

t gai

ned

as a

res

ult o

f th

e S

ecre

tari

at’s

pra

ctic

es r

elat

ed to

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is f

or v

erif

icat

ion

purp

oses

dur

ing

Sch

edul

e 2

site

insp

ecti

ons,

and

em

phas

ised

th

e im

por

tan

ce o

f ad

equ

ate

and

up

-to-

dat

e an

alyt

ical

too

ls f

or t

he

effi

cien

t, e

ffec

tive

, an

d a

ccu

rate

con

du

ct o

f on

-si

te s

amp

ling

an

d a

nal

ysis

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n (p

rovi

sion

of

addi

tion

al r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

).

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

D

iscu

ssio

n at

fac

ilit

atio

ns;

Aud

it o

f pr

oces

s w

ith

resu

lts

give

n at

fa

cili

tati

on in

Jun

e 20

13 (

non-

pape

r by

th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on 1

7 Ju

ne 2

013)

. S

imul

atio

n on

18

June

201

3

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

19

June

201

3);

Dis

cuss

ion

on th

e en

hanc

emen

t of

the

num

ber

of p

lant

s fa

ctor

ing

into

OC

PF

sit

e se

lect

ion,

on

2 M

ay 2

014

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on 2

May

201

4);

Pre

sent

atio

ns d

urin

g fa

cili

tati

ons;

A

naly

sis

of p

erfo

rman

ce o

f m

etho

dolo

gy

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

6

of A

nnex

2)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 (S

/962

/201

1) f

or O

CP

F s

ite

sele

ctio

n, o

n 14

May

201

4 (n

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, up

load

ed o

n 15

May

201

4);

Rep

ort o

n th

e P

erfo

rman

ce o

f th

e R

evis

ed

Met

hodo

logy

for

the

Sel

ecti

on o

f O

CP

Fs,

on

19 F

ebru

ary

2014

(n

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d

on 1

9 F

ebru

ary

2014

);

EC

-76/

DG

.3, d

ated

3 A

pril

201

4; n

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d

on 1

9 Ju

ne 2

014;

S/1

240/

2015

, da

ted

6 F

ebru

ary

2015

. Rep

orts

on

the

perf

orm

ance

of

met

hodo

logy

for

sel

ecti

on

of O

CP

Fs

in 2

015

(S/1

348/

2016

, da

ted

4 F

ebru

ary

2016

) an

d in

201

6 (S

/146

1/20

17, d

ated

6 F

ebru

ary

2017

).

- S

taff

fro

m th

e T

echn

ical

Sec

reta

riat

took

pa

rt in

an

Inte

rnat

iona

l Wor

ksho

p on

C

hem

ical

For

ensi

cs h

eld

at th

e A

mer

ican

C

hem

ical

Soc

iety

Nat

iona

l Mee

ting

in S

an

Fra

ncis

co, U

nite

d S

tate

s of

Am

eric

a, in

A

pril

201

7.

- T

he O

PC

W L

abor

ator

y (L

AB

) br

iefe

d th

e S

cien

tifi

c A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd (

SA

B)

at it

s T

wen

ty-F

ifth

Ses

sion

. Pr

esen

tati

on a

nd

view

s of

the

SA

B a

re a

vail

able

in

SA

B-2

5/1*

, dat

ed 3

1 M

arch

201

7.

- A

tem

pora

ry w

orki

ng g

roup

(T

WG

) of

the

SA

B w

as f

orm

ed to

con

side

r in

vest

igat

ive

scie

nce

and

tech

nolo

gy.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 23

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 R

epor

t on

“Fur

ther

Enh

ance

men

ts o

f A

rtic

le

VI

Sam

plin

g an

d A

naly

sis

Eff

orts

” to

the

10 J

uly

2017

mee

ting

of

the

Indu

stry

Clu

ster

(u

ploa

ded

on 2

2 Ju

ne 2

017)

. T

he S

cien

tifi

c A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd h

eld

a w

orks

hop

on e

mer

ging

tech

nolo

gies

whi

ch

incl

uded

tech

nolo

gies

that

hav

e ap

plic

atio

n to

on-

site

ana

lysi

s (S

AB

-26/

WP

.1, d

ated

21

Jul

y 20

17)

9.76

U

rged

all

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

imp

lem

ent

the

stan

din

g ar

ran

gem

ents

req

uir

ed b

y th

e C

onve

nti

on

wit

hout

del

ay a

nd in

a m

anne

r fu

lly

cons

iste

nt w

ith

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

Con

vent

ion

and

its

Ver

ific

atio

n A

nnex

Clu

ster

s II

and

IV

(I

ndus

try

Clu

ster

an

d A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

s)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to a

ssis

t S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ty (

NA

) re

pres

enta

tive

s se

nsit

ised

on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f th

is is

sue

duri

ng r

elev

ant e

vent

s, in

clud

ing

regi

onal

N

A m

eeti

ngs

(Afr

ica,

Asi

a, E

aste

rn E

urop

e an

d G

RU

LA

C5 )

Par

a 9.

47 o

f R

C-2

/4;

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

6

of A

nnex

2

and

IV.3

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.77

W

elco

med

the

bene

fit g

aine

d as

a r

esul

t of

the

Sec

reta

riat

’s p

ract

ices

rel

ated

to s

ampl

ing

and

anal

ysis

for

ver

ific

atio

n pu

rpos

es d

urin

g S

ched

ule

2 si

te in

spec

tion

s, a

nd e

mph

asis

ed t

he

imp

orta

nce

of

adeq

uat

e an

d u

p-t

o-d

ate

anal

ytic

al t

ools

for

th

e ef

fici

ent,

eff

ecti

ve, a

nd

acc

ura

te c

ond

uct

of

on-s

ite

sam

pli

ng

and

an

alys

is

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n (p

rovi

sion

of

addi

tion

al r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

). T

he O

PC

W L

abor

ator

y co

ntin

ues

to e

valu

ate

a nu

mbe

r of

ana

lyti

cal

tech

niqu

es th

at m

ay le

ad to

incr

ease

d ef

fici

enci

es. R

aman

inst

rum

enta

tion

has

be

en tr

iall

ed a

t som

e in

dust

ry in

spec

tion

s.

Pro

gres

s re

port

on

the

use

of S

ampl

ing

and

Ana

lysi

s du

ring

Art

icle

VI

insp

ecti

ons

(S/1

383/

2016

, dat

ed 1

0 M

ay 2

016)

and

pr

esen

tati

on u

ploa

ded

on 8

Jul

y 20

16.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

6

of A

nnex

2)

5

GR

UL

AC

= G

roup

of

Lat

in A

mer

ican

and

Car

ibbe

an S

tate

s.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s: C

hem

ical

Ana

lysi

s in

th

e V

erif

icat

ion

of th

e C

hem

ical

Wea

pons

C

onve

ntio

n, 9

Jul

y 20

14.

Pre

sent

atio

n: A

Dis

cuss

ion

of P

ropo

sed

Ext

ensi

ons

to th

e O

PC

W C

entr

al A

naly

tica

l D

atab

ase

(OC

AD

), d

ated

7 O

ctob

er 2

016,

up

load

ed o

n 6

Oct

ober

201

6; T

he S

cien

tifi

c A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd (

SA

B):

-

Pro

duce

d a

repo

rt o

n sa

mpl

e st

orag

e an

d st

abil

ity

(SA

B-2

3/W

P.2

, dat

ed

25 M

ay 2

016)

con

tain

ing

rele

vant

in

form

atio

n on

ana

lysi

s of

che

mic

al a

gent

sa

mpl

es.

A b

rief

ing

on th

e re

port

was

pr

ovid

ed to

Sta

tes

Par

ties

at “

Sci

ence

for

D

iplo

mat

s” o

n 12

Oct

ober

201

6.

- H

eld

a w

orks

hop

on c

hem

ical

for

ensi

cs

wit

h pr

esen

tati

ons

on a

var

iety

of

met

hods

re

leva

nt to

che

mic

al a

naly

sis.

Rep

ort

publ

ishe

d as

SA

B-2

4/W

P.1

, dat

ed

14 J

uly

2016

. A

bri

efin

g on

the

repo

rt w

as

prov

ided

to S

tate

s P

arti

es a

t “S

cien

ce f

or

Dip

lom

ats”

on

30 N

ovem

ber

2016

. -

The

OP

CW

Lab

orat

ory

(LA

B)

brie

fed

the

SA

B a

t its

Tw

enty

-Fou

rth

Ses

sion

. P

rese

ntat

ion

and

view

s of

the

SA

B a

re

avai

labl

e in

SA

B-2

4/1,

dat

ed

28 O

ctob

er 2

016.

T

he S

cien

tifi

c A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd h

eld

a w

orks

hop

on e

mer

ging

tech

nolo

gies

whi

ch

incl

uded

tech

nolo

gies

that

hav

e ap

plic

atio

n

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 25

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 to

on-

site

ana

lysi

s (S

AB

-26/

WP

.1)

9.79

(a)

Req

uest

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o as

sist

Nat

ion

al

Au

thor

itie

s, u

pon

req

ues

t, in

bu

ild

ing

up

an

d

imp

rovi

ng

thei

r ca

pac

ity

to f

ulf

il t

hei

r ob

liga

tion

s u

nd

er t

he

veri

fica

tion

reg

ime,

in

clud

ing

in f

ulfi

llin

g th

eir

decl

arat

ion

obli

gati

ons

Clu

ster

s II

and

IV

(I

ndus

try

Clu

ster

an

d A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

s)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

- B

asic

trai

ning

cou

rses

for

Nat

iona

l A

utho

riti

es o

n es

cort

s fo

r in

spec

tion

s w

ere

give

n in

Sep

tem

ber

2014

,Sep

tem

ber

2015

, an

d O

ctob

er 2

016;

A

trai

ning

cou

rse

for

trai

ning

of

esco

rts

for

rece

ivin

g A

rtic

le V

I de

clar

atio

ns, F

ebru

ary,

O

ctob

er, a

nd N

ovem

ber

2014

, and

O

ctob

er 2

015;

-

Six

e-l

earn

ing

mod

ules

wer

e de

velo

ped

to

assi

st S

tate

s P

arti

es w

ith

decl

arat

ion

obli

gati

ons

and

veri

fica

tion

act

ivit

ies.

The

se

mod

ules

wer

e m

ade

avai

labl

e to

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in 2

015

(Eng

lish

) an

d in

201

6 (F

renc

h an

d S

pani

sh);

-

OP

CW

tool

s to

ass

ist S

tate

s P

arti

es in

the

iden

tifi

cati

on o

f sc

hedu

led

chem

ical

s w

ere

upda

ted

and

mad

e av

aila

ble

to S

tate

s P

arti

es

in 2

014

wit

hin

esta

blis

hed

tim

elin

es;

- T

wo

basi

c tr

aini

ng c

ours

es f

or n

atio

nal

auth

orit

ies

wer

e he

ld in

Mar

ch a

nd

Sep

tem

ber

2015

at O

PC

W H

Q

(S/1

231/

2014

, dat

ed 2

9 D

ecem

ber

2014

and

S

/128

0/20

15, d

ated

26

May

201

5), a

s w

ell a

s in

Jul

y 20

16 (

S/1

371/

2016

, dat

ed

8 A

pril

201

6) a

nd in

Apr

il 2

017

(S/1

457/

2017

, dat

ed 6

Feb

ruar

y 20

17)

- T

rain

ing

cour

ses

on f

ulfi

llin

g A

rtic

le V

I

Par

a 9.

45 o

f R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

5

of A

nnex

2

and

IV.3

of

Ann

ex 1

)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 ob

liga

tion

s (i

nspe

ctio

ns a

nd d

ecla

rati

ons)

w

ere

held

in M

arch

and

Jul

y 20

16.

(EC

-82/

DG

.2, d

ated

5 A

pril

201

6); A

tr

aini

ng c

ours

e fo

r tr

aini

ng o

f es

cort

s fo

r re

ceiv

ing

Art

icle

VI

insp

ecti

ons

was

hel

d fr

om 2

3 to

25

Oct

ober

201

6 in

Doh

a, Q

atar

. 9.

79(b

) E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es’

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

in a

po

siti

on to

do

so, t

o su

bmit

dec

lara

tion

s in

an

elec

tron

ic f

orm

, and

fur

ther

req

uest

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e p

rovi

din

g S

tate

s P

arti

es

wit

h a

pp

rop

riat

e tr

aini

ng

and

ass

ista

nce

to

enab

le t

hem

to

sub

mit

dec

lara

tion

s in

an

el

ectr

onic

for

m

Clu

ster

s II

and

IV

(I

ndus

try

Clu

ster

an

d A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

s)

Stat

es P

artie

s to

take

act

ion;

Se

cret

aria

t to

cont

inue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

S/1

192/

2014

, dat

ed 1

Jul

y 20

14.

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

-N

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d on

12

Jul

y 20

13;

-Tra

inin

g co

urse

s fo

r N

atio

nal A

utho

rity

re

pres

enta

tive

s of

GR

UL

AC

invo

lved

in

fulf

illi

ng A

rtic

le V

I de

clar

atio

n re

quir

emen

ts, 1

3 to

15

Aug

ust 2

013;

-

Ele

ctro

nic

Dec

lara

tions

Too

l for

Nat

iona

l A

utho

ritie

s (E

DN

A)

supp

ort i

s be

ing

prov

ided

to S

tate

s P

arti

es. E

DN

A w

as

pres

ente

d an

d di

scus

sed

duri

ng th

e re

gion

al

mee

ting

s of

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

in a

ll

regi

ons;

-T

he S

ecre

tari

at is

con

tinu

ing

its

effo

rts

to

prom

ote

the

use

of th

e S

ecur

e In

form

atio

n E

xcha

nge

(SIX

) sy

stem

by

prov

idin

g su

ppor

t to

inte

rest

ed S

tate

s P

arti

es. T

he im

pact

of

this

sys

tem

, and

the

expe

rien

ces

of th

e S

tate

s P

arti

es w

ith

rega

rd to

its

use,

wil

l be

disc

usse

d du

ring

the

Ann

ual M

eeti

ng o

f N

atio

nal A

utho

riti

es a

nd o

ther

rel

evan

t

Para

s 9.4

6 an

d 9.

67(b

) of

RC

-2/4

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1,

Sec

tion

II.5

of A

nnex

2 a

nd

IV.3

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 27

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 ev

ents

; -

ED

NA

dis

cuss

ed a

nd d

emon

stra

ted

at th

e O

PC

W tr

aini

ng o

n A

rtic

le V

I de

clar

atio

ns

held

in O

ctob

er 2

014

(E

C-7

8/W

P.2

, dat

ed 1

7 M

arch

201

5).

-A d

edic

ated

ses

sion

was

hel

d du

ring

the

17th

A

nnua

l Mee

ting

of th

e N

atio

nal A

utho

ritie

s in

Nov

embe

r 20

15 to

dis

cuss

the

ED

NA

and

th

e SI

X s

yste

m. T

rain

ing

cour

ses

for

thes

e to

ols

wer

e al

so o

rgan

ised

dur

ing

the

Tw

entie

th S

essi

on o

f th

e C

onfe

renc

e.

- A

Not

e by

the

Secr

etar

iat w

as p

ublis

hed

to

prov

ide

a st

atus

upd

ate

on th

e V

erif

icat

ion

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em (

EC

-81/

S/2,

dat

ed

12 J

anua

ry 2

016)

. -A

Not

e by

the

Secr

etar

iat w

as p

ublis

hed

with

up

date

s on

the

SIX

sys

tem

(S/

1327

/201

5,

date

d 13

Nov

embe

r 20

15).

-

The

Cou

ncil

rec

eive

d a

brie

fing

in

Mar

ch 2

016

on o

ther

ver

ific

atio

n-re

late

d is

sues

as

at 2

9 F

ebru

ary

2016

(E

C-8

1/2)

. -D

urin

g th

e O

PCW

trai

ning

cou

rse

on A

rtic

le

VI

oblig

atio

ns in

Mar

ch 2

016,

ther

e w

as a

di

scus

sion

and

dem

onst

ratio

n E

DN

A.

- A

Not

e by

the

Secr

etar

iat w

as p

ublis

hed

to

prov

ide

a st

atus

upd

ate

on th

e V

erif

icat

ion

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em (

EC

-81/

S/2,

dat

ed

12 J

anua

ry 2

016)

. -A

new

ver

sion

of

ED

NA

(3.

3) w

as r

elea

sed

in 2

016.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 -T

he f

ollo

win

g tr

aini

ng c

ours

es f

or E

DN

A

and

SIX

hav

e be

en o

rgan

ised

: T

he H

ague

Mar

ch, J

uly,

Nov

embe

r 20

16,

Apr

il 2

017;

Qat

ar M

arch

201

6 an

d F

inla

nd

(Ver

ifin

) A

ugus

t 201

6, T

he H

ague

, A

pril

201

7.

TS

Not

es w

ith

upda

tes

on th

e S

IX

syst

em -

S/1

407/

2016

, dat

ed

16 A

ugus

t 201

6; S

/140

7/20

16, d

ated

16

Aug

ust 2

016;

As

at M

ay 2

017,

the

num

ber

of S

tate

s Pa

rtie

s th

at h

ad r

egis

tere

d fo

r SI

X

reac

hed

41, w

ith s

ever

al o

ther

s in

the

proc

ess

of d

oing

so.

-T

he S

ecre

tari

at p

rovi

ded

trai

ning

cou

rses

on

ED

NA

and

SIX

dur

ing

the

Tw

enty

-Fir

st

Sess

ion

of th

e C

onfe

renc

e.

- A

Not

e by

the

Secr

etar

iat w

as p

ublis

hed

to

prov

ide

a st

atus

upd

ate

on th

e V

erif

icat

ion

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

em (

EC

-84/

S/2,

dat

ed

13 J

anua

ry 2

017)

. 9.

79(c

) S

tres

sed

the

impo

rtan

ce f

or th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o m

ain

tain

ver

ific

atio

n e

xper

tise

rel

atin

g to

ch

emic

al w

eap

ons

and

requ

este

d th

e po

licy

-mak

ing

orga

ns t

o su

pp

ort

this

ob

ject

ive

Clu

ster

IV

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion;

P

olic

y-m

akin

g or

gans

to ta

ke a

ctio

n

9.79

(d)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

mai

nta

in a

nd

fu

rth

er d

evel

op, u

pd

ate

and

imp

rove

its

pra

ctic

es in

reg

ard

to

its

cap

abil

ity

to p

erfo

rm

sam

pli

ng

and

an

alys

is u

nd

er t

he

dif

fere

nt

scen

ario

s en

visa

ged

in t

he

Con

ven

tion

… a

nd in

th

is c

onte

xt t

o m

ain

tain

its

effo

rts

to k

eep

Clu

ster

IV

Se

cret

aria

t to

cont

inue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-73/

DG

.3, d

ated

11

June

201

3;

EC

-73/

DE

C.2

, dat

ed 1

8 Ju

ly 2

013;

SA

B-2

1/W

P.1,

dat

ed 2

5 Se

ptem

ber 2

013;

SA

B-2

1/W

P.6,

dat

ed 9

Apr

il 20

14;

S/11

71/2

014,

dat

ed 2

6 M

arch

201

4;

Par

as 9

.49

and

9.67

(c)

of R

C-2

/4

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 29

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 u

pd

ated

th

e O

PC

W C

entr

al A

nal

ytic

al D

atab

ase

and

to

con

tin

ue

to s

ub

mit

pro

pos

ed u

pd

ates

in

this

reg

ard

to th

e C

ounc

il f

or it

s ap

prov

al

EC

-76/

DG

.4, d

ated

22

Apr

il 20

14;

EC

-76/

DE

C.4

, dat

ed 1

0 Ju

ly 2

014.

SA

B-2

4/1,

dat

ed 2

8 O

ctob

er 2

016

(LA

B

brie

fing

to S

AB

);

Secr

etar

iat a

ctiv

ities

: U

pdat

e gi

ven

on 1

9 Fe

brua

ry 2

014

on p

rogr

ess

tow

ard

usin

g sa

mpl

ing

and

anal

ysis

in

Sche

dule

3/ O

CPF

insp

ectio

ns (n

on-p

aper

by

the

Secr

etar

iat,

uplo

aded

on

19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14);

LA

B to

con

tinue

to u

pdat

e th

e O

CA

D6 a

nd o

ther

dat

abas

es;

EC

-78/

DG

.1 a

nd E

C-7

8/D

G.2

, bot

h da

ted

30 O

ctob

er 2

014;

EC

-78/

DE

C.6

and

E

C-7

8/D

EC

.7, b

oth

date

d 18

Mar

ch 2

015;

S/

1345

/201

6, d

ated

1 F

ebru

ary

2016

; S/

1369

/201

6, d

ated

30

Mar

ch 2

016.

A

t its

Eig

hty-

Sec

ond

Ses

sion

, the

Cou

ncil

co

nsid

ered

a N

ote

by th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

on

the

list

s of

new

val

idat

ed d

ata

of

sche

dule

d ch

emic

als

for

appr

oval

by

the

Cou

ncil

for

incl

usio

n in

the

OP

CW

Cen

tral

A

naly

tica

l Dat

abas

e (E

C-8

2/D

G.1

0, d

ated

30

May

201

6) a

nd a

dopt

ed a

dec

isio

n on

the

mat

ter

(EC

-82/

DE

C.1

, dat

ed 1

4 J

uly

201

6).

On

7 O

ctob

er 2

016,

LA

B p

rese

nted

a c

once

pt

that

sho

uld

allo

w th

e C

ounc

il to

app

rove

re

leva

nt n

on-s

ched

uled

che

mic

als

to b

e ad

ded

to th

e O

CA

D. D

urin

g th

e T

wen

ty-F

irst

6

OC

AD

= O

PC

W C

entr

al A

naly

tica

l Dat

abas

e.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 Se

ssio

n of

the

Cou

ncil,

a s

ide

sess

ion

goin

g in

to m

ore

deta

il on

this

con

cept

was

hel

d. O

n 5

Janu

ary

2017

, S/1

447/

2017

ann

ounc

ed th

e 19

th r

elea

se o

f th

e O

CA

D.

A N

ote

by th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

pro

posi

ng a

lis

t of

non-

sche

dule

d ch

emic

als

for

addi

tion

to th

e O

PCW

Cen

tral

Ana

lytic

al D

atab

ase

(OC

AD

) w

as p

ublis

hed

in F

ebru

ary

2017

(E

C 8

4/D

G.1

3, d

ated

1 F

ebru

ary

2017

) an

d re

vise

d in

May

(E

C-8

4/D

G.1

3/R

ev.1

, dat

ed

19 M

ay 2

017)

. A

dra

ft d

ecis

ion

was

pr

esen

ted

and

revi

sed

(EC

84/

DE

C/C

RP.

3,

date

d 1

Febr

uary

201

7;

EC

-84/

DE

C/C

RP.

3/R

ev.1

, dat

ed

19 M

ay 2

017)

. At i

ts E

ight

y-F

ifth

Ses

sion

, th

e C

ounc

il c

onsi

dere

d a

Not

e by

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al o

n th

e li

sts

of n

ew

vali

date

d da

ta o

f sc

hedu

led

chem

ical

s fo

r ap

prov

al b

y th

e C

ounc

il f

or in

clus

ion

in th

e O

PC

W C

entr

al A

naly

tica

l Dat

abas

e (E

C 8

5/D

G.1

4, d

ated

31

May

201

7) a

nd

adop

ted

a de

cisi

on o

n th

e m

atte

r (E

C-8

5/D

EC

.9, d

ated

14

July

201

7).

SAB

-25/

1* (

LA

B b

rief

ing

to S

AB

and

pr

esen

tatio

ns o

n to

xin

anal

ysis

).

S-N

ote

S/1

512/

2017

, dat

ed 1

0 Ju

ly 2

017:

U

pgra

ding

the

OPC

W C

hem

ical

Lab

orat

ory

to a

Cen

tre

for

Che

mis

try

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

SAB

-26/

WP.

1.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 31

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

79(e

) E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at th

roug

h th

e N

atio

nal

Aut

hori

ties

to

con

tin

ue

to s

tren

gth

en r

elat

ion

s w

ith

res

pec

tive

nat

ion

al c

hem

ical

ind

ust

ry. T

he

Sec

reta

riat

is a

lso

enco

urag

ed t

o st

ren

gth

en it

s re

lati

onsh

ip w

ith

reg

ion

al a

nd

inte

rnat

ion

al

chem

ical

ind

ust

ry a

ssoc

iati

ons

Clu

ster

s II

and

IV

(I

ndus

try

Clu

ster

an

d A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

ons)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n (p

rovi

sion

of

addi

tion

al r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

);

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

O

PC

W a

nd I

CC

A7 c

oncl

uded

an

exch

ange

of

lett

ers

form

alis

ing

the

rela

tion

ship

be

twee

n th

e tw

o bo

dies

(S

/129

3/20

15, d

ated

1

July

201

5).

Fiv

e m

eeti

ngs

of th

e C

hem

ical

Ind

ustr

y C

oord

inat

ion

Gro

up h

ave

been

car

ried

out

(N

ovem

ber

2015

, Jan

uary

201

6,

Aug

ust 2

016,

Dec

embe

r 20

16, a

nd

June

201

7) a

nd o

ne m

eeti

ng o

f th

e O

PC

W-I

CC

A J

oint

Ste

erin

g C

omm

itte

e w

as

held

(13

Apr

il 2

016

in W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C.)

. F

rom

201

3 to

201

7, c

hem

ical

saf

ety

and

secu

rity

wor

ksho

ps w

ere

held

in: A

lger

ia,

Arg

enti

na, B

razi

l, C

amer

oon,

Cyp

rus,

G

erm

any,

Ind

ia, L

atvi

a, M

exic

o, O

man

, Q

atar

, the

Rep

ubli

c of

Kor

ea, t

he R

ussi

an

Fed

erat

ion,

Sou

th A

fric

a, S

ri L

anka

, Uga

nda

and

Vie

t Nam

. In

2013

to 2

017,

out

reac

h ac

tivi

ties

wer

e he

ld a

nd f

urth

er in

tens

ifie

d un

der

the

Ass

ocia

te P

rogr

amm

e in

dust

ry

atta

chm

ents

in v

ario

us M

embe

r S

tate

s an

d IC

CA

, CE

FIC

8 and

the

Nat

iona

l Che

mic

al

Sub

para

9.1

16(h

)

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

7

ICC

A =

Int

erna

tiona

l Cou

ncil

of

Che

mic

al A

ssoc

iati

ons.

8

CE

FIC

= E

urop

ean

Che

mic

al I

ndus

try

Cou

ncil.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 In

dust

ry A

ssoc

iati

ons

in th

e W

EO

G,9

Eas

tern

Eur

ope,

Asi

a, a

nd G

RU

LA

C

regi

ons.

As

a re

sult

of

thes

e ou

trea

ch e

ffor

ts,

man

y M

embe

r S

tate

s in

var

ious

reg

ions

ac

cept

ed in

dust

ry a

ttac

hmen

ts f

or th

e fi

rst

tim

e. M

eeti

ngs

wit

h A

SE

AN

10 a

nd

SA

AR

C11

wer

e he

ld 2

3 –

25 A

pril

201

4.

Sin

ce 2

016

the

Sec

reta

riat

has

con

tinu

ousl

y en

gage

d w

ith

the

Inte

r-O

rgan

izat

ion

Pro

gram

me

for

the

Sou

nd M

anag

emen

t of

Che

mic

als

(IO

MC

) an

d es

tabl

ishe

d w

orki

ng

rela

tion

ship

s.

A m

eeti

ng o

f re

pres

enta

tive

s of

the

chem

ical

in

dust

ry a

nd N

atio

nal A

utho

riti

es w

as h

eld

in Q

atar

in 2

014,

201

5, a

nd 2

016.

T

he f

irst

edi

tion

of

the

Res

pons

ible

Car

e®

trai

ning

wor

ksho

p in

Rus

sian

for

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in E

aste

rn E

urop

e an

d C

entr

al A

sia

was

hel

d in

Mos

cow

fro

m 1

4 to

18

Mar

ch 2

016.

The

sec

ond

edit

ion

is

plan

ned

for

9 to

13

Oct

ober

201

7 an

d w

ill b

e co

-fun

ded

by th

e IC

CA

. T

he I

CC

A w

as in

vite

d to

obs

erve

the

firs

t fo

ur s

essi

ons

of th

e A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd o

n E

duca

tion

and

Out

reac

h (A

BE

O)

and,

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

a de

cisi

on ta

ken

by th

e

9

WE

OG

= W

este

rn E

urop

ean

and

Oth

er S

tate

s G

roup

. 10

A

SE

AN

= A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Sou

thea

st A

sian

Nat

ions

. 11

S

AA

RC

= S

outh

Asi

an A

ssoc

iatio

n fo

r R

egio

nal C

oope

ratio

n.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 33

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 A

BE

O a

t its

Oct

ober

201

6 se

ssio

n, w

ill b

e in

vite

d to

all

fut

ure

sess

ions

of

the

AB

EO

(A

BE

O-2

/1, d

ated

6 O

ctob

er 2

016)

. E

ngag

emen

t wit

h ch

emic

al in

dust

ry

asso

ciat

ions

is s

umm

aris

ed in

Not

es

C-1

9/D

G.1

4, d

ated

3 O

ctob

er 2

014;

C

-20/

DG

.15,

dat

ed 1

6 N

ovem

ber

2015

; C

-21/

DG

.15,

dat

ed 3

Oct

ober

201

6.

At i

ts T

wen

ty-F

irst

Ses

sion

, the

Con

fere

nce

note

d a

Not

e by

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al o

n en

gagi

ng th

e ch

emic

al in

dust

ry a

ssoc

iati

ons

(C-2

1/D

G.1

5).

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

the

glob

al

chem

ical

indu

stry

add

ress

ed th

e C

onfe

renc

e (C

-19/

DE

C.2

, dat

ed 1

Dec

embe

r 20

14;

C-2

0/D

EC

.2, d

ated

30

Nov

embe

r 20

15;

C-2

1/D

EC

.3, d

ated

28

Nov

embe

r 20

16).

O

PC

W a

nd I

CC

A c

oncl

uded

an

exch

ange

of

lett

ers

form

alis

ing

the

rela

tion

ship

bet

wee

n th

e tw

o bo

dies

(S

/129

3/20

15, d

ated

1

July

201

5).

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

the

ICC

A w

ere

pres

ent a

s pa

nel s

peak

ers

at a

ll f

our

Reg

iona

l Mee

ting

s of

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

hel

d in

201

7.

9.79

(f)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al t

o co

nti

nu

e to

re

nd

er s

pec

iali

sed

ad

vice

to

the

pol

icy-

mak

ing

orga

ns

and

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in th

e ar

eas

of s

cien

ce

and

tech

nolo

gy r

elev

ant t

o th

e C

onve

ntio

n on

the

basi

s of

adv

ice

from

the

SA

B12

Clu

ster

s I

and

II

(che

mic

al

wea

pons

and

In

dust

ry C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

s)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-74/

DG

.1, d

ated

24

July

201

3;

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

10

Oct

ober

201

3; S

/117

7/20

14,

date

d 1

May

201

4; S

AB

-21/

WP

.7,

Sub

para

21(

h)

of A

rtic

le V

III

of

the

Con

vent

ion

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

1(ii

) of

12

S

AB

= S

cien

tifi

c A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 da

ted

29 A

pril

201

4; E

C-7

7/D

G.1

0,

date

d 5

Sep

tem

ber

2014

; EC

-77/

DG

.11,

da

ted

5 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14

SA

B-2

2/W

P.1

, dat

ed 1

Oct

ober

201

4,

SA

B-2

2/W

P.2

/Rev

.1,

date

d 10

Jun

e 20

15; S

AB

-22/

1,

date

d 21

Jul

y 20

15; S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s:

The

Sci

ence

of

Med

ical

Cou

nter

mea

sure

s (8

Jul

y 20

15);

E

C-8

0/D

G.7

, dat

ed 2

8 A

ugus

t 201

5; P

aras

9.

1 to

9.3

of

EC

-80/

4*.

A b

rief

ing

to S

tate

s P

arti

es b

y S

AB

Cha

ir a

t E

C-8

0 (7

Oct

ober

201

5); R

epor

t of

the

Sci

enti

fic

Adv

isor

y B

oard

to th

e E

ight

ieth

S

essi

on o

f th

e E

xecu

tive

Cou

ncil

(8

Oct

ober

201

5);

S/1

343/

2016

, dat

ed 2

8 Ja

nuar

y 20

16;

S/1

344/

2016

, dat

ed 2

9 Ja

nuar

y 20

16;

EC

-83/

S/1

C-2

1/S

/1, d

ated

8 A

pril

201

6;

SA

B-2

3/1,

dat

ed 2

2 A

pril

201

6; B

rief

ing

to

Sta

tes

Par

ties

by

SA

B C

hair

(21

Apr

il 2

016)

; S

AB

-23/

WP

.1, d

ated

28

Apr

il 2

016;

Sci

ence

fo

r D

iplo

mat

s: I

soto

pic

Lab

els,

S

tere

oiso

mer

s, a

nd S

ched

uled

C

hem

ical

s -

why

doe

s th

is m

atte

r? A

rev

iew

of

the

SA

B’s

adv

ice

(pre

sent

ed o

n

13 J

uly

2016

and

aga

in to

the

Indu

stry

C

lust

er o

n 21

Nov

embe

r 20

16),

S

AB

-23/

WP

.2, d

ated

25

May

201

6. A

br

iefi

ng o

n th

e re

port

was

pro

vide

d to

Sta

tes

Ann

ex 2

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 35

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 P

arti

es a

t “S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s” o

n 12

Oct

ober

201

6;

Sci

ence

and

tech

nolo

gy p

laye

d a

key

role

in

the

2016

OP

CW

Day

(2

to 4

May

) an

d m

any

SA

B m

embe

rs p

arti

cipa

ted

in p

anel

di

scus

sion

s;

EC

-82/

DG

.13,

dat

ed 7

Jun

e 20

16;

SA

B-2

4/W

P.1

, dat

ed 1

4 Ju

ly 2

016

– a

brie

fing

on

the

repo

rt w

as p

rovi

ded

to S

tate

s P

arti

es a

t “S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s” o

n 30

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

An

acti

on p

lan

to a

naly

se th

e re

com

men

dati

ons

of th

e S

AB

’s te

mpo

rary

w

orki

ng g

roup

on

veri

fica

tion

was

upl

oade

d on

9 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15; D

iscu

ssio

ns w

ith

Sta

tes

Par

ties

’ te

chni

cal e

xper

ts o

n SA

B

reco

mm

enda

tion

s w

ere

held

in M

arch

and

Ju

ly 2

016,

and

non

-pap

ers

on m

ixtu

res

of

DO

Cs,

pos

sibl

e ex

empt

ions

of

OC

PF

s fr

om

decl

arat

ions

req

uire

men

ts, a

nd th

e de

fini

tion

of

pro

duct

ion

by s

ynth

esis

of

DO

Cs

wer

e up

load

ed in

Mar

ch a

nd J

uly

2016

; S

AB

-24/

WP

.2, d

ated

14

Oct

ober

201

6 –

a br

iefi

ng o

n th

e re

port

was

pro

vide

d to

Sta

tes

Par

ties

at “

Sci

ence

for

Dip

lom

ats”

on

30

Nov

embe

r 20

16; B

rief

ing

to S

tate

s P

arti

es b

y th

e S

AB

Cha

irpe

rson

and

V

ice-

Cha

irpe

rson

(28

Oct

ober

201

6);

SA

B-2

4/1,

dat

ed 2

8 O

ctob

er 2

016.

F

urth

er d

iscu

ssio

n on

the

defi

niti

on o

f


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 sy

nthe

sis

and

bio-

med

iate

d pr

oces

ses

was

he

ld in

the

Indu

stry

Clu

ster

mee

ting

in

Oct

ober

201

6;

Bri

efin

gs o

n re

port

s S

AB

-24/

WP

.1 a

nd

SA

B-2

4/W

P.2

wer

e pr

ovid

ed to

Sta

tes

Par

ties

at “

Sci

ence

for

Dip

lom

ats”

on

30 N

ovem

ber

2016

. T

he S

AB

Cha

irpe

rson

add

ress

ed th

e T

wen

ty-F

irst

Ses

sion

of

the

Con

fere

nce

on

the

ongo

ing

wor

k of

the

Boa

rd a

nd o

n it

s pr

epar

atio

n of

the

repo

rt o

n de

velo

pmen

ts in

sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

, ini

tiat

ed in

201

6, to

th

e F

ourt

h Sp

ecia

l Ses

sion

of

the

Con

fere

nce

of th

e S

tate

s P

arti

es to

Rev

iew

the

Ope

rati

on

of th

e C

hem

ical

Wea

pons

Con

vent

ion

(par

a 21

.7 o

f C

-21/

5).T

he S

AB

Vic

e-C

hair

pers

on

addr

esse

d th

e O

pen-

End

ed W

orki

ng G

roup

on

Fut

ure

Pri

orit

ies

(OE

WG

-FP

) on

31

Jan

uary

201

7.

SA

B-2

5/W

P.1

, dat

ed 2

7 M

arch

201

7 –

a br

iefi

ng o

n th

e re

port

(pr

ior

to it

s pu

blic

atio

n) w

as p

rovi

ded

to S

tate

s Pa

rtie

s at

“S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s” o

n 8

Mar

ch 2

017.

T

he S

AB

Cha

irpe

rson

and

Vic

e-C

hair

pers

on

addr

esse

d St

ates

Par

ties

on

the

wor

k of

the

SA

B o

n 30

Mar

ch 2

017.

S

AB

-25/

1*.

EC

-85/

DG

.8, d

ated

19

May

201

7 an

d C

orr.

1,

date

d 31

May

201

7.

SA

B-2

6/W

P.1

.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 37

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 A

ctiv

itie

s N

ot P

roh

ibit

ed U

nd

er t

he

Ch

emic

al W

eap

ons

Con

ven

tion

9.81

C

alle

d fo

r th

e ad

equa

te f

undi

ng f

or th

e O

PC

W’s

ve

rifi

cati

on a

ctiv

itie

s un

der

Art

icle

VI,

thro

ugh

the

regu

lar

bu

dge

t an

d v

olu

nta

ry f

un

din

g

Clu

ster

III

(b

udge

t fa

cili

tati

on)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

C-1

8/D

EC

.6; C

-19/

DE

C.4

; C-2

0/D

EC

.6;

C-2

1/D

EC

.6;

S/1

354/

2016

, dat

ed 1

8 Fe

brua

ry 2

016;

S

/136

4/20

16, d

ated

8 M

arch

201

6;

S/1

370/

2016

, dat

ed 8

Apr

il 2

016;

S

/138

8/20

16, d

ated

20

May

201

6;

S/1

391/

2016

, dat

ed 6

Jun

e 20

16 a

nd C

orr.

1,

date

d 9

June

201

6;

S/1

396/

2016

, dat

ed 8

Jul

y 20

16;

S/1

403/

2016

, dat

ed 8

Aug

ust 2

016;

S

/141

8/20

16, d

ated

7 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16;

S/1

425/

2016

dat

ed 1

0 O

ctob

er 2

016;

S

/143

4/20

16, d

ated

9 N

ovem

ber

2016

; S

/144

1/20

16, d

ated

12

Dec

embe

r 20

16;

S/1

449/

2017

, dat

ed 1

2 Ja

nuar

y 20

17 a

nd

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 6

Feb

ruar

y 20

17.

S/1

462/

2017

; S/1

476/

2017

; S/1

486/

2017

; an

d S

/149

5/20

17; S

/150

2/20

17,

date

d 13

Jun

e 20

17; a

nd S

/151

4/20

17.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.84

W

hile

not

ing

that

som

e S

tate

s P

arti

es h

ave

not y

et

subm

itte

d th

eir

init

ial d

ecla

rati

ons,

rec

ogni

sed

the

nee

d f

or a

tai

lor-

mad

e as

sist

ance

ap

pro

ach

to

imp

rove

the

sta

tus

of s

ub

mis

sion

of

dec

lara

tion

s

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

N

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d on

28

Jan

uary

201

4.

Ass

ista

nce

prov

ided

thro

ugh

pres

enta

tion

s an

d di

scus

sion

s co

nduc

ted

at r

elev

ant e

vent

s

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 in

clud

ing:

reg

iona

l tra

inin

g co

urse

s fo

r cu

stom

s au

thor

itie

s in

Afr

ica

(t

wic

e pe

r ye

ar in

201

4, 2

015,

and

201

6),

Eas

tern

Eur

ope

and

GR

UL

AC

(20

14 a

nd

2015

), A

sia

(201

4,20

15, a

nd 2

016)

; T

rain

ing-

of-T

rain

ers

cour

se f

or

repr

esen

tati

ves

of c

usto

ms

trai

ning

in

stit

utio

ns (

HQ

, 201

6 an

d 20

17);

-

Bas

ic c

ours

e fo

r pe

rson

nel o

f N

atio

nal

Aut

hori

ties

, OP

CW

HQ

, tw

ice

in 2

014

an

d 20

15, o

nce

each

in 2

016

and

2017

; -

Sub

regi

onal

nat

iona

l cap

acit

y ev

alua

tion

an

d tr

aini

ng w

orks

hop

in A

ustr

alia

in 2

014

and

a ca

paci

ty e

valu

atio

n vi

sit t

o E

ast T

imor

, S

epte

mbe

r 20

15;

Tai

lor-

mad

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e w

as

prov

ided

thro

ugh

bila

tera

l con

tact

s w

ith

Sta

tes

Par

ties

that

hav

e no

t yet

sub

mit

ted

thei

r in

itia

l dec

lara

tion

s. A

s a

resu

lt, K

irib

ati

and

Ang

ola

subm

itte

d th

eir

outs

tand

ing

init

ial d

ecla

rati

ons

on 3

Feb

ruar

y 20

16 a

nd

23 M

ay 2

016,

res

pect

ivel

y.

9.90

N

oted

that

th

e A

rtic

le V

I ve

rifi

cati

on s

yste

m

cou

ld b

e im

pro

ved

, tak

ing

into

acc

ount

any

re

leva

nt c

hang

es in

sci

ence

and

tech

nolo

gy

Clu

ster

II

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

ecre

tari

at to

co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion:

S

AB

-21/

WP

.1;

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

19 F

ebru

ary

2014

; S

AB

-22/

WP

.1, d

ated

1 O

ctob

er 2

014.

S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s: T

he S

cien

ce o

f th

e B

ioec

onom

y, 5

Dec

embe

r 20

14; t

he

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 39

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

ecre

tari

at c

ondu

cted

a b

rief

ing

for

the

Indu

stry

Clu

ster

on

biom

edia

ted

prod

ucti

on

in M

arch

201

6;

(SA

B-2

3/W

P.1

, dat

ed 2

8 A

pril

201

6);

Sci

ence

for

Dip

lom

ats:

Iso

topi

c L

abel

s,

Ste

reoi

som

ers,

and

Sch

edul

ed

Che

mic

als

- w

hy d

oes

this

mat

ter?

A r

evie

w

of th

e S

AB

’s a

dvic

e (p

rese

nted

on

13 J

uly

2016

and

aga

in a

t the

Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er m

eeti

ng o

n 21

Nov

embe

r 20

16).

V

erif

icat

ion

guid

elin

e on

bio

med

iate

d pr

oduc

tion

pro

cess

es p

rese

nted

on

10 J

uly

2017

. 9.

92

Rec

alle

d th

e de

cisi

on o

f th

e C

ounc

il o

n m

easu

res

rega

rdin

g th

e tr

ansf

er o

f S

ched

ule

3 ch

emic

als

to

Sta

tes

not P

arty

to th

e C

onve

ntio

n (E

C-4

7/D

EC

.8,

date

d 8

Nov

embe

r 20

06)

and

note

d th

e m

atte

r re

mai

ns a

n is

sue

unde

r co

nsid

erat

ion

of th

e C

ounc

il …

enc

oura

ged

the

Cou

ncil

to

con

tin

ue

wit

h it

s w

ork

in t

his

rega

rd

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Cou

ncil

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Fac

ilit

atio

n to

be

dete

rmin

ed

EC

-47/

DE

C.8

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

I.4

of

Ann

ex 2

)

9.93

E

ncou

rage

d th

e cl

uste

r on

che

mic

al-i

ndus

try

and

othe

r A

rtic

le V

I is

sues

to

con

sult

on

th

e w

ays

to

reco

nci

le s

uch

dis

crep

anci

es

Clu

ster

II

(I

ndus

try

Clu

ster

fa

cili

tati

on)

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Fac

ilit

atio

n to

be

dete

rmin

ed;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to a

ssis

t. S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at u

ploa

ded

on

11

July

201

3;

Dis

cuss

ed d

urin

g fa

cili

tati

on:

- T

rans

fer

disc

repa

ncie

s, o

n 3

May

201

3 an

d 19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14;

Par

a 9.

71

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

2(ii

)

of A

nnex

2)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 -

SIX

, tra

nsm

issi

on o

f el

ectr

onic

de

clar

atio

ns, o

n 12

Jul

y 20

13

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

12 J

uly

2013

)

New

init

iati

ve (

SIX

), o

n 15

Jul

y 20

13

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

12 J

uly

2013

);

Pre

sent

atio

ns g

iven

dur

ing

faci

lita

tion

: -

Dec

lara

tion

s H

andb

ook

2013

, on

15

July

201

3 an

d 19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14;

- S

ched

ule

2 ag

greg

ate

nati

onal

dat

a (A

ND

) an

d tr

end

anal

ysis

, on

19

Sep

tem

ber

2013

; -

Pre

sent

atio

n on

Rec

ent i

mpr

ovem

ents

in

the

subm

issi

on a

nd h

andl

ing

of in

dust

ry

decl

arat

ions

, lat

e su

bmis

sion

of

decl

arat

ions

, an

d tr

ansf

er d

iscr

epan

cies

, on

6 O

ctob

er 2

014;

-

Ann

ual M

eeti

ng o

f N

atio

nal A

utho

riti

es,

OP

CW

HQ

, 201

3, 2

014,

201

5, a

nd 2

016;

-

Bas

ic c

ours

e fo

r N

atio

nal A

utho

riti

es

invo

lved

in th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

Con

vent

ion,

OP

CW

HQ

, tw

ice

in 2

014

and

2015

, and

onc

e ea

ch in

201

6 an

d 20

17;

- R

egio

nal a

dvan

ced

trai

ning

cou

rse

for

repr

esen

tati

ves

of N

atio

nal A

utho

riti

es o

f S

tate

s P

arti

es in

Asi

a, S

audi

Ara

bia,

in 2

014

and

2015

; -

Reg

iona

l mee

ting

s of

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

of

: Afr

ica,

Asi

a, G

RU

LA

C (

2014

, 201

5,

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 41

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 20

16, a

nd 2

017)

; -

Tra

inin

g co

urse

for

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

of

Sta

tes

Par

ties

invo

lved

in f

ulfi

llin

g A

rtic

le

VI

decl

arat

ion

requ

irem

ents

, Qat

ar, 2

014;

O

PC

W H

Q, 2

014;

Qat

ar, 2

015;

an

d Q

atar

, 201

6;

- S

ubre

gion

al a

nd r

egio

nal t

rain

ing

cour

ses

for

cust

oms

auth

orit

ies

in A

fric

a (t

wic

e pe

r ye

ar in

201

4, 2

015,

and

201

6), E

aste

rn

Eur

ope

and

GR

UL

AC

(20

14, 2

015)

, Asi

a (2

014,

201

5, a

nd 2

016)

; T

he D

ecla

rati

ons

Han

dboo

k 20

13 w

as

rele

ased

in D

ecem

ber

2013

in E

ngli

sh,

incl

udin

g pr

acti

cal g

uida

nce

to S

tate

s P

arti

es

in r

esol

ving

tran

sfer

dis

crep

anci

es, a

nd a

re

vise

d ve

rsio

n w

as r

elea

sed

in J

une

2014

in

all s

ix o

f th

e O

PC

W o

ffic

ial l

angu

ages

. -

The

for

mat

of

the

tran

sfer

dis

crep

ancy

le

tter

was

impr

oved

in 2

014,

pro

vidi

ng m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on tr

ansf

er d

iscr

epan

cies

. P

ara

6.23

of

EC

-76/

6 E

C-7

2/W

P.2

, dat

ed 6

May

201

3;

EC

-77/

WP

.1, d

ated

7 O

ctob

er 2

014;

T

he c

oope

rati

on w

ith

the

Wor

ld C

usto

ms

Org

aniz

atio

n (W

CO

) ha

s re

sult

ed in

the

allo

cati

on o

f un

ique

six

-dig

it h

arm

onis

ed

syst

em (

HS

) co

des

to 3

3 of

the

mos

t tra

ded

sche

dule

d ch

emic

als

in th

e 20

17 e

diti

on o

f th

e H

S C

onve

ntio

n, e

ffec

tive

1

Janu

ary

2017

; in

2015

, the

Sec

reta

riat


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 re

ques

ted

the

WC

O to

ass

ign

six-

digi

t HS

co

des

to a

noth

er 1

5 ch

emic

als

in th

e 20

22

edit

ion

of th

e H

S C

onve

ntio

n.

A tr

aini

ng-o

f-tr

aine

rs c

ours

e fo

r re

pres

enta

tive

s of

cus

tom

s tr

aini

ng

inst

itut

ions

was

hel

d in

Jul

y 20

16 a

nd

June

201

7 at

OP

CW

Hea

dqua

rter

s.

The

Con

fere

nce

at it

s T

wen

ty-F

irst

Ses

sion

co

nsid

ered

the

ques

tion

of

disc

repa

ncie

s in

th

e re

port

ing

of tr

ansf

ers

of s

ched

uled

ch

emic

als

purs

uant

to A

rtic

le V

I of

the

Con

vent

ion

and

the

Ver

ific

atio

n A

nnex

, and

re

com

men

ded

that

the

Indu

stry

Clu

ster

giv

e th

is m

atte

r ad

diti

onal

foc

used

att

enti

on (

para

9.

4 of

C-2

1/5)

. -

Pre

sent

atio

n on

Upd

ate

of T

rans

fer

Dis

crep

anci

es o

n 6

Mar

ch 2

017

and

10 J

uly

2017

. 9.

95(a

) C

alle

d up

on th

ose

Sta

tes

Par

ties

that

hav

e no

t yet

su

bmit

ted

thei

r in

itia

l dec

lara

tion

s to

do

so a

s so

on

as p

ossi

ble

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to a

ssis

t:

Sam

e as

for

item

9.8

4.

Con

tact

Sta

tes

Par

ties

wit

h lo

ng o

utst

andi

ng

init

ial d

ecla

rati

ons

thro

ugh

vari

ous

mea

ns. I

n 20

14 f

our

init

ial d

ecla

rati

ons

wer

e re

ceiv

ed

from

fou

r S

tate

s P

arti

es.

In 2

015,

two

init

ial d

ecla

rati

ons

wer

e re

ceiv

ed f

rom

two

Sta

tes

Par

ties

. In

201

6, tw

o in

itia

l dec

lara

tion

s w

ere

rece

ived

fro

m tw

o S

tate

Par

ties

(s

ee it

em 9

.84

abov

e).

(EC

-86/

INF

1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 43

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

95(b

) C

alle

d up

on S

tate

s P

arti

es th

at h

ave

not y

et

impl

emen

ted

the

deci

sion

on

guid

elin

es r

egar

ding

lo

w-c

once

ntra

tion

lim

its

for

decl

arat

ions

of

Sch

edul

e 2A

and

2A

* ch

emic

als

to t

ake

nec

essa

ry

mea

sure

s to

exp

edit

e it

s im

ple

men

tati

on

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to a

ssis

t;

Ass

ista

nce

prov

ided

thro

ugh

pres

enta

tion

s an

d di

scus

sion

s co

nduc

ted

at r

elev

ant e

vent

s,

list

ed in

9.9

3.

S/1

125/

2013

, dat

ed 1

7 Se

ptem

ber

2013

; S

/121

3/20

14, d

ated

12

Sept

embe

r 20

14.

Ass

ista

nce

prov

ided

thro

ugh

pres

enta

tion

s an

d di

scus

sion

s co

nduc

ted

at r

elev

ant e

vent

s,

incl

udin

g:

- R

egio

nal t

rain

ing

cour

ses

for

cust

oms

auth

orit

ies,

Afr

ica

(tw

ice

per

year

in 2

014,

20

15, 2

016)

, Eas

tern

Eur

ope,

and

GR

UL

AC

(o

nce

per

year

in 2

014

and

2015

), a

nd A

sia

(201

4, 2

015,

and

201

6).

Tra

inin

g-of

-Tra

iner

s co

urse

for

re

pres

enta

tive

s of

cus

tom

s tr

aini

ng

inst

itut

ions

(H

Q, 2

016

and

2017

);

- B

asic

cou

rse

for

pers

onne

l of

Nat

iona

l A

utho

riti

es, O

PC

W H

Q, (

twic

e in

201

4 an

d 20

15; o

nce

each

in 2

016

and

2017

);

- S

ubre

gion

al n

atio

nal c

apac

ity

eval

uati

on

and

trai

ning

wor

ksho

p, A

ustr

alia

(20

14)

and

Cap

acit

y ev

alua

tion

vis

it to

Eas

t Tim

or

(201

5);

- A

rtic

le V

I de

clar

atio

ns tr

aini

ng (

twic

e in

20

14 a

nd 2

015,

and

onc

e in

Mar

ch 2

016)

; T

rain

ing

cour

se o

n fu

lfil

ling

Art

icle

VI

obli

gati

ons,

Mar

ch 2

016.

R

emin

der l

ette

r (e-

mai

l) w

as s

ent t

o 15

4 St

ates

C-1

4/D

EC

.4. d

ated

2

Dec

embe

r 20

09

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

2

of A

nnex

2)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 Pa

rtie

s (o

n 6

May

201

5) to

resp

ond

to

S/12

13/2

014

(fou

rth

surv

ey o

n im

plem

enta

tion

of d

ecis

ion

C-1

4/D

EC

.4)

Ass

ista

nce

prov

ided

thro

ugh

the

pres

enta

tion

s an

d di

scus

sion

s co

nduc

ted

at

even

ts, l

iste

d in

9.9

3.

S/1

310/

2015

, dat

ed 1

5 Se

ptem

ber

2015

. T

he S

ecre

tari

at p

rovi

ded

assi

stan

ce th

roug

h pr

esen

tati

ons

and

disc

ussi

ons

cond

ucte

d at

re

leva

nt e

vent

s (l

iste

d un

der

item

9.9

3 ab

ove)

. A r

egio

nal t

rain

ing

cour

se f

or

Afr

ican

cus

tom

s au

thor

itie

s to

ok p

lace

in

May

201

6. A

trai

ning

cou

rse

on A

rtic

le V

I de

clar

atio

ns to

ok p

lace

in M

arch

201

6.

S/1

420/

2016

, dat

ed 1

3 Se

ptem

ber

2016

. 9.

95(c

) U

rged

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

ensu

re t

hat

dec

lara

tion

s ar

e su

bm

itte

d in

a t

imel

y, c

omp

lete

an

d a

ccu

rate

m

ann

er, c

onsi

sten

t wit

h th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

the

Con

vent

ion,

mak

ing

use

of th

e S

ecre

tari

at’s

re

sour

ces,

as

appr

opri

ate

Clu

ster

s II

and

IV

(I

ndus

try

Clu

ster

an

d A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

s)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to a

ssis

t;

S/1

089/

2013

, dat

ed 2

4 A

pril

201

3;

EC

-73/

DG

.6, d

ated

24

June

201

3;

S/1

189/

2014

, dat

ed 1

2 Ju

ne 2

014;

E

C-7

6/D

G.1

0*, d

ated

11

June

201

4;

EC

-78/

DG

.4, d

ated

12

Janu

ary

2015

: P

ara

6.26

of

EC

-78/

2.

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

-

Con

tinu

ous

effo

rts

have

bee

n m

ade

to

rem

ind

Sta

tes

Par

ties

of

thei

r de

clar

atio

n re

spon

sibi

liti

es th

roug

h va

riou

s m

eans

, in

clud

ing

bila

tera

l con

sult

atio

ns w

ith

Per

man

ent R

epre

sent

ativ

es a

nd N

atio

nal

Aut

hori

ties

, edu

cati

on a

nd o

utre

ach

at

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

5 of

A

nnex

2 a

nd I

V.3

of

Ann

ex 1

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 45

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 re

gion

al a

nd s

ubre

gion

al m

eeti

ngs,

cou

rses

, se

min

ars

and

wor

ksho

ps.

Non

-pap

ers

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

12 J

uly

2013

; P

rese

ntat

ion

to th

e In

dust

ry C

lust

er o

n 19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14 (

non-

pape

r by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d on

19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14).

P

aras

6.2

7 an

d 6.

28 o

f E

C-7

9/6;

O

n-ti

me

subm

issi

on o

f de

clar

atio

ns o

f pa

st

acti

viti

es h

as c

onti

nued

to im

prov

e: in

201

4,

71 (

78%

) ou

t of

91 S

tate

s P

arti

es s

ubm

itte

d on

tim

e; in

201

5, 7

5 (8

5%)

out o

f 88

Sta

tes

Par

ties

sub

mit

ted

on ti

me;

in 2

016,

79

(86%

) ou

t of

92 S

tate

s P

arti

es s

ubm

itte

d on

tim

e (p

ara

5.2

of E

C-8

1/D

G.4

, dat

ed

14 J

anua

ry 2

016;

par

a 5.

1 of

EC

-82/

DG

.14,

da

ted

13 J

une

2016

; par

a 3.

2 of

E

C-8

4/D

G.8

, dat

ed 1

7 Ja

nuar

y 20

17);

E

C-8

5/D

G.1

7, d

ated

16

June

201

7.

Ass

ista

nce

prov

ided

thro

ugh

pres

enta

tion

s an

d di

scus

sion

s co

nduc

ted

at r

elev

ant e

vent

s li

sted

in 9

.93.

9.

95(d

) E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e to

pro

vid

e te

chn

ical

ass

ista

nce

to

Sta

tes

Par

ties

for

th

e re

ceip

t of

OP

CW

insp

ecti

ons,

an

d o

ther

te

chn

ical

qu

esti

ons

that

may

ari

se in

the

impl

emen

tati

on o

f pr

ovis

ions

rel

ated

to a

ctiv

itie

s no

t pro

hibi

ted

unde

r th

e C

onve

ntio

n

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

-

Tra

inin

g co

urse

for

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

on

trai

ning

esc

orts

for

insp

ecti

ons,

OP

CW

HQ

, 20

13, 2

014;

201

5 an

d 20

16.

- R

egio

nal a

dvan

ced

trai

ning

cou

rse

for

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

of

Asi

a in

Sau

di A

rabi

a,

in 2

014

and

2015

;

Par

a 9.

59

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 T

he S

ecre

tari

at p

rovi

ded

a tr

aini

ng c

ours

e on

th

e fu

lfil

men

t of

Art

icle

VI

obli

gati

ons

in

Mar

ch 2

016

and

on e

scor

ts f

or in

spec

tion

s in

O

ctob

er 2

016

(bot

h in

Qat

ar).

9.

95(e

) E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e to

dev

elop

an

d p

erio

dic

ally

up

dat

e ex

isti

ng

dat

abas

es o

n

dec

lara

ble

ch

emic

als,

whi

ch f

acil

itat

e th

e id

enti

fica

tion

of

such

che

mic

als

Clu

ster

II

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n (p

rovi

sion

of

addi

tion

al r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

);

The

late

st v

ersi

on o

f th

e D

ecla

rati

on

Han

dboo

k 20

13 v

2 ha

s be

en is

sued

in a

ll

OP

CW

off

icia

l lan

guag

es a

nd th

e up

date

d to

ols

for

the

iden

tifi

cati

on o

f sc

hedu

led

chem

ical

s (b

roch

ure,

Han

dboo

k on

C

hem

ical

s, o

n-li

ne s

ched

uled

che

mic

als

data

base

) w

ere

mad

e av

aila

ble

to S

tate

s P

arti

es b

y th

e im

plem

enta

tion

day

of

1 Ja

nuar

y 20

17. E

lect

roni

c ve

rsio

ns a

re

avai

labl

e on

the

OP

CW

web

site

and

har

d co

pies

can

be

obta

ined

fro

m th

e O

PC

W

Doc

umen

tati

on C

ount

er.

Par

a 9.

61

of R

C-2

/4

9.95

(f)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

, in

clos

e co

oper

atio

n w

ith

Sta

tes

Par

ties

, to

con

tin

ue

to m

ake

effo

rts

to

incr

ease

th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

and

eff

icie

ncy

of

the

veri

fica

tion

sys

tem

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-73/

DG

.9, d

ated

4 J

uly

2013

; E

C-7

3/D

EC

.1, d

ated

17

July

201

3;

S/1

202/

2014

, dat

ed 2

3 Ju

ly 2

014;

N

on-p

aper

s by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d on

19

Jun

e 20

13; 1

1 Ju

ly 2

013;

1

Aug

ust 2

013;

and

19

Sep

tem

ber

2013

. D

ata

was

gat

here

d at

the

mee

ting

of

Nat

iona

l A

utho

riti

es in

Nov

embe

r 20

13;

Als

o di

scus

sed

at f

acil

itat

ion:

Par

a 9.

57

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

s II

.5

and

II.6

of

Ann

ex 2

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 47

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 -

Alt

erna

tive

s fo

r m

ixed

pla

nt s

ites

(S

/120

2/20

14, d

ated

23

July

201

4);

- R

efin

emen

ts in

con

duct

of

Art

icle

VI

insp

ecti

ons,

on

19 F

ebru

ary

2014

(no

n-pa

per

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

19 F

ebru

ary

2014

);

- In

spec

tion

tem

plat

es, o

n 2

May

201

4 (n

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d on

5

Feb

ruar

y 20

14)

Sci

ence

for

Dip

lom

ats

Pre

sent

atio

n:

“Dat

a A

naly

tics

and

the

CW

C:

An

Intr

oduc

tion

to O

CP

F S

ite

Sel

ecti

on

Met

hodo

logy

”, 6

Oct

ober

201

5

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e Se

cret

aria

t, up

load

ed

on 6

Oct

ober

201

5);

- In

dust

ry C

lust

er P

rese

ntat

ion:

“P

ropo

sed

Impr

ovem

ents

for

the

Sch

edul

e 1

Rep

ort

Tem

plat

es”,

5 O

ctob

er 2

015

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e Se

cret

aria

t, up

load

ed o

n 1

Oct

ober

201

5);

- “T

echn

ical

Sec

reta

riat

’s P

roce

dure

for

H

andl

ing

Cas

es o

f S

ched

ule

1 C

hem

ical

s as

U

navo

idab

le B

y-P

rodu

cts”

(e

ffec

tive

fro

m 1

Jul

y 20

15);

S/1

272/

2015

, 1

May

201

5; S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s P

rese

ntat

ion:

“S

ched

ule

1 an

d 2

chem

ical

s as

ca

ptiv

e in

term

edia

tes

and

unin

tend

ed

by-p

rodu

cts”

, dat

ed 1

7 M

arch

201

5.

-Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er P

rese

ntat

ions

: Sum

mar

y of

In

dust

ry V

erif

icat

ion

in 2

014,

16

Mar

ch 2

015

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 up

load

ed o

n 16

Mar

ch 2

015)

-

“Sam

plin

g an

d A

naly

sis

Upd

ate”

, da

ted

16 M

arch

201

5 (n

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

upl

oade

d on

16

Mar

ch 2

015)

; -

“E-L

earn

ing

Mod

ules

for

Ver

ific

atio

n”,

16 M

arch

201

5

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at u

ploa

ded

on

13

Mar

ch 2

015)

; -

“Des

igna

ted

Lab

orat

orie

s fo

r O

ff-S

ite

Ana

lysi

s of

Sam

ples

”, 2

Jun

e 20

15

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at u

ploa

ded

on

1 Ju

ne 2

015)

; -

“Ove

rvie

w o

f 30

00 I

ndus

try

Insp

ecti

ons”

, da

ted

26 N

ovem

ber

2015

(no

n-pa

per

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at u

ploa

ded

on 2

6 N

ovem

ber

2015

);

-Tec

hnic

al S

ecre

tari

at n

on-p

aper

“A

ctio

n P

lan

for

the

Impl

emen

tati

on o

f th

e S

AB

’s

Rec

omm

enda

tion

s on

Ver

ific

atio

n”,

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at u

ploa

ded

on

26 N

ovem

ber

2015

; upd

ated

pre

sent

atio

n up

load

ed o

n 22

Nov

embe

r 20

16);

S

umm

ary

of in

dust

ry v

erif

icat

ion

in 2

015,

8

July

201

6;

Res

ults

of

the

impl

emen

tati

on o

f po

licy

gu

idel

ines

for

det

erm

inin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

A

rtic

le V

I in

spec

tion

s (p

rese

ntat

ions

giv

en

in 2

014

and

2016

; “S

ampl

ing

and

Ana

lysi

s du

ring

Art

icle

VI

Insp

ecti

ons”

, 8 J

uly

2016

; R

evis

ed T

empl

ates

for

Pre

lim

inar

y F

indi

ngs

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 49

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 an

d F

inal

Ins

pect

ion

Rep

orts

for

Sch

edul

e 1,

S

ched

ule

2, a

nd S

ched

ule

3 In

spec

tion

s (S

/141

9/20

16, d

ated

13

Sep

tem

ber

2016

);

Sec

reta

riat

’s c

apab

ilit

ies

to a

ssis

t Sta

tes

Par

ties

in id

enti

fyin

g de

clar

able

act

ivit

ies,

21

Nov

embe

r 20

16;

Not

e B

y th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

: Rep

ort o

n th

e P

erfo

rman

ce o

f th

e R

evis

ed M

etho

dolo

gy

for

the

Sel

ecti

on o

f O

ther

Che

mic

al

Pro

duct

ion

Fac

ilit

ies

For

Ins

pect

ion

(S/1

461/

17 d

ated

6 F

ebru

ary

2017

).

EC

-83/

S/1

C-2

1/S

/1, d

ated

8 A

pril

201

6;

SA

B-2

3/W

P.1

, dat

ed 2

8 A

pril

201

6;

Indu

stry

Clu

ster

Pre

sent

atio

ns: S

umm

ary

of

Indu

stry

Ver

ific

atio

n in

201

6,

6 M

arch

201

7; F

urth

er e

nhan

cem

ent o

f A

rtic

le V

I –

Sam

plin

g &

Ana

lysi

s (S

&A

) E

ffor

ts, 1

0 Ju

ly 2

017;

S

cien

ce f

or D

iplo

mat

s:

-“S

ched

ule

1 an

d 2

Che

mic

als

as C

apti

ve

Inte

rmed

iate

s an

d U

nint

ende

d B

y-P

rodu

cts”

, da

ted

17 M

arch

201

5;

-“D

ata

Ana

lyti

cs a

nd th

e C

WC

: A

n In

trod

ucti

on to

the

OC

PF

Sit

e S

elec

tion

M

etho

dolo

gy”,

6 O

ctob

er 2

015

(n

on-p

aper

by

the

Secr

etar

iat,

uplo

aded

on

6 O

ctob

er 2

015)

; -I

soto

pic

Lab

els,

Ste

reoi

som

ers,

and

S

ched

uled

Che

mic

als

– w

hy d

oes

this

m

atte

r? A

rev

iew

of

the

SA

B’s

adv

ice


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 (p

rese

nted

on

13 J

uly

2016

);

- S

AB

-23/

WP

.2, d

ated

25

May

201

6;

SA

B-2

4/W

P.1

, dat

ed 1

4 Ju

ly 2

016;

-

Not

e by

the

Sec

reta

riat

: Rev

ised

Tem

plat

es

for

Pre

lim

inar

y F

indi

ngs

and

Fin

al

Insp

ecti

on R

epor

ts f

or S

ched

ule

1, S

ched

ule

2, a

nd S

ched

ule

3 In

spec

tion

s (S

/141

9/20

16,

date

d 13

Sep

tem

ber

2016

).

EC

-85/

DG

.3, d

ated

10

Apr

il 2

017;

N

ote

By

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al: R

epor

t on

the

Per

form

ance

of

the

Rev

ised

Met

hodo

logy

fo

r th

e S

elec

tion

of

Oth

er C

hem

ical

P

rodu

ctio

n F

acil

itie

s F

or I

nspe

ctio

n (S

/146

1/17

dat

ed 6

Feb

ruar

y 20

17.

Wha

t Def

ines

a R

iot C

ontr

ol A

gent

(p

rese

nted

on

8 M

arch

201

7);

SA

B-2

5/W

P.1

. S-

Not

e S

/151

2/20

17, d

ated

10

July

201

7:

Upg

radi

ng th

e O

PCW

Che

mic

al L

abor

ator

y to

a C

entr

e fo

r C

hem

istr

y an

d T

echn

olog

y.

The

Sci

enti

fic

Adv

isor

y B

oard

hel

d a

wor

ksho

p on

em

ergi

ng te

chno

logi

es w

hich

in

clud

ed te

chno

logi

es th

at h

ave

appl

icat

ion

veri

fica

tion

(S

AB

-26/

WP

.1).

9.

95(g

) C

alle

d up

on S

tate

s P

artie

s an

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e w

ork

ing

to id

enti

fy t

he

cau

ses

of

dis

crep

anci

es r

elat

ed t

o A

rtic

le V

I d

ecla

rati

ons,

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Stat

es P

artie

s to

con

tinue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion

Dis

cuss

ed d

urin

g fa

cilit

atio

n:

Par

a 9.

71

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 51

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 su

ch a

s th

ose

rela

ting

to a

ggre

gate

nat

iona

l dat

a fo

r S

ched

ule

2 an

d 3

tran

sfer

s, a

s w

ell a

s O

CP

F13

de

clar

atio

ns, a

nd r

ecom

men

d po

ssib

le s

olut

ions

and

al

tern

ativ

es to

the

poli

cy-m

akin

g or

gans

Tra

nsfe

r dis

crep

anci

es, 3

May

and

19

Feb

ruar

y 20

14.

The

Sec

reta

riat

gav

e a

pres

enta

tion

on th

e In

dust

ry C

lust

er m

eetin

g (6

Oct

ober

201

4) o

n re

cent

impr

ovem

ents

in th

e su

bmis

sion

and

ha

ndlin

g of

indu

stry

dec

lara

tions

, lat

e su

bmis

sion

of d

ecla

ratio

ns, a

nd tr

ansf

er

disc

repa

ncie

s.

Oth

er a

ctiv

ities

: R

elea

se o

f the

201

3 D

ecla

ratio

ns H

andb

ook

as

set o

ut u

nder

9.9

5(g)

abo

ve;

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e Se

cret

aria

t, up

load

ed

on 1

9 Fe

brua

ry 2

014;

S/1

199/

2014

, da

ted

16 J

uly

2014

. T

he fo

rmat

of t

he tr

ansf

er d

iscr

epan

cy le

tter

was

impr

oved

in 2

014,

pro

vidi

ng m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on tr

ansf

er d

iscr

epan

cies

. C

ondu

ct o

f su

rvey

, S/1

511/

2017

, dat

ed

5 Ju

ly 2

017.

D

iscu

ssio

n pa

per

on tr

ansf

er d

iscr

epan

cies

by

the

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ty o

f th

e R

ussi

an

Fed

erat

ion,

pre

sent

ed o

n 10

Jul

y 20

17.

See

item

9.9

3 ab

ove.

Sec

tion

II.

2(ii

)

of A

nnex

2)

9.95

(h)

In v

iew

of a

dvan

ces

in s

cien

ce a

nd te

chno

logy

, the

de

velo

pmen

t of t

he c

hem

ical

indu

stry

, and

the

grow

th

in th

e tr

ade

of c

hem

ical

s, e

ncou

rage

d th

e Se

cret

aria

t to

con

tinu

e to

str

engt

hen

its

rela

tion

s w

ith

regi

onal

an

d in

tern

atio

nal c

hem

ical

indu

stry

ass

ocia

tion

s

Clu

ster

s II

and

IV

(I

ndus

try

Clu

ster

an

d A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

ons)

See

item

9.7

9(e)

abo

ve

Sub

para

9.1

16(h

)

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

13

OC

PF

= o

ther

che

mic

al p

rodu

ctio

n fa

cili

ty.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

95(i

) C

alle

d up

on S

tate

s Pa

rtie

s to

con

tinu

e to

use

the

cl

uste

r es

tabl

ishe

d by

the

Cou

ncil

on

chem

ical

-ind

ustr

y an

d ot

her

Art

icle

VI

issu

es a

nd

to d

evel

op w

ays

to im

prov

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

indu

stry

ver

ific

atio

n re

gim

e

Clu

ster

II

(Ind

ustr

y C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

)

Stat

es P

artie

s to

con

tinue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

ass

ist;

EC

-72/

WP

.2, d

ated

6 M

ay 2

013;

E

C-7

3/W

P.1

*, d

ated

16

July

201

3;

EC

-74/

WP

.1, d

ated

8 O

ctob

er 2

013;

E

C-7

5/W

P.1

, dat

ed 4

Mar

ch 2

014;

E

C-7

6/W

P.1

, dat

ed 8

Jul

y 20

14.

Fac

ilit

atio

ns c

ondu

cted

on:

R

evie

w o

f S

ched

ule

2 fa

cili

ty a

gree

men

ts,

12 J

uly

2013

(no

n-pa

per

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at,

uplo

aded

on

12 J

uly

2013

);

Rev

isio

n of

pro

duct

gro

up c

odes

, 19

Jun

e 20

13 a

nd 1

9 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13;

Sec

reta

riat

han

dlin

g of

Sch

edul

e 1

insp

ecti

ons,

11

July

201

3

and

1 A

ugus

t 201

3;

Ver

ific

atio

n at

mix

ed p

lant

sit

es

(S/1

202/

2014

).

Pos

sibl

e ex

empt

ions

of

OC

PF

s

from

dec

lara

tion

req

uire

men

ts

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

22

Feb

ruar

y 20

16);

P

rodu

ctio

n by

Syn

thes

is (

non-

pape

r

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

22

Feb

ruar

y 20

16);

E

C-8

1/S

/3, d

ated

22

Janu

ary

2016

; E

C-8

3/S

/1 C

-21/

S/1

. N

on-p

aper

by

Can

ada,

upl

oade

d on

16

Jun

e 20

16; N

on-p

aper

by

the

Isla

mic

R

epub

lic o

f Ir

an, u

ploa

ded

on

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

s II

of

Ann

ex 1

and

II

of

Ann

ex 2

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 53

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 5

Oct

ober

201

6; p

rese

ntat

ion

on

7 O

ctob

er 2

016,

upl

oade

d on

5

Oct

ober

201

6); E

C-8

1/S/

3, d

ated

22

Jan

uary

201

6; E

C-8

3/S/

1 C

-21/

S/1;

Su

rvey

on

Bio

med

iate

d Pr

oces

ses

(S/1

436/

2016

, dat

ed 1

4 N

ovem

ber

2016

);

Mix

ture

s of

DO

Cs

(non

-pap

er b

y th

e Se

cret

aria

t, up

load

ed o

n 15

Feb

ruar

y 20

16;

Pres

enta

tion

by C

anad

a, p

rese

nted

and

up

load

ed o

n 7

July

201

6; N

on-p

aper

by

the

Isla

mic

Rep

ublic

of

Iran

, upl

oade

d on

4

Oct

ober

201

6 an

d pr

esen

ted

on

7 O

ctob

er 2

016;

T

wo

tech

nica

l wor

ksho

ps w

ere

orga

nise

d on

9

and

10 M

arch

and

on

7 Ju

ly 2

016

to a

ddre

ss

thre

e SA

B r

ecom

men

datio

ns o

n ve

rifi

catio

n (d

efin

ition

of

“pro

duce

d by

syn

thes

is”,

m

ixtu

res

of D

OC

s, a

nd p

oten

tial e

xem

ptio

ns

of O

CPF

s);

Not

e by

the

Secr

etar

iat:

Sur

vey

on

Bio

med

iate

d Pr

oces

ses

(S/1

436/

2016

, dat

ed

14 N

ovem

ber

2016

);

Pres

enta

tion

by th

e C

zech

Rep

ublic

on

biom

edia

ted

proc

esse

s an

d ph

iloso

phy

of

indu

stri

al in

spec

tions

in th

e C

zech

Rep

ublic

, pr

esen

ted

on 1

0 Ju

ly a

nd u

ploa

ded

on

31 J

uly

2017

.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 N

atio

nal I

mpl

emen

tati

on M

easu

res

9.97

C

alle

d fo

r th

e ad

equa

te f

undi

ng f

or th

e O

PC

W’s

na

tion

al im

plem

enta

tion

pro

gram

mes

, thr

ough

the

re

gula

r b

ud

get

and

vol

un

tary

fu

nd

ing

Clu

ster

III

(b

udge

t fa

cili

tati

on)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Stat

es P

artie

s to

take

act

ion;

Se

cret

aria

t to

take

act

ion;

C-1

8/D

EC

.6;

C-1

9/D

EC

.4; C

-20/

DE

C.6

; C-2

1/D

EC

.6;

S/13

54/2

016;

S/1

364/

2016

; S/1

370/

2016

; S/

1388

/201

6; S

/139

1/20

16 a

nd C

orr.

1;

S/13

96/2

016;

S/1

403/

2016

; S/1

418/

2016

; S/

1425

/201

6; S

/143

4/20

16; S

/144

1/20

16;

S/14

49/2

017

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed

6 F

ebru

ary

2017

; S/1

462/

2017

; S

/147

6/20

17; S

/148

6/20

17; S

/149

5/20

17;

S/1

502/

2017

, dat

ed 1

3 Ju

ne 2

017;

S

/151

4/20

17.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.10

3(a)

C

alle

d up

on a

ll S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o ad

opt,

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

con

stit

uti

onal

pro

cess

es, t

he

nec

essa

ry m

easu

res

to f

ull

y im

ple

men

t th

eir

obli

gati

ons

un

der

th

e C

onve

nti

on in

line

wit

h th

e co

mm

itm

ent r

efle

cted

in p

arag

raph

9.9

9

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

ecre

tari

at to

co

ntin

ue to

ass

ist;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

N

atio

nal i

mpl

emen

tati

on c

apac

ity

eval

uati

on

wor

ksho

p in

Aus

tral

ia,

May

201

4;

- In

tern

ship

s fo

r le

gal d

raft

ers

(fou

r in

bot

h 20

14 a

nd 2

015,

thre

e in

201

6);

- R

egio

nal N

atio

nal A

utho

rity

mee

ting

s (f

our

in 2

014,

and

in 2

015,

two

of w

hich

wer

e co

mbi

ned

wit

h an

edu

cati

on a

nd o

utre

ach

even

ts, i

n 20

16, a

ll f

our

wer

e co

mbi

ned

wit

h an

edu

cati

on a

nd o

utre

ach

even

t, an

d fo

ur in

20

17 a

ll o

f w

hich

hel

d a

pane

l dis

cuss

ion

in

com

mem

orat

ion

of O

PC

W’s

Tw

enti

eth

Ann

iver

sary

);

- B

asic

cou

rses

for

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

Par

a 9.

74

of R

C-2

/4;

C-1

4/D

EC

.12,

dat

ed

4 D

ecem

ber

2009

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.3

of

Ann

ex 1

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 55

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 (t

wic

e in

201

4 an

d 20

15, o

nce

each

in 2

016

and

2017

);

-Nat

iona

l im

plem

enta

tion

cap

acit

y ev

alua

tion

wor

ksho

p in

Tim

or-L

este

in

201

5;

- S

take

hold

ers’

for

um in

Afr

ica

in 2

016;

-

Leg

al w

orks

hop

for

Por

tugu

ese-

spea

king

co

untr

ies

in A

fric

a in

201

6; L

egal

w

orks

hops

hel

d in

Bar

bado

s an

d G

eorg

ia

(201

7).

9.10

3(b)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

tate

s P

arti

es w

hich

are

yet

to f

ulfi

l th

eir

obli

gati

ons

unde

r A

rtic

le V

II t

o en

gage

wit

h

the

Sec

reta

riat

on

th

e st

eps

that

nee

d t

o b

e u

nd

erta

ken

for

the

nati

onal

impl

emen

tati

on o

f th

e C

onve

ntio

n

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

ecre

tari

at to

co

ntin

ue to

ass

ist;

S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

- In

tern

ship

pro

gram

mes

for

lega

l dra

fter

s an

d N

atio

nal A

utho

rity

rep

rese

ntat

ives

wer

e or

gani

sed

at O

PC

W H

eadq

uart

ers:

two

in

2013

, fou

r in

201

4, f

our

in 2

015,

and

thre

e in

20

16.

- P

acif

ic I

slan

d S

tate

s w

orks

hop

as s

et o

ut in

9.

103(

a) a

bove

; R

olle

d ou

t the

Leg

al A

ssis

tanc

e S

uppo

rt

Too

l (L

AS

T)

to s

tren

gthe

n th

e a

dopt

ion

of

legi

slat

ion

by S

tate

s P

arti

es;

- W

orks

hop

for

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

and

re

pres

enta

tive

s of

Min

istr

ies

of D

efen

ce

from

Afr

ican

Sta

tes

Par

ties

, Mar

ch 2

015.

-S

take

hold

ers

foru

m in

Afr

ica

in 2

016;

-

Leg

al w

orks

hop

for

Por

tugu

ese-

spea

king

co

untr

ies

in A

fric

a in

201

6;

- L

egal

wor

ksho

ps h

eld

in B

arba

dos

and

(EC

-86/

INF.

1,

Sect

ion

IV.3

of

Ann

ex 1

)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 G

eorg

ia (

2017

).

- C

onti

nued

con

sult

atio

n w

ith

Nat

iona

l A

utho

riti

es a

t reg

iona

l and

ann

ual m

eeti

ngs

in 2

014,

201

5, 2

016

and

2017

. 9.

103(

c)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

expl

ore

inn

ovat

ive

met

hod

s of

pro

vid

ing

assi

stan

ce o

n t

ailo

r-m

ade

app

roac

hes

as

a po

tent

ial m

eans

to f

urth

er a

dvan

ce

the

impl

emen

tati

on o

f A

rtic

le V

II

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

S/1

138/

2013

, dat

ed 1

4 N

ovem

ber

2013

;

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

28

Janu

ary

2014

; N

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d

on 1

2 M

arch

201

4;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

-

Pac

ific

Isl

and

Sta

tes

wor

ksho

p as

set

out

in

9.10

3(a)

abo

ve;

- N

atio

nal A

utho

rity

men

tors

hips

(tw

o in

20

14; t

wo

in 2

015,

fou

r in

201

6, a

nd tw

o in

20

17).

T

he p

ilot

Inf

luen

tial

Vis

itor

s P

rogr

amm

e (I

VP

) w

as la

unch

ed w

ith

a vi

sit b

y a

dele

gati

on f

rom

Uga

nda

in A

pril

201

5,

foll

owed

by

a na

tion

al a

war

enes

s w

orks

hop

in A

ugus

t wit

h O

PC

W p

arti

cipa

tion

. The

na

tion

al im

plem

enti

ng le

gisl

atio

n w

as

adop

ted

in D

ecem

ber

2015

. A

n IV

P w

as im

plem

ente

d fo

r de

lega

tion

fr

om N

amib

ia in

Apr

il 2

017.

O

ther

act

ivit

ies

as s

et o

ut in

9.1

03(b

) ab

ove.

C-1

4/D

EC

.12

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)

9.10

3(d)

C

alle

d up

on a

ll S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o k

eep

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

nat

ion

al im

ple

men

tati

on

mea

sure

s un

der

rev

iew

so

as to

ens

ure

at a

ll ti

mes

th

at th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

the

Con

vent

ion

are

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

ecre

tari

at to

co

ntin

ue to

ass

ist;

S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

Oth

er a

ctiv

itie

s as

set

out

in 9

.103

(a),

(b)

,

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 57

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 im

plem

ente

d w

ithi

n th

eir

terr

itor

y or

in a

ny o

ther

pl

ace

unde

r th

eir

resp

ecti

ve ju

risd

icti

on

and

(c)

abov

e.

Reg

ular

rep

orti

ng o

n an

d ev

alua

tion

of

acti

viti

es c

onti

nued

. Oth

er a

ctiv

itie

s un

dert

aken

as

set o

ut in

9.1

03(a

) an

d (c

) ab

ove.

9.

103(

e)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

, in

conc

ert w

ith

the

SA

B te

mpo

rary

wor

king

gro

up o

n ed

ucat

ion

and

outr

each

, to

assi

st S

tate

s P

arti

es, u

pon

req

ues

t, in

im

ple

men

tin

g ed

uca

tion

an

d o

utr

each

act

ivit

ies,

in

clud

ing

by d

isse

min

atin

g m

ater

ials

, con

duct

ing

wor

ksho

ps a

nd r

egio

nal m

eeti

ngs

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

sub

mit

ted

a co

ncep

t not

e

on 2

3 Ju

ly 2

013,

a n

on-p

aper

, upl

oade

d

on 1

5 Ju

ly 2

013

and

an u

pdat

ed c

once

pt n

ote

on 1

0 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13; S

AB

-21/

WP

.3,

date

d 7

Janu

ary

2014

; C-1

8/N

AT

.3,

date

d 2

Dec

embe

r 20

13; S

/119

0/20

14,

date

d 16

Jun

e 20

14; P

aras

12.

1 to

12.

4

of E

C-7

6/6;

non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at,

uplo

aded

on

11 J

uly

2014

; S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

Reg

iona

l mee

ting

on

educ

atio

n in

the

resp

onsi

ble

appl

icat

ion

of k

now

ledg

e of

du

al-u

se c

hem

ical

s, A

rgen

tina

, May

201

4;

EC

-80/

DE

C.5

, dat

ed 8

Oct

ober

201

5;

Par

as 1

1.1

and

11.2

of

EC

-80/

4*;

C-2

0/D

EC

.9, d

ated

3 D

ecem

ber

2015

; P

aras

23.

1 an

d 23

.2 o

f C

-20/

5,

date

d 4

Dec

embe

r 20

15.

Fou

r re

gion

al m

eeti

ngs

on e

duca

tion

and

ou

trea

ch w

ere

held

in 2

016

in E

aste

rn

Eur

ope,

GR

UL

AC

, Afr

ica,

and

Asi

a.

Bri

efin

g by

the

Sec

reta

riat

to th

e C

ounc

il a

t it

s E

ight

y-F

irst

Ses

sion

(pa

ra 8

.1 o

f

EC

-81/

2). E

C-8

1/D

G.1

4, d

ated

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 4

Mar

ch 2

016;

E

C-8

1/D

G.9

C-2

1/D

G.2

, dat

ed

18 F

ebru

ary

2016

; EC

-83/

S/1

C-2

1/S

/1.

Reg

iona

l mee

ting

s of

NA

s as

set

out

in

9.10

3(b)

abo

ve;

In c

oord

inat

ion

wit

h th

e E

urop

ean

Uni

on

(EU

), s

uppo

rt o

f th

e E

U’s

dem

arch

e on

the

impl

emen

tati

on o

f A

rtic

le V

I “S

emin

ar o

n E

duca

tion

for

Pea

ce: N

ew

Pat

hway

s fo

r S

ecur

ing

Che

mic

al

Dis

arm

amen

t, S

epte

mbe

r 20

14, O

PC

W

HQ

”.

- In

flue

ntia

l Vis

itor

s P

rogr

amm

e:

- A

war

enes

s w

orks

hop

and

moc

k in

spec

tion

fo

r M

yanm

ar

S/1

253/

2015

, dat

ed 6

Mar

ch 2

015;

S

/126

0/20

15, d

ated

24

Mar

ch 2

015;

B

rief

ing

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at a

t EC

-79

on

ong

oing

and

pla

nned

aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing,

ed

ucat

ion

and

outr

each

act

ivit

ies

(p

aras

9.1

and

9.2

of

EC

-79/

6); E

C-7

9/S

/2,

date

d 10

Jun

e 20

15.

At i

ts E

ight

y-S

econ

d S

essi

on, t

he S

ecre

tari

at

prov

ided

a b

rief

ing

to th

e C

ounc

il o

n on

goin

g an

d pl

anne

d aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing,

ed

ucat

ion

and

outr

each

act

ivit

ies,

as

wel

l as

the

proc

eedi

ngs

of th

e fi

rst s

essi

on o

f th

e A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd o

n E

duca

tion

and

Out

reac

h.

The

Cou

ncil

not

ed a

Not

e by

the

Sec

reta

riat

on

ong

oing

and

pla

nned

aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing,

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 59

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 ed

ucat

ion

and

outr

each

act

ivit

ies

(EC

-82/

S/1

, dat

ed 2

Jun

e 20

16).

A

t the

Eig

hty-

Sec

ond

Ses

sion

of

the

Cou

ncil

, the

Sec

reta

riat

pro

vide

d a

brie

fing

to

the

Cou

ncil

on

ongo

ing

and

plan

ned

awar

enes

s-ra

isin

g, e

duca

tion

and

out

reac

h ac

tivi

ties

, as

wel

l as

the

proc

eedi

ngs

of th

e fi

rst s

essi

on o

f th

e A

BE

O. T

he C

ounc

il

note

d a

Not

e by

the

Sec

reta

riat

on

ongo

ing

and

plan

ned

awar

enes

s-ra

isin

g, e

duca

tion

an

d ou

trea

ch a

ctiv

itie

s (E

C-8

2/S

/1, d

ated

2

June

201

6).

The

Cha

irpe

rson

bri

efed

Sta

tes

Par

ties

on

16 M

arch

201

7; T

he C

hair

pers

on o

f th

e A

BE

O a

ddre

ssed

the

Con

fere

nce

at it

s T

wen

ty-F

irst

Ses

sion

on

the

wor

k of

the

Boa

rd s

ince

it w

as e

stab

lish

ed in

acc

orda

nce

wit

h a

deci

sion

of

the

Con

fere

nce

at it

s T

wen

tiet

h Se

ssio

n (p

ara

21.8

of

C-2

1/5)

; A

BE

O-2

/1, d

ated

6 O

ctob

er 2

016;

A

BE

O-0

3/1,

dat

ed 1

6 M

arch

201

7; T

he

Cha

irpe

rson

bri

efed

Sta

tes

Par

ties

on

16 M

arch

201

7; A

BE

O-0

4/1,

dat

ed

31 A

ugus

t 20

17; T

he C

hair

pers

on b

rief

ed

Sta

tes

Par

ties

on

31 A

ugus

t 201

7.

9.10

3(f)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o d

evel

op, w

ith

in

exis

tin

g re

sou

rces

, act

ivit

ies

that

wil

l en

han

ce

Sou

th-S

outh

, reg

ion

al, a

nd

su

bre

gion

al

coop

erat

ion,

as

wel

l as

spec

ial p

rogr

amm

es

tow

ard

s th

e fu

ll im

ple

men

tati

on o

f A

rtic

le V

II

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

S/1

145/

2013

, dat

ed 1

1 D

ecem

ber

2013

; S

/116

5/20

14, d

ated

7 M

arch

201

4;

S/1

181/

2014

, dat

ed 2

May

201

4;

S/1

187/

2014

, dat

ed 1

0 Ju

ne 2

014

EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s;

Par

tici

pati

on in

rel

evan

t eve

nts

to e

nhan

ce

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d aw

aren

ess

of th

e C

onve

ntio

n an

d pr

omot

e co

oper

atio

n w

ith

rele

vant

sta

keho

lder

s in

clud

ing:

-

Sem

inar

on

lega

l asp

ects

of

impl

emen

tati

on

of th

e C

onve

ntio

n, C

roat

ia, A

pril

201

5;

Sem

inar

on

effe

ctiv

e pr

acti

ces

for

impl

emen

tati

on o

f th

e C

onve

ntio

n, C

roat

ia,

Sep

tem

ber

2013

an

d Ju

ne 2

014;

-

Fir

st g

loba

l ter

rori

sm a

nd C

BR

NE

14

conf

eren

ce in

the

Phi

lipp

ines

, M

arch

201

4;

- S

even

th C

BR

N15

cen

tre

of e

xcel

lenc

e na

tion

al r

ound

tabl

e m

eeti

ng f

or f

ocal

poi

nts

of S

outh

east

Asi

a, B

rune

i,

Apr

il 2

014;

-

Nat

iona

l Wor

ksho

p on

the

Impl

emen

tati

on

of th

e B

iolo

gica

l Wea

pons

Con

vent

ion

and

Che

mic

al W

eapo

ns C

onve

ntio

n, o

rgan

ised

by

the

BW

C in

Mon

goli

a in

Apr

il 2

014

- S

emin

ar o

n E

ffec

tive

Pra

ctic

es o

n th

e Im

plem

enta

tion

of

UN

Sec

urit

y C

ounc

il

reso

luti

on 1

540,

Cro

atia

, Jun

e 20

14;

- R

ound

tabl

e m

eeti

ng o

n th

e Im

plem

enta

tion

of

UN

Sec

urit

y C

ounc

il r

esol

utio

n 15

40,

14

C

BR

NE

= c

hem

ical

, bio

logi

cal,

radi

olog

ical

, nuc

lear

, and

exp

losi

ves.

15

C

BR

N =

che

mic

al, b

iolo

gica

l, ra

diol

ogic

al, a

nd n

ucle

ar.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 61

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 T

urkm

enis

tan,

Jul

y 20

14

- Y

emen

Che

mic

al S

ecur

ity

Reg

ulat

ions

W

orks

hop

orga

nise

d by

the

US

, Mal

aysi

a,

Aug

ust 2

014.

P

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

the

Afr

ican

Uni

on (

AU

) to

jo

intl

y or

gani

se r

elev

ant a

ctiv

itie

s, in

clud

ing

for

Con

vent

ion

Foc

al P

oint

s in

the

AU

su

breg

iona

l org

anis

atio

ns.

Sub

regi

onal

trai

ning

cou

rse

for

cust

oms

auth

orit

ies

of S

tate

s P

arti

es in

Wes

t, C

entr

al

and

Nor

th A

fric

a (M

arch

201

5);

S/1

280/

2015

, dat

ed 2

6 M

ay 2

015;

In

tern

atio

nal C

onfe

renc

e on

Che

mic

al

Dis

arm

amen

t and

Sec

urit

y: T

he O

PC

W’s

C

ontr

ibut

ions

to G

loba

l Pea

ce a

nd S

ecur

ity

was

hel

d in

Qat

ar in

Apr

il 2

017.

9.

103(

g)

Enc

oura

ged

Sta

tes

Par

ties

and

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

con

tin

ue

to c

onsu

lt in

ord

er t

o en

han

ce f

urt

her

th

e u

tili

ty a

nd

eff

ecti

ven

ess

of a

ll

imp

lem

enta

tion

su

pp

ort

pro

gram

mes

, and

re

ques

ted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

eval

uat

e th

ese

pro

gram

mes

an

d r

epor

t to

th

e C

oun

cil

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to c

ontin

ue to

take

act

ion;

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion;

T

he o

rgan

isat

ion

of s

ever

al r

ound

s of

fa

cili

tati

on in

col

labo

rati

on w

ith

the

Art

icle

V

II f

acil

itat

or, r

epor

ted

on a

s pa

rt o

f th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

’s s

tate

men

ts to

the

Cou

ncil

an

d ot

her

rele

vant

for

ums,

incl

udin

g th

e F

ifte

enth

, Six

teen

th, S

even

teen

th, a

nd

Eig

htee

nth

Ann

ual M

eeti

ngs

of N

atio

nal

Aut

hori

ties

; P

aras

6.2

9 an

d 6.

30, a

nd 6

.32

to 6

.36

of

EC

-79/

6; P

ara

7.27

of

EC

-80/

4*

Pre

sent

atio

n of

the

resp

onse

of

the

Off

ice

of

Inte

rnal

Ove

rsig

ht (

OIO

) to

the

Par

a 9.

79

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 re

com

men

dati

ons

of th

e E

xter

nal A

udit

or

(dat

ed 1

3 M

arch

201

6).

At i

ts E

ight

y-S

econ

d S

essi

on, t

he C

ounc

il

cons

ider

ed a

nd n

oted

a N

ote

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at o

n th

e st

atus

of

impl

emen

tati

on

of th

e re

com

men

dati

ons

of th

e E

xter

nal

Aud

itor

(E

C-8

1/S

/4, d

ated

22

Janu

ary

2016

).

EC

-83/

S/3

, dat

ed 2

9 A

ugus

t 201

6.

9.10

3(h)

R

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

con

tin

ue

to s

ub

mit

its

ann

ual

rep

ort

on t

he

imp

lem

enta

tion

of

Art

icle

V

II t

o th

e C

onfe

ren

ce. T

he S

ecre

tari

at is

fur

ther

re

ques

ted

to in

clu

de

an a

sses

smen

t in

th

is r

epor

t,

for

con

sid

erat

ion

by

the

pol

icy-

mak

ing

orga

ns,

co

nta

inin

g a

com

pre

hen

sive

an

d o

bje

ctiv

e an

alys

is o

f th

e cu

rren

t st

atu

s of

nat

ion

al

imp

lem

enta

tion

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-74/

DG

.7 C

-18/

DG

.9,

date

d 28

Aug

ust 2

013

and

Cor

r.1,

da

ted

14 N

ovem

ber

2013

; EC

-74/

DG

.8

C-1

8/D

G.1

0, d

ated

28

Aug

ust 2

013,

C

orr.

1, d

ated

11

Sep

tem

ber

2013

an

d C

orr.

2, d

ated

14

Nov

embe

r 20

13;

EC

-74/

DG

.9 C

-18/

DG

.11,

da

ted

28 A

ugus

t 201

3, C

orr.

1,

date

d 11

Sep

tem

ber

2013

and

Cor

r.2,

da

ted

14 N

ovem

ber

2013

; EC

-77/

DG

.5

C-1

9/D

G.6

, dat

ed 1

3 M

ay 2

014,

Cor

r.1,

da

ted

9 O

ctob

er 2

014,

and

Cor

r.2

da

ted

25 N

ovem

ber

2014

; EC

-77/

DG

.6

C-1

9/D

G.7

, dat

ed 1

3 M

ay 2

014,

and

Cor

r.1,

da

ted

9 O

ctob

er 2

014;

EC

-77/

DG

.7;

C-1

9/D

G.8

, dat

ed 1

3 M

ay 2

015,

and

Cor

r.1,

da

ted

9 O

ctob

er 2

014;

Par

as 6

.20

and

6.22

of

EC

-77/

4; P

ara

9.1

of C

-19/

5;

EC

-80/

DG

.14

C-2

0/D

G.1

1,

date

d 10

Sep

tem

ber

2015

; EC

-80/

DG

.15

C

-20/

DG

.12,

dat

ed 1

0 Se

ptem

ber

2015

;

Par

as 9

.79

and

9.80

(c)

of R

C-2

/4;

C-1

4/D

EC

.12

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 63

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 E

C-8

0/D

G.1

6 C

-20/

DG

.13,

da

ted

10 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15; P

ara

7.26

of

EC

-80/

4*; P

ara

9.1

of

C-2

0/5.

EC

-83/

DG

.11

C-2

1/D

G.1

1, d

ated

16

Sep

tem

ber

2016

; EC

-83/

DG

.8

C-2

1/D

G.9

, dat

ed 1

6 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16;

EC

-83/

DG

.9 C

-21/

DG

.10,

dat

ed

16 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16; p

ara

6.34

of

EC

-83/

5;

para

9.3

of

C-2

1/5;

A

nnua

l pre

sent

atio

ns to

the

EC

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

on

the

stat

us o

f im

plem

enta

tion

of

Art

icle

VII

. E

C-8

6/D

G.8

C-2

2/D

G.8

, dat

ed

24 A

ugus

t 201

7; E

C-8

6/D

G.9

C-2

2/D

G.9

, da

ted

24 A

ugus

t 201

7; E

C-8

6/D

G.1

0

C-2

2/D

G.1

0, d

ated

24

Aug

ust 2

017.

9.

103(

i)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

exp

and

th

e u

se o

f co

nte

mp

orar

y te

chn

olog

ical

dev

elop

men

ts t

o as

sist

an

d p

rom

ote

its

trai

nin

g m

eth

ods,

in

clud

ing

furt

her

deve

lopm

ent o

f e-

lear

ning

m

odul

es

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n (p

rovi

sion

of

addi

tion

al r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

);

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

-

Six

e-l

earn

ing

mod

ules

rel

ated

to th

e C

onve

ntio

n w

ere

deve

lope

d, la

unch

ed, a

nd

mad

e av

aila

ble

on th

e O

PC

W w

ebsi

te in

E

ngli

sh, F

renc

h, a

nd S

pani

sh:

http

://w

ww

.opc

w.o

rg/o

pcw

-e-l

earn

ing;

P

ropo

sal m

ade

for

live

str

eam

ing

and

podc

asts

of

rele

vant

cou

rses

and

ca

paci

ty-b

uild

ing

even

ts;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

inte

rest

ed in

men

tori

ng a

nd

bein

g m

ento

red

unde

r th

e M

ento

rshi

p

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 P

rogr

amm

e re

ques

ted

to e

xpre

ss th

eir

inte

rest

; M

ento

rshi

ps w

ere

cond

ucte

d be

twee

n th

e Is

lam

ic R

epub

lic

of I

ran

and

the

Syr

ian

Ara

b R

epub

lic,

and

Bra

zil a

nd S

ao T

ome

and

Pri

ncip

e in

201

5; N

amib

ia a

nd S

wit

zerl

and,

E

l Sal

vado

r an

d P

eru,

Ang

ola

and

Bra

zil,

and

Mal

awi a

nd th

e U

nite

d K

ingd

om o

f G

reat

Bri

tain

and

Nor

ther

n Ir

elan

d in

201

6.

The

Sec

reta

riat

mad

e pr

opos

als

for

live

st

ream

ing

and

podc

asts

of

rele

vant

cou

rses

an

d ca

paci

ty-b

uild

ing

even

ts.

9.10

3(j)

E

ncou

rage

d St

ates

Par

ties

in a

pos

ition

to d

o so

to

cont

inue

to

enha

nce

thei

r pr

acti

cal s

uppo

rt f

or

the

impl

emen

tati

on o

f A

rtic

le V

II o

blig

atio

ns b

y th

ose

Stat

es P

arti

es s

o re

ques

ted

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

litat

ion)

Stat

es P

artie

s to

con

tinue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

ass

ist;

Men

tors

hips

wer

e co

nduc

ted

betw

een

Mal

aysi

a an

d Su

dan

and

Alg

eria

and

Bur

kina

Fa

so in

201

4;

Bra

zil a

nd S

ao T

ome

and

Iran

and

Syr

ia in

20

15, N

amib

ia a

nd S

witz

erla

nd, E

l Sal

vado

r an

d Pe

ru, A

ngol

a an

d B

razi

l, an

d M

alaw

i and

th

e U

nite

d K

ingd

om o

f G

reat

Bri

tain

and

N

orth

ern

Irel

and

in 2

016;

Nig

eria

and

the

Uni

ted

Kin

gdom

in 2

017.

C-1

4/D

EC

.12

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 65

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 C

onsu

ltat

ion

s, C

oop

erat

ion

, an

d F

act-

Fin

din

g9.

110

Wel

com

ed th

e S

uppl

emen

tary

Arr

ange

men

t tha

t the

O

PC

W c

oncl

uded

wit

h th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns in

201

2 re

late

d to

inve

stig

atio

ns o

f al

lege

d us

e in

volv

ing

Sta

tes

not P

arty

, and

not

ed th

at in

cas

e th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

para

grap

h 27

of

Par

t XI

of th

e V

erif

icat

ion

Ann

ex to

the

Con

vent

ion

or a

ny o

ther

do

cum

ent r

elat

ed th

eret

o an

d co

nclu

ded

betw

een

the

OP

CW

and

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

are

invo

ked,

th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

wil

l pro

mp

tly

info

rm t

he

Cou

nci

l an

d a

ll S

tate

s P

arti

es o

f th

e re

qu

est

and

of

th

e ac

tion

s th

at t

he

Sec

reta

riat

is u

nd

erta

kin

g to

res

pon

d t

o th

e re

qu

est

Clu

ster

IV

S

ecre

tari

at to

take

act

ion,

whe

n ca

lled

upo

n;

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al ta

bled

the

fina

l “R

epor

t on

the

All

eged

Use

of

Che

mic

al W

eapo

ns in

the

Gho

uta

Are

a of

Dam

ascu

s on

21

Aug

ust 2

013”

(S

/201

3/55

3, d

ated

16

Sep

tem

ber

2013

), p

repa

red

by th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns M

issi

on to

Inv

esti

gate

All

egat

ions

of

the

Use

of

Che

mic

al W

eapo

ns in

the

Syr

ian

Ara

b R

epub

lic,

to th

e C

ounc

il in

D

ecem

ber

2013

. The

fir

st r

epor

t of

the

OP

CW

-Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Joi

nt I

nves

tiga

tive

M

issi

on w

as s

ubm

itte

d to

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

S

ecur

ity

Cou

ncil

on

12 F

ebru

ary

2016

, pu

rsua

nt to

res

olut

ion

2235

(20

15).

The

se

cond

rep

ort w

as s

ubm

itte

d on

10

Jun

e 20

16 (

S/2

016/

530)

, the

thir

d re

port

on

24

Aug

ust 2

016

(S/2

016/

738)

, the

fou

rth

repo

rt o

n 21

Oct

ober

201

6 (S

/201

6/88

8), a

nd

the

fift

h re

port

on

13 F

ebru

ary

2017

(S

/201

7/13

1).

9.11

1(a)

E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o m

ake

furt

her

use

, as

app

rop

riat

e, o

f th

e b

ilat

eral

con

sult

atio

n

mec

han

ism

pro

vid

ed b

y A

rtic

le I

X

Clu

ster

IV

S

tate

s P

arti

es to

take

act

ion

Par

a 9.

83

of R

C-2

/4

9.11

1(b)

R

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

con

tin

ue

to im

pro

ve

the

stan

dar

d o

f re

adin

ess

to c

ond

uct

a c

hal

len

ge

insp

ecti

on o

r an

inve

stig

atio

n o

f al

lege

d u

se in

ac

cord

ance

wit

h th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

the

Con

vent

ion.

T

o th

is e

nd, i

t cou

ld c

onti

nu

e to

con

du

ct t

able

-top

ex

erci

ses

and

moc

k in

spec

tion

s

Clu

ster

IV

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

The

Sec

reta

riat

con

duct

ed a

con

ting

ency

op

erat

ion

exer

cise

in F

ebru

ary

2017

in

Ser

bia.

Thi

s ha

s en

hanc

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at’s

re

adin

ess

to r

espo

nd to

any

thre

at o

f th

e us

e of

che

mic

al w

eapo

ns.

Par

a 9.

90

of R

C-2

/4


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

111(

c)

Req

uest

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o k

eep

th

e C

oun

cil

info

rmed

ab

out

its

read

ines

s an

d to

rep

ort

any

pro

ble

ms

that

may

ari

se in

rel

atio

n to

mai

ntai

ning

th

e ne

cess

ary

leve

l of

read

ines

s to

con

duct

a

chal

leng

e in

spec

tion

or

an in

vest

igat

ion

of a

lleg

ed

use

Clu

ster

IV

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

E

C-7

4/D

G.1

5, d

ated

25

Sep

tem

ber

2013

; E

C-7

6/D

G.1

1, d

ated

12

June

201

4;

EC

-79/

DG

.12,

dat

ed 3

Jun

e 20

15;

Par

a 6.

35 o

f E

C-7

9/6.

A

t its

Eig

hty-

Sec

ond

Ses

sion

, th

e C

ounc

il c

onsi

dere

d an

d no

ted

a N

ote

by

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al r

epor

ting

on

the

read

ines

s of

the

Sec

reta

riat

to c

ondu

ct

a ch

alle

nge

insp

ecti

on o

r an

inve

stig

atio

n of

al

lege

d us

e

(EC

-82/

DG

.12,

dat

ed 7

Jun

e 20

16);

E

C-8

5/D

G.1

3, d

ated

31

May

201

7.

Par

a 9.

90

of R

C-2

/4

9.11

1(d)

E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es in

a p

osit

ion

to d

o so

to

furt

her

ass

ist

the

Sec

reta

riat

in m

ain

tain

ing

a h

igh

sta

nd

ard

of

read

ines

s th

roug

h, in

ter

alia

, the

co

nduc

t of

chal

leng

e in

spec

tion

exe

rcis

es

Clu

ster

IV

S

tate

s P

artie

s to

take

act

ion

9.11

1(e)

N

oted

that

a n

umbe

r of

issu

es r

elat

ed to

cha

llen

ge

insp

ecti

ons

stil

l rem

aine

d to

be

reso

lved

and

that

th

eir

reso

luti

on is

impo

rtan

t for

cha

llen

ge

insp

ecti

ons,

and

req

uest

ed th

e C

ounc

il t

o co

nti

nu

e it

s d

elib

erat

ion

s in

ord

er t

o re

solv

e th

em

exp

edit

iou

sly

Clu

ster

IV

Cou

ncil

may

con

side

r re

vivi

ng f

acil

itat

ion;

S

ecre

tari

at to

ass

ist

Par

a 9.

88

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

2)

Ass

ista

nce

an

d P

rote

ctio

n A

gain

st C

hem

ical

Wea

pon

s9.

113

Cal

led

for

the

adeq

uate

fun

ding

for

the

OP

CW

’s

assi

stan

ce a

nd p

rote

ctio

n pr

ogra

mm

es, t

hrou

gh t

he

regu

lar

bu

dge

t an

d v

olu

nta

ry f

un

din

g

Clu

ster

III

(b

udge

t fa

cili

tati

on)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

C-1

8/D

EC

.6; C

-19/

DE

C.4

; C-2

0/D

EC

.6;

C-2

1/D

EC

.6.

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 67

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 T

he S

ecre

tari

at c

onti

nues

to s

ensi

tise

and

en

cour

age

Stat

es P

arti

es to

ful

fil t

heir

ob

liga

tion

s in

acc

orda

nce

wit

h su

bpar

agra

ph

7(c)

of

Art

icle

X o

f th

e C

onve

ntio

n du

ring

co

urse

s, r

egio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal

wor

ksho

ps, a

nd o

ther

eve

nts.

T

he A

ssis

tanc

e an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h im

plem

ents

eff

ecti

ve m

easu

res

aim

ed a

t in

crea

sing

eff

ecti

vene

ss in

the

use

of

allo

cate

d re

sour

ces

incl

udin

g:

- be

tter

use

of

avai

labl

e ex

pert

ise

and

faci

liti

es in

the

regi

ons;

-

exch

ange

of

inst

ruct

ors

from

dif

fere

nt

Sta

tes

Par

ties

and

reg

ions

; and

-

annu

al a

ssis

tanc

e co

ordi

nati

on w

orks

hops

, m

eeti

ngs

of r

epre

sent

ativ

es o

f tr

aini

ng

cent

res,

and

oth

er in

itia

tive

s;

9.11

7 E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o m

ake

equ

ipm

ent

rela

ted

to

the

mea

ns

of p

rote

ctio

n a

gain

st t

he

use

of

ch

emic

al w

eap

ons

avai

lab

le, w

ith

out

un

du

e re

stri

ctio

ns,

to

oth

er S

tate

s P

arti

es

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to c

ontin

ue to

take

act

ion;

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

ass

ist;

S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

Con

tinu

ed e

ngag

emen

t wit

h S

tate

s P

arti

es

duri

ng c

ours

es, a

nnua

l mee

ting

s, a

nd o

ther

ev

ents

Par

a 9.

109

of

RC

-2/4

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

.4

of A

nnex

1)

9.11

8(a)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o ta

ke

mea

sure

s to

fu

rth

er s

tren

gth

en it

s ca

pac

ity

to r

espo

nd

prom

ptly

to r

eque

sts

for

assi

stan

ce u

nder

Art

icle

X

and

to in

vest

igat

e th

e al

lege

d us

e of

che

mic

al

wea

pons

, inc

ludi

ng d

evel

opin

g ca

pabi

liti

es to

un

dert

ake

biom

edic

al s

ampl

ing

and

anal

ysis

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Secr

etar

iat t

o ta

ke a

ctio

n

(pro

visi

on o

f ad

ditio

nal r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

);

S/1

134/

2013

, dat

ed 2

8 O

ctob

er 2

013;

S

/116

3/20

14, d

ated

21

Febr

uary

201

4;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

N

ew r

oste

r of

qua

lifi

ed e

xper

ts e

stab

lish

ed

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 an

d fi

rst t

ranc

he o

f ex

pert

s tr

aine

d al

ongs

ide

new

insp

ecto

rs in

Nov

embe

r 20

14;

Ren

ewed

Ass

ista

nce

Coo

rdin

atio

n an

d A

sses

smen

t Tea

m (

AC

AT

) tr

aini

ng a

nd

exer

cise

s in

sert

ed in

the

prog

ram

me

fo

r 20

15 a

nd 2

016;

S

/128

1/20

15, d

ated

1 J

une

2015

. T

he A

CA

T w

ill p

arti

cipa

te in

the

TR

IPL

EX

20

16 in

tern

atio

nal e

xerc

ise,

whi

ch h

as b

een

plan

ned

for

Sep

tem

ber,

in o

rder

to te

st th

e pr

oced

ures

and

fur

ther

exp

osur

e to

the

issu

es

and

chal

leng

es o

f w

orki

ng in

a

mul

ti-n

atio

nal,

mul

ti-o

rgan

isat

iona

l en

viro

nmen

t. T

he S

ecre

tari

at is

sued

two

Not

es r

egar

ding

th

e R

apid

Res

pons

e an

d A

ssis

tanc

e M

issi

on

(RR

AM

): S

/138

1/20

16, d

ated

10

May

201

6 an

d S

/142

9/20

16, d

ated

17

Oct

ober

201

6.

The

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al s

ent a

lette

r con

cern

ing

the

Rap

id R

espo

nse

and

Ass

ista

nce

Mis

sion

(R

RA

M)

to a

ll M

embe

r St

ates

on

13 J

anua

ry 2

017,

as

wel

l as

a re

ques

t to

Stat

es

Part

ies

to id

entif

y R

RA

M f

ocal

poi

nts

on

11 M

ay 2

017.

9.

118(

b)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

enga

ge in

mor

e ac

tive

coo

per

atio

n w

ith

rel

evan

t re

gion

al a

nd

su

bre

gion

al o

rgan

isat

ion

s as

wel

l as

inte

rnat

ion

al o

rgan

isat

ion

s th

at h

ave

man

dat

es

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

T

he S

ecre

tari

at c

onti

nues

to s

eek

furt

her

oppo

rtun

itie

s fo

r co

oper

atio

n w

ith

regi

onal

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 69

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

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ates

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leva

nt

to a

ssis

tan

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nd

pro

tect

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aga

inst

ch

emic

al w

eap

ons.

Suc

h co

oper

atio

n co

uld

incl

ud

e jo

int

exer

cise

s an

d t

rain

ing

incl

udin

g by

th

e us

e of

e-l

earn

ing

mod

ules

and

subr

egio

nal o

rgan

isat

ions

suc

h as

the

CD

EM

A16

of

the

Car

ibbe

an C

omm

unit

y,

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th A

sian

Ass

ocia

tion

for

Reg

iona

l C

oope

rati

on (

2014

sub

regi

onal

pro

ject

), th

e E

ast A

fric

an C

omm

unit

y (E

AC

), E

cono

mic

C

omm

unit

y of

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t Afr

ican

Sta

tes

(EC

OW

AS

), th

e S

outh

ern

Afr

ican

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evel

opm

ent C

omm

unit

y (S

AD

C)

and

disa

ster

man

agem

ent m

echa

nism

s su

ch a

s C

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DE

NA

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bel

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Sys

tem

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tral

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nteg

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e O

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e C

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of H

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A),

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rs;

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tinu

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ith

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r in

tern

atio

nal o

rgan

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ions

suc

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NO

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A (

at g

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orld

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aniz

atio

n (W

HO

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e In

tern

atio

nal C

omm

itte

e of

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RC

), th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns 1

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mit

tee,

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Int

erre

gion

al

Cri

me

and

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earc

h In

stit

ute

(UN

ICR

I), I

NT

ER

PO

L, t

he E

urop

ean

Uni

on

(EU

), a

nd th

e O

rgan

izat

ion

for

Sec

urit

y an

d C

oope

rati

on in

Eur

ope

(OS

CE

).

Mem

bers

of

the

Pro

tect

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Net

wor

k

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DE

MA

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arib

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aste

r E

mer

genc

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ncy.

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a.

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RO

LA

C =

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iona

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for

Lat

in A

mer

ica

and

the

Car

ibbe

an.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

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ollo

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pd

ates

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isto

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ion

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ovid

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omm

ents

and

rec

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enda

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s re

gard

ing

the

resp

ecti

ve C

BR

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ctio

n pl

ans

as d

evel

oped

by

UN

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Sec

reta

riat

wil

l par

tici

pate

in T

RIP

LE

X

2016

wit

h U

NO

CH

A, E

U C

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tect

ion,

th

e W

HO

, the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Hig

h C

omm

issi

oner

for

Ref

ugee

s (U

NH

CR

), a

nd

othe

r in

tern

atio

nal a

nd n

on-g

over

nmen

tal

orga

nisa

tion

s;

The

Sec

reta

riat

has

pro

vide

d th

e re

quir

ed

staf

fing

for

dep

loym

ents

of

Fac

t-F

indi

ng

Mis

sion

s w

ith

rega

rd to

all

eged

use

of

CW

in

coo

pera

tion

wit

h ot

her

UN

age

ncie

s. T

he

Sec

reta

riat

wil

l par

tici

pate

in th

e pl

anne

d T

TE

of

UN

Cou

nter

Ter

rori

sm

Impl

emen

tati

on T

ask

For

ce o

n 19

and

20

Jan

uary

201

7 at

the

OP

CW

.

9.11

8(d)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o im

prov

e co

ord

inat

ion

in t

he

sele

ctio

n o

f it

s re

gion

al

assi

stan

ce a

nd

pro

tect

ion

act

ivit

ies

wit

h t

he

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in e

ach

reg

ion

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

tate

s Pa

rtie

s to

take

act

ion

S

/115

0/20

14, d

ated

28

Janu

ary

2014

; S

/115

4/20

14, d

ated

4 F

ebru

ary

2014

S

/115

5/20

14, d

ated

4 F

ebru

ary

2014

; S

/116

1/20

14, d

ated

19

Febr

uary

201

4;

S/1

170/

2014

, dat

ed 2

6 M

arch

201

4;

S/1

178/

2014

, dat

ed 1

May

201

4;

S/1

179/

2014

, dat

ed 1

May

201

4;

S/1

182/

2014

, dat

ed 8

May

201

4;

S/1

186/

2014

, dat

ed 2

Jun

e 20

14;

S/1

188/

2014

, dat

ed 1

1 Ju

ne 2

014;

S

/119

5/20

14, d

ated

3 J

uly

2014

;

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 71

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 P

aras

6.3

7 to

6.3

9 of

EC

-76/

6.

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

In

201

4, th

e Se

cret

aria

t int

rodu

ced

a ta

ilore

d ap

proa

ch to

trai

ning

foc

used

on

annu

al

trai

ning

cyc

les

cond

ucte

d at

the

regi

onal

le

vel.

Thi

s ap

proa

ch h

as b

een

wel

l rec

eive

d by

Sta

tes

Part

ies

sinc

e its

ince

ptio

n an

d re

mai

ns th

e do

min

ant m

etho

d fo

r di

ssem

inat

ion

of r

egio

nal t

rain

ing

effo

rts

unde

r A

rtic

le X

; P

ilot

pro

ject

1: C

hile

(M

arch

201

4),

Arg

enti

na (

May

201

4), a

nd B

razi

l (A

ugus

t 201

4);

Pil

ot p

roje

ct 2

: Rep

ubli

c of

Kor

ea

(Apr

il 2

014)

, Chi

na (

May

201

4),

and

Qat

ar (

Nov

embe

r 20

14);

P

ilot

pro

ject

3: I

ndia

(A

ugus

t 201

4),

Pak

ista

n (O

ctob

er 2

014)

, and

Qat

ar

(Nov

embe

r 20

14).

S

ubre

gion

al p

roje

cts

cont

inue

d to

be

impl

emen

ted

in C

entr

al A

mer

ica,

and

Wes

t an

d C

entr

al A

fric

a. A

dvan

ced

trai

ning

in

assi

stan

ce a

nd p

rote

ctio

n w

as p

rovi

ded

for

the

firs

t tim

e by

Cos

ta R

ica

wit

h th

e su

ppor

t of

the

Sec

reta

riat

. In

201

5, th

e S

ecre

tari

at c

onti

nued

its

tail

ored

ap

proa

ch to

trai

ning

at t

he r

egio

nal l

evel

. P

roje

cts

1 an

d 2:

Dom

inic

an R

epub

lic

and

Bra

zil

(Mar

ch 2

015)

, A

rgen

tina

(A

pril

201

5) a

nd


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 C

osta

Ric

a (A

ugus

t 201

5), a

nd C

olom

bia

(Nov

embe

r 20

15);

P

roje

ct 3

: Sin

gapo

re (

Mar

ch 2

015)

; The

R

epub

lic

of K

orea

(T

BA

201

5), I

ndon

esia

(J

une

2015

), a

nd Q

atar

(N

ovem

ber

2015

);

Thi

s pr

ojec

t was

fin

alis

ed in

the

firs

t qua

rter

of

201

6 in

Ind

ones

ia.

Pro

ject

4: H

oste

d by

Vie

t Nam

, Lao

s, a

nd

Cam

bodi

a in

May

201

5 an

d su

ppor

ted

by

Chi

na a

nd I

ndon

esia

. P

roje

ct 5

: The

trai

ning

cyc

le f

or

Ara

bic-

spea

king

Sta

tes

Par

ties

aim

ed a

t su

ppor

ting

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

in th

e M

iddl

e E

ast a

nd N

orth

Afr

ica

star

ted

wit

h a

basi

c co

urse

in A

lgie

rs, A

lger

ia in

May

201

5 an

d w

as f

ollo

wed

by

an a

dvan

ced

cour

se a

nd

exer

cise

in Q

atar

in D

ecem

ber

2015

. P

roje

cts

6 an

d 7:

aim

ed a

t sup

port

ing

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

of th

e E

ast A

fric

an

Com

mun

ity

(EA

C)

and

the

Eco

nom

ic

Com

mun

ity

of W

est A

fric

an S

tate

s (E

CO

WA

S)

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t and

st

reng

then

ing

of n

atio

nal a

nd r

egio

nal

capa

citi

es to

res

pond

to th

e us

e, o

r th

reat

of

use,

of

chem

ical

wea

pons

or

othe

r in

cide

nts

invo

lvin

g to

xic

indu

stri

al c

hem

ical

s. A

pl

anni

ng a

nd c

oord

inat

ion

mee

ting

was

hel

d in

Tan

zani

a (A

pril

201

5) a

nd a

sec

ond

mee

ting

for

ris

k as

sess

men

t in

Uga

nda

(May

201

5). A

n ex

erci

se to

clo

se th

e cy

cle

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 73

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 w

as h

eld

in B

razi

l (A

ugus

t 201

5) f

or

Por

tugu

ese-

spea

king

Sta

tes

Par

ties

. A

sub

regi

onal

bas

ic a

nd a

dvan

ced

cour

se f

or

firs

t res

pond

ers

from

Cam

bodi

a, th

e L

ao

Peo

ple’

s D

emoc

rati

c R

epub

lic,

Mya

nmar

, an

d V

iet N

am w

as h

eld

in B

eiji

ng, C

hina

in

Sep

tem

ber

2015

fol

low

ing

requ

ests

fro

m th

e G

over

nmen

ts o

f th

ose

four

Sta

tes

Par

ties

for

ex

pert

adv

ice

and

capa

city

-bui

ldin

g pr

ogra

mm

es in

che

mic

al e

mer

genc

y re

spon

se. A

t the

tim

e, th

e In

stru

ctor

E

xcha

nge

Pro

gram

me

was

als

o co

nduc

ted,

ex

pand

ing

regi

onal

and

inte

rnat

iona

l ne

twor

king

bet

wee

n A

rtic

le X

trai

ning

pr

ovid

ers,

inst

ruct

ors,

and

par

tici

pant

s th

emse

lves

. S/1

277/

2015

, da

ted

18 M

ay 2

015;

S/1

278/

2015

, da

ted

20 M

ay 2

015;

S/1

282/

2015

, da

ted

1 Ju

ne 2

015.

T

he S

ecre

tari

at c

onti

nued

its

tail

ored

ap

proa

ch to

trai

ning

at t

he r

egio

nal l

evel

. T

his

appr

oach

has

enj

oyed

wid

e su

ppor

t by

the

Sta

tes

Par

ties

and

reg

ions

con

cern

ed.

Pro

ject

s 1

and

2: C

olom

bia

(Apr

il 2

016)

; P

roje

ct 3

: Ind

ones

ia

(Apr

il 2

016)

. Pro

ject

8: i

niti

atio

n of

a n

ew

trai

ning

cyc

le f

or G

RU

LA

C –

Per

u (M

arch

201

6); A

rgen

tina

(A

pril

201

6);

Bra

zil (

plan

ned

for

Oct

ober

201

6).

Pro

ject

9: s

ubre

gion

al e

xerc

ise

for

Cen

tral


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 A

mer

ica

and

Mex

ico

(May

201

6).

The

fol

low

ing

trai

ning

cyc

les

com

men

ced

in

2016

: Pr

ojec

t 10:

new

trai

ning

cyc

le f

or

Ara

bic-

spea

king

cou

ntri

es in

Om

an (

Apr

il)

and

Jord

an (

Oct

ober

). P

roje

ct 1

1: S

econ

d an

d th

ird

stag

es o

f tr

aini

ng f

or p

olic

e of

fice

rs:

Rep

ublic

of

Kor

ea, (

July

) an

d M

alay

sia

(Oct

ober

);

EC

-83/

S/1

C-2

1/S/

1, d

ated

8 A

pril

2016

; In

2017

, tw

o na

tiona

l cyc

les

from

the

prev

ious

ye

ar, o

ne b

egin

ning

in S

udan

(S

epte

mbe

r 20

16)

and

the

othe

r in

Leb

anon

(N

ovem

ber

2016

) w

ill p

roce

ed to

the

adva

nced

sta

ge.

Spe

cifi

call

y re

gard

ing

the

Afr

ica

Pro

gram

me,

the

Sec

reta

riat

is im

plem

enti

ng

a ca

pabi

lity

dev

elop

men

t app

roac

h ce

ntre

d on

nat

iona

l nee

ds a

sses

smen

ts d

irec

tly

faci

lita

ted

by S

ecre

tari

at s

taff

. T

his

proc

ess

enjo

yed

nota

ble

succ

ess

in

2016

wit

h as

sess

men

ts in

Cot

e d’

Ivoi

re,

Nig

eria

and

Uga

nda,

and

con

tinu

es in

201

7 w

ith

a na

tion

al a

sses

smen

t com

plet

ed in

B

urki

na F

aso

(10–

13 A

pril

) an

d a

prel

imin

ary

regi

onal

ass

essm

ent f

or th

e S

outh

ern

Afr

ican

Dev

elop

men

t Com

mun

ity

(SA

DC

) in

Zam

bia

(8

–12

May

), w

ith

each

eve

nt r

esul

ting

in

defi

ned,

col

lect

ivel

y va

lida

ted

plan

s fo

r fu

ture

act

ion.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 75

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

118(

d)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

impr

ove

coor

din

atio

n in

th

e se

lect

ion

of

its

regi

onal

as

sist

ance

an

d p

rote

ctio

n a

ctiv

itie

s w

ith

th

e S

tate

s P

arti

es in

eac

h r

egio

n

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

T

he S

ecre

tari

at li

aise

s w

ith

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in

orde

r to

iden

tify

the

need

s of

reg

ions

; it t

hen

deve

lops

tail

ored

trai

ning

. Thi

s is

don

e th

roug

h su

ch a

ctiv

itie

s as

info

rmal

co

nsul

tati

ons,

mee

ting

s of

exp

erts

, and

co

ordi

nati

on a

t the

reg

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l le

vel.

Reg

iona

l tra

inin

g cy

cles

are

des

igne

d an

d de

live

red

in c

lose

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith

the

Sta

tes

Par

ties

of

the

regi

on.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.11

8(e)

U

rged

all

Sta

tes

Par

ties

, par

ticu

larl

y th

ose

that

hav

e no

t yet

don

e so

, to

mak

e th

eir

ann

ual

su

bm

issi

ons

of in

form

atio

n o

n t

hei

r n

atio

nal

pro

gram

mes

re

late

d t

o p

rote

ctiv

e p

urp

oses

in a

tim

ely

fash

ion

, and

req

uest

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o as

sist

S

tate

s P

arti

es w

ith

th

e ti

mel

y co

mp

leti

on o

f th

eir

sub

mis

sion

s

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to a

ssis

t;

The

Sec

reta

riat

con

tinu

es to

sen

siti

se a

nd

enco

urag

e St

ates

Par

ties

to f

ulfi

l the

ir

obli

gati

ons

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

para

grap

h 4

of A

rtic

le X

of

the

Con

vent

ion,

dur

ing

annu

al m

eeti

ngs,

wor

ksho

ps, a

nd o

ther

ev

ents

. A r

emin

der

note

ver

bale

(N

V/I

CA

/AP

B20

3196

/16,

da

ted

14 M

arch

201

6) w

as c

ircu

late

d to

all

S

tate

s P

arti

es in

this

res

pect

.

Par

a 9.

97

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.11

8(f)

U

rged

all

Sta

tes

Par

ties

that

hav

e ye

t to

mak

e of

fers

of

ass

ista

nce

to th

e O

PC

W t

o d

o so

as

req

uir

ed b

y A

rtic

le X

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

take

act

ion;

Sec

reta

riat

to

cont

inue

to

assi

st;

The

Sec

reta

riat

con

tinu

es t

o se

nsit

ise

and

enco

urag

e S

tate

s pa

rtie

s to

ful

fil

thei

r ob

liga

tion

s in

acc

orda

nce

wit

h pa

ragr

aph

7 of

Art

icle

X o

f th

e C

onve

ntio

n, d

urin

g an

nual

mee

ting

s, w

orks

hops

, and

oth

er

even

ts.

Par

a 9.

102

of

RC

-2/4

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

.4

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

118(

g)

Req

uest

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e ev

alu

atin

g th

e of

fers

of

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

and

dona

tion

of

equi

pmen

t and

kee

p S

tate

s P

arti

es in

form

ed a

bout

ho

w th

ese

can

be o

ptim

ised

and

abo

ut a

ny p

robl

ems

requ

irin

g at

tent

ion

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n

OP

CW

don

ated

79

refu

rbis

hed

lapt

ops

to

Nat

iona

l Aut

hori

ties

in A

fric

an R

egio

n an

d G

RU

LA

C;

OP

CW

fac

ilit

ated

a d

onat

ion

init

iate

d by

S

eedi

ng L

abs

to e

quip

a c

ompl

ete

labo

rato

ry

in Y

aoun

dé, C

amer

oon.

T

he S

ecre

tari

at is

wor

king

on

sett

ing

up a

da

taba

se o

f li

st o

f do

nati

ons

and

requ

ests

to

be m

ade

avai

labl

e on

line

to M

embe

r S

tate

s.

Par

a 9.

93

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.11

8(h)

R

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

revi

ew a

nd

kee

p u

p t

o d

ate

the

OP

CW

dat

a ba

nk o

n pr

otec

tion

, its

cur

rent

li

sts

of e

xper

ts, b

oth

wit

hin

the

Sec

reta

riat

and

fro

m

Sta

tes

Par

ties

(in

clud

ing

thos

e li

sted

in p

arag

raph

7

of P

art X

I of

the

Ver

ific

atio

n A

nnex

and

thos

e in

th

e P

rote

ctio

n N

etw

ork)

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n.

Par

a 6.

17 o

f E

C-7

2/4;

E

C-7

3/S

/3, d

ated

10

June

201

3;

EC

-76/

S/2

, dat

ed 1

1 Ju

ne 2

014

EC

-82/

S/2

, dat

ed 7

Jun

e 20

16;

EC

-85/

S/3

, dat

ed 1

6 Ju

ne 2

017.

T

he S

ecre

tari

at is

sei

zing

the

oppo

rtun

ity

pres

ente

d by

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f th

e ex

tran

et

to e

xplo

re r

e-en

gine

erin

g th

e A

ssis

tanc

e an

d P

rote

ctio

n D

atab

ase

to in

clud

e el

ectr

onic

pa

ra 4

and

par

a 7

subm

issi

on f

unct

iona

lity

.

Par

as 9

.98

an

d 9.

99 o

f R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.11

8(i)

E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o fa

cili

tate

an

d m

ake

mat

eria

ls a

nd

eq

uip

men

t-re

late

d a

ssis

tan

ce

avai

lab

le t

o ot

her

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to a

ssis

t and

su

ppor

t the

vic

tim

s of

che

mic

al w

eapo

ns, w

itho

ut

undu

e re

stri

ctio

ns

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

ecre

tari

at to

co

ntin

ue to

ass

ist

EC

-74/

DG

.12

C-1

8/D

G.1

3,

date

d 9

Sep

tem

ber

2013

; P

aras

9.2

0 an

d 9.

21 o

f C

-18/

5;

Par

a 6.

31 o

f E

C-7

9/6;

E

C-7

9/S

/5, d

ated

17

June

201

5

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.11

8(j)

E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o co

ntr

ibu

te t

o th

e vo

lun

tary

fu

nd

reg

ard

ing

the

Inte

rnat

ion

al

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

take

act

ion

P

ara

6.26

of

EC

-74/

5;

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 77

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

up

por

t N

etw

ork

for

Vic

tim

s of

Ch

emic

al

Wea

pon

s in

ord

er to

enh

ance

the

hum

anit

aria

n ai

ms

of th

e ne

twor

k

faci

lita

tion

) A

gui

debo

ok f

or p

ract

itio

ners

on

the

med

ical

man

agem

ent

of c

hem

ical

cas

ualt

ies

was

dev

elop

ed a

s a

tool

for

all

vic

tim

s of

ch

emic

al w

arfa

re. T

he e

lect

roni

c ve

rsio

n w

as m

ade

avai

labl

e to

pra

ctit

ione

rs a

nd

med

ical

pro

fess

iona

ls w

orld

wid

e, a

nd

thro

ugh

the

OP

CW

’s I

nter

nati

onal

Sup

port

N

etw

ork

web

site

. W

ork

star

ted

wit

h an

ini

tial

mee

ting

of

a gr

oup

of i

nter

nati

onal

exp

erts

in

Apr

il 2

015

and

foll

owin

g a

seco

nd m

eeti

ng i

n O

ctob

er 2

015

the

guid

eboo

k w

as l

aunc

hed

at a

sid

e ev

ent

duri

ng C

SP

-20

on

30 N

ovem

ber

2015

. A

n in

tern

atio

nal

cour

se o

n m

edic

al a

spec

ts

of a

ssis

tanc

e an

d pr

otec

tion

aga

inst

ch

emic

al w

eapo

ns w

as h

eld

in K

auna

s,

Lit

huan

ia i

n Ju

ne 2

015,

and

the

nex

t in

tern

atio

nal

cour

se f

ocus

ing

on m

ass

casu

alty

man

agem

ent

in c

hem

ical

inc

iden

ts

was

hel

d in

Chi

na i

n M

ay 2

016.

E

C-8

0/D

G.1

2 C

-20/

DG

.10,

da

ted

9 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15;

Par

as 9

.19

an

d 9.

20 o

f C

-20/

5.

of A

nnex

1)

9.11

8(k)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e O

PC

W t

o en

gage

in m

ore

acti

ve

invo

lvem

ent

and

par

tici

pat

ion

of

rele

van

t ci

vil

soci

ety

orga

nis

atio

ns

and

ch

emic

al in

du

stry

as

soci

atio

ns

in th

e as

sist

ance

and

pro

tect

ion

prog

ram

mes

Clu

ster

I

(Art

icle

X

faci

lita

tion

)

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion

by w

ay

of e

duca

tion

and

out

reac

h si

de e

vent

s in

volv

ing

civi

l soc

iety

org

anis

atio

ns a

nd

chem

ical

indu

stry

ass

ocia

tions

, inc

ludi

ng in

C

hile

(M

arch

201

4), C

hina

(A

pril

201

4), t

he C

zech

Rep

ubli

c

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

I.4

of

Ann

ex 1

)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 (M

ay 2

014)

, Bra

zil (

Aug

ust 2

014)

, S

inga

pore

(M

arch

201

5) a

nd P

ardu

bice

, C

zech

Rep

ubli

c (M

ay 2

015)

. C

-19/

DG

.14;

C-1

9/D

EC

.2; S

/129

3/20

15,

date

d 1

July

201

5;

C-2

0/D

G.1

5; C

-20/

DE

C.2

. In

Apr

il 2

016,

the

Sec

reta

riat

par

tici

pate

d in

a

mee

ting

on

a jo

int I

CC

A-O

PC

W p

roje

ct,

held

in W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C.

The

Sec

reta

riat

con

tinu

ed to

take

act

ion

by

way

of

educ

atio

n an

d ou

trea

ch s

ide

even

ts

invo

lvin

g ci

vil s

ocie

ty o

rgan

isat

ions

and

ch

emic

al in

dust

ry a

ssoc

iati

ons.

The

se

outr

each

eve

nts

cont

inue

d th

roug

hout

201

6 pr

ogra

mm

es.

C-2

1/D

EC

.3;

At i

ts T

wen

ty-F

irst

Ses

sion

, the

Con

fere

nce

note

d a

Not

e by

the

D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

on

enga

ging

the

chem

ical

in

dust

ry a

ssoc

iatio

ns

(C-2

1/D

G.1

5, d

ated

3 O

ctob

er 2

016)

. R

epre

sent

ativ

es o

f th

e gl

obal

che

mic

al

indu

stry

and

the

scie

ntif

ic c

omm

unity

ad

dres

sed

the

Con

fere

nce.

9.

118(

l)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

incl

ude

in it

s an

nual

re

port

on

the

of im

plem

enta

tion

of

Art

icle

X a

n

eval

uat

ion

of

the

resu

lts

of it

s p

rogr

amm

es

un

der

Art

icle

X

Clu

ster

I

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion;

E

C-7

7/D

G.3

, dat

ed 1

2 A

ugus

t 201

4

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 2

Oct

ober

201

4;

A n

ew a

ppro

ach

to e

valu

atin

g A

ssis

tanc

e an

d Pr

otec

tion

Bra

nch

(APB

) pr

ogra

mm

es w

as

tria

lled

in 2

015.

The

bra

nch

pilo

ted

the

use

of

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 79

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 pr

e- a

nd p

ost-

test

s to

mea

sure

the

know

ledg

e ga

ined

by

trai

ning

pro

gram

me

part

icip

ants

. In

addi

tion,

an

eval

uatio

n of

the

regi

onal

ca

paci

ty-b

uild

ing

activ

ities

con

duct

ed in

201

4 w

as c

arri

ed o

ut. T

he o

bjec

tive

of th

is

eval

uatio

n w

as to

impr

ove

the

outc

omes

of

the

regi

onal

cap

acity

-bui

ldin

g pr

ogra

mm

e,

ensu

re th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

use

of

reso

urce

s, a

nd

supp

ort t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of r

esul

ts-b

ased

m

anag

emen

t (R

BM

) in

its

impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

e A

PB p

rogr

amm

e an

d bu

dget

. E

C-8

3/D

G.4

/Rev

.1, d

ated

5 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16.

Ann

ual b

rief

ings

by

the

Secr

etar

iat t

o th

e C

ounc

il on

the

stat

us o

f im

plem

enta

tion

of

Art

icle

X c

ontin

ue.

Eco

nom

ic a

nd T

echn

olog

ical

Dev

elop

men

t9.

122

Whi

le n

otin

g S

tate

s P

arti

es’

scie

ntif

ic a

nd

tech

nolo

gica

l coo

pera

tion

in th

e pe

acef

ul u

ses

of

chem

istr

y on

a n

on-d

iscr

imin

ator

y ba

sis,

the

Thi

rd

Rev

iew

Con

fere

nce

call

ed u

pon

all S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o fa

cili

tate

and

en

han

ce s

uch

coo

per

atio

n

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Stat

es P

artie

s to

take

act

ion;

Se

cret

aria

t Act

iviti

es:

Ana

lytic

al s

kills

dev

elop

men

t cou

rses

(A

SDC

s) in

coo

pera

tion

with

Sta

tes

Part

ies

- Fr

om 2

013

to 2

017:

Ana

lytic

al c

hem

istr

y co

urse

(A

CC

) (F

renc

h) in

Tun

isia

for

Afr

ican

St

ates

Par

ties;

AC

C (

Eng

lish

and

Ara

bic)

in

Jord

an; A

CC

(R

ussi

an)

in U

krai

ne; A

SDC

(S

pani

sh)

in S

pain

; AC

C f

or c

usto

ms

serv

ices

la

bora

tori

es (

Pola

nd);

and

ASD

C, i

n Fi

nlan

d;

ASD

C in

Sw

eden

; AC

C f

or A

fric

an S

tate

s Pa

rtie

s (S

outh

Afr

ica)

, ; B

asic

and

Adv

ance

d Pr

ofic

ienc

y T

estin

g C

ours

es (

The

N

ethe

rlan

ds),

Par

a 9.

118

of

RC

-2/4

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.1

of

Ann

ex 1

)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 -

Res

earc

h Pr

ojec

ts S

uppo

rt P

rogr

amm

e,

Fello

wsh

ip P

rogr

amm

e, a

nd C

onfe

renc

e Su

ppor

t Pro

gram

mes

. 9.

126

Enc

oura

ged

the

pro

mot

ion

of

a sa

fety

an

d

secu

rity

cu

ltu

re r

egar

din

g ch

emic

al f

acil

itie

s an

d

of t

ran

spor

tati

on o

f to

xic

chem

ical

s

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Secr

etar

iat t

o co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion

(pro

visi

on o

f ad

ditio

nal r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

); S

tate

s Pa

rtie

s to

take

act

ion;

S/

1105

/201

3, d

ated

14

June

201

3;

S/12

57/2

015,

dat

ed 1

3 M

arch

201

5;

Secr

etar

iat a

ctiv

ities

: A

s pe

r 9.

79(e

) as

set

out

abo

ve.

S/13

62/2

016,

dat

ed 7

Mar

ch 2

016.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.13

1(c)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e C

ounc

il t

o co

nti

nu

e th

e on

goin

g fa

cili

tati

on p

roce

ss in

ord

er t

o d

elib

erat

e an

d

exp

lore

, as

app

rop

riat

e, a

dd

itio

nal

mea

sure

s w

ith

in a

n a

gree

d f

ram

ewor

k t

o en

sure

th

e fu

ll,

effe

ctiv

e, a

nd

non

-dis

crim

inat

ory

imp

lem

enta

tion

of

all p

rovi

sion

s of

Art

icle

XI

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Cou

ncil

to c

ontin

ue to

take

act

ion;

Se

cret

aria

t to

cont

inue

to a

ssis

t; Pa

ras

6.21

to 6

.24

of E

C-7

2/4;

Pa

ras

6.23

and

6.2

4 of

EC

-74/

5;

Para

s 7.

28 a

nd 7

.30

of E

C-7

5/2

Faci

litat

ion

ongo

ing;

Par

a 4.

3 of

EC

-76/

6;

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e Se

cret

aria

t, up

load

ed

on 1

0 Ju

ly 2

014;

Par

as 6

.25

to 6

.27

of

EC

-77/

4; P

ara

6.34

of

EC

-79/

6 Pa

ra 7

.30

of E

C-8

0/4*

; Par

as 1

7.2

an

d 17

.3 o

f C

-20/

5; P

aras

6.3

7 to

6.4

1 of

E

C 8

3/5;

Par

a 17

.4 o

f C

-21/

5.T

he S

ecre

tari

at

orga

nise

d a

Rev

iew

and

Eva

luat

ion

Wor

ksho

p on

the

Com

pone

nts

of a

n A

gree

d Fr

amew

ork

for

the

Full

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

A

rtic

le X

I (C

-16/

DE

C.1

0, d

ated

1

Dec

embe

r 20

11)

in N

ovem

ber

2016

to

cont

inue

dis

cuss

ions

on

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Art

icle

XI.

Par

a 9.

114

of

RC

-2/4

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.1

of

Ann

ex 1

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 81

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

131(

c)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Cou

ncil

to

con

tin

ue

the

ongo

ing

faci

lita

tion

pro

cess

in o

rder

to

del

iber

ate

and

ex

plo

re, a

s ap

pro

pri

ate,

ad

dit

ion

al m

easu

res

wit

hin

an

agr

eed

fra

mew

ork

to

ensu

re t

he

full

, ef

fect

ive,

an

d n

on-d

iscr

imin

ator

y im

ple

men

tati

on o

f al

l pro

visi

ons

of A

rtic

le X

I

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Cou

ncil

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to a

ssis

t P

aras

6.2

1 to

6.2

4 of

EC

-72/

4;

Par

as 6

.23

and

6.24

of

EC

-74/

5;

Par

as 7

.28

and

7.30

of

EC

-75/

2 F

acil

itat

ion

ongo

ing;

Par

a 4.

3 of

EC

-76/

6;

Non

pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at, u

ploa

ded

on

10

July

201

4; P

aras

6.2

5 to

6.2

7

of E

C-7

7/4;

Par

a 6.

34 o

f E

C-7

9/6

Par

a 7.

30 o

f E

C-8

0/4*

; Par

as 1

7.2

an

d 17

.3 o

f C

-20/

5.

Par

a 9.

114

of

RC

-2/4

(E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.1

of

Ann

ex 1

)

9.13

1(d)

R

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

pre

par

e an

d s

ub

mit

, on

a r

egu

lar

bas

is, c

oncr

ete

pro

gram

mes

an

d

acti

ons

rele

vant

for

Sta

tes

Par

ties

rel

ated

to th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

Art

icle

XI,

as

wel

l as

to r

epor

t to

th

e C

onfe

ren

ce o

n t

he

pro

gres

s m

ade

in th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

deci

sion

on

the

com

pone

nts

of a

n ag

reed

fra

mew

ork

for

the

full

impl

emen

tati

on

of A

rtic

le X

I (C

-16/

DE

C.1

0, d

ated

1

Dec

embe

r 20

11)

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-74/

DG

.13

C-1

8/D

G.1

4,

date

d 9

Sep

tem

ber

2013

; S

tatu

s of

pro

gram

mes

impl

emen

ted

and

subm

itte

d to

the

Cou

ncil

and

Con

fere

nce;

E

C-7

7/D

G.2

0 C

-19/

DG

.12,

da

ted

18 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14;

EC

-80/

DG

.10

C-2

0/D

G.8

, da

ted

8 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15; E

C-8

3/D

G.1

7 C

-21/

DG

.14,

dat

ed 2

1 Se

ptem

ber

2016

. A

new

init

iati

ve o

n gr

een

chem

istr

y fo

r no

n-to

xic

subs

titu

tes

for

the

chem

ical

in

dust

ry w

as la

unch

ed in

201

6 w

ith

an

Exp

ert G

roup

mee

ting

taki

ng p

lace

on

Apr

il 1

5; S

ubse

quen

t act

ions

on

gree

n ch

emis

try

by th

e S

ecre

tari

at in

clud

ed:

S/1

414/

2016

, dat

ed 3

0 A

ugus

t 201

6 an

d S

/134

9/20

16, d

ated

4 F

ebru

ary

2016

and

C

orr.

1, d

ated

26

Aug

ust 2

016;

The

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

ecre

tari

at s

uppo

rted

and

con

trib

uted

to th

e IU

PA

C19

con

fere

nce

on g

reen

che

mis

try

from

4 to

8 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16 in

Ven

ice,

Ita

ly.

9.13

1(f)

R

ecom

men

ded

that

all

OP

CW

pro

gram

mes

rel

atin

g to

Art

icle

XI

shou

ld b

e im

prov

ed th

roug

h ev

alua

tion

of

thei

r ef

fect

iven

ess,

wit

h a

view

to

ensu

ring

that

they

are

res

pons

ive

to th

e ne

eds

of

bene

fici

ary

Sta

tes

Par

ties

, in

orde

r to

opt

imis

e re

sour

ce u

se a

nd e

ffec

tive

ness

. Thi

s sh

ould

invo

lve

cons

ulta

tion

s be

twee

n S

tate

s P

arti

es a

nd th

e S

ecre

tari

at, a

imed

at a

chie

vin

g a

clea

r u

nd

erst

and

ing

of th

e co

mpe

tenc

ies

avai

labl

e, th

e ne

eds

of S

tate

s P

arti

es, a

nd th

e re

quir

emen

ts o

f th

e C

onve

ntio

n

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

ecre

tari

at to

co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion;

E

valu

atio

ns h

ave

been

und

erta

ken

and

perf

orm

ed f

or e

ach

Sec

reta

riat

pro

gram

me

rela

ting

to A

rtic

le X

I.

The

Sec

reta

riat

invi

ted

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

sub

mit

thei

r ne

eds

on c

hem

ical

saf

ety

and

secu

rity

(S/

1362

/201

6, d

ated

7 M

arch

201

6 an

d S

/148

3/20

17 d

ated

30

Mar

ch 2

017)

. T

he S

ecre

tari

at p

ubli

shed

the

firs

t rep

ort o

n N

eeds

and

Bes

t Pra

ctic

es o

n C

hem

ical

S

afet

y an

d S

ecur

ity

Man

agem

ent o

n 30

Nov

embe

r 20

16.

The

Sec

reta

riat

org

anis

ed n

eeds

ass

essm

ent

and

best

pra

ctic

es w

orks

hops

in L

atvi

a in

20

16 a

nd C

amer

oon

and

Indo

nesi

a in

201

7.

The

Sec

reta

riat

pub

lish

ed th

e in

form

al p

aper

on

the

need

s an

d be

st p

ract

ices

on

the

inte

grat

ed c

hem

ical

man

agem

ent o

n 7

June

201

7 ba

sed

on th

e ou

tcom

e of

the

wor

ksho

p to

mea

sure

suc

h ne

eds

and

prac

tice

s he

ld in

Jak

arta

, Ind

ones

ia.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.13

1(g)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at a

nd S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o co

nsi

der

aug

men

tin

g pr

ogra

mm

es t

o as

sist

S

tate

s P

arti

es, u

pon

req

ues

t, in

mai

nta

inin

g an

d

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

S/1

159/

2014

, dat

ed 1

4 Fe

brua

ry 2

014

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

19

IU

PA

C =

Int

erna

tiona

l Uni

on o

f P

ure

and

App

lied

Che

mis

try.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 83

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 d

evel

opin

g th

eir

anal

ytic

al s

kil

ls a

nd

lab

orat

ory

cap

abil

itie

s in

su

pp

ort

of N

atio

nal

Au

thor

itie

s S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

As

per

9.12

2 ab

ove.

-

init

iate

d co

nstr

ucti

on o

f a

trai

ning

la

bora

tory

at t

he R

ijsw

ijk

faci

lity

; S

ince

201

5, p

rofi

cien

cy te

st c

ours

es h

ave

been

off

ered

at t

he n

ew tr

aini

ng f

acil

ity

of

the

OP

CW

Lab

orat

ory

in R

ijsw

ijk:

The

fir

st

adva

nced

pro

fici

ency

test

cou

rse

was

hel

d fr

om 1

8 to

22

May

201

5.

S/1

283/

2015

, dat

ed 4

Jun

e 20

15.

In 2

016,

pro

fici

ency

test

trai

ning

cla

sses

for

pa

rtic

ipan

ts f

rom

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

wer

e he

ld

from

9 to

13

May

, 18

to 2

0 M

ay, a

nd 3

to

7 O

ctob

er; i

n 20

17 a

Bas

ic A

naly

tica

l T

rain

ing

Cou

rse

for

Wom

en C

hem

ists

was

he

ld 3

–5 M

ay a

nd a

n an

alyt

ical

ski

lls

deve

lopm

ent c

ours

e in

the

fram

ewor

k of

tr

aini

ng f

or P

rofi

cien

cy te

stin

g w

as

orga

nise

d in

Pre

tori

a jo

intl

y w

ith

Prot

echn

ik

from

22

May

to 2

Jun

e 20

17.

The

Lab

orat

ory

Tw

inni

ng I

niti

ativ

e w

as

laun

ched

in 2

016

to f

acil

itat

e la

bora

tori

es in

ob

tain

ing

OP

CW

des

igna

tion

(S

/139

7/20

16

date

d 14

Jul

y 20

16).

9.

131(

h)

Req

uest

ed th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nue

faci

lita

tin

g an

d p

rom

otin

g th

e p

rovi

sion

, up

on r

equ

est,

of

exp

ert

advi

ce o

n th

e pe

acef

ul u

ses

of c

hem

istr

y to

an

d am

ong

Sta

tes

Par

ties

, inc

ludi

ng s

uppo

rtin

g co

oper

atio

n pr

ojec

ts a

mon

g S

tate

s Pa

rtie

s

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

R

esou

rce

pers

ons

util

ised

to p

rovi

de

chem

ical

saf

ety

and

secu

rity

man

agem

ent

wor

ksho

ps/s

emin

ars;

S

/119

8/20

14, d

ated

8 J

uly

2014

;

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

/123

6/20

16, S

/125

7/20

15, S

/129

7/20

15,

S/1

326/

2016

, S/1

365/

2016

; S/1

438/

2016

, da

ted

22 N

ovem

ber

2016

, and

S/1

453/

2017

, da

ted

20 J

anua

ry 2

017,

S/1

465/

2017

, dat

ed

15 F

ebru

ary

2017

, S/1

473/

2017

, dat

ed

2 M

arch

201

7 an

d S

/150

0/20

17, d

ated

31

May

201

7.

9.13

1(i)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e Se

cret

aria

t to

coor

dina

te it

s ac

tivi

ties

w

ith

thos

e of

oth

er r

elev

ant i

nter

nati

onal

and

re

gion

al o

rgan

isat

ions

as

appr

opri

ate,

in o

rder

to

build

on

exis

ting

com

pete

ncie

s, d

evel

op s

yner

gies

, and

av

oid

dupl

icat

ion

of e

ffor

ts

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Act

ivit

ies

wer

e co

ordi

nate

d w

ith

inte

rnat

iona

l and

reg

iona

l che

mic

al s

cien

tifi

c so

ciet

ies,

e.g

. IU

PA

C (

a M

oU w

as s

igne

d on

1

Dec

embe

r 20

16),

IF

S,20

E-S

AL

AM

A,21

th

e A

mer

ican

Che

mic

al S

ocie

ty (

AC

S),

the

N

atio

nal A

cade

mie

s of

Sci

ence

s of

the

US

A,

the

Bra

zili

an A

cade

my

of S

cien

ces,

the

Bra

zili

an C

hem

ical

Soc

iety

and

CE

FIC

, as

wel

l as

UN

ICR

I, th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al’s

Sci

enti

fic

Adv

isor

y B

oard

(S

AB

), th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns

Env

iron

men

t Pro

gram

me

(UN

EP

), th

e B

iolo

gica

l Wea

pons

Con

vent

ion

Impl

emen

tati

on S

uppo

rt U

nit,

the

ICC

A, t

he

Wor

ld C

usto

ms

Org

anis

atio

n, th

e C

ompr

ehen

sive

Nuc

lear

Tes

t Ban

Tre

aty

Org

anis

atio

n (C

TB

TO

) an

d ot

hers

, and

pr

esen

tati

ons

give

n at

IO

MC

and

OE

CD

m

eeti

ngs.

Sub

para

9.1

16(g

)

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

20

IF

S =

Int

erna

tiona

l Fou

ndat

ion

for

Sci

ence

. 21

E

-SA

LA

MA

= E

ast a

nd S

outh

ern

Afr

ica

Lab

orat

ory

Man

ager

s A

ssoc

iatio

n.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 85

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 R

epre

sent

ativ

es o

f IU

PA

C h

ave

also

ad

dres

sed

the

Con

fere

nce

(C-1

9/D

EC

.2;

C-2

0/D

EC

.2; C

-21/

DE

C.3

).

9.13

1(j)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e to

dev

elop

re

lati

onsh

ips

and

par

tner

ship

s w

ith

oth

er

rele

van

t b

odie

s, n

atio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal,

that

are

w

orki

ng to

pro

mot

e th

e pe

acef

ul a

nd r

espo

nsib

le

use

of c

hem

istr

y, in

clud

ing

capa

city

bui

ldin

g

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ivit

ies:

A

s pe

r 9.

131(

i) a

bove

; E

C-8

3/S

/1 C

-21/

S/1

.A n

ew p

artn

ersh

ip w

as

esta

blis

hed

wit

h T

WA

S to

org

anis

e w

orks

hops

on

poli

cy a

nd d

iplo

mac

y fo

r sc

ient

ists

: The

fir

st e

vent

was

hel

d in

Sou

th

Afr

ica

from

18

to 2

0 O

ctob

er 2

016

(S/1

393/

2016

, dat

ed 9

Jun

e 20

16);

an

MoU

w

ith

IUP

AC

was

sig

ned

on

1 D

ecem

ber

2016

.

Sub

para

9.1

16(h

)

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.13

1(k)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

tate

s P

arti

es a

nd th

e S

ecre

tari

at

to p

rom

ote

the

OP

CW

’s r

ole

as a

pla

tfor

m f

or

volu

ntar

y co

nsul

tati

on a

nd c

oope

rati

on a

mon

g S

tate

s P

arti

es in

the

area

s of

che

mic

al s

afet

y an

d se

curi

ty, i

nclu

ding

thro

ugh

the

exch

ange

s of

in

form

atio

n an

d be

st p

ract

ices

, and

to

sup

por

t n

atio

nal

cap

acit

y b

uil

din

g, u

pon

requ

est

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n; S

ecre

tari

at to

ta

ke a

ctio

n;

S/1

129/

2013

, dat

ed 3

0 Se

ptem

ber

2013

; S

/114

7/20

14, d

ated

9 J

anua

ry 2

014;

S

/116

6/20

14, d

ated

11

Mar

ch 2

014;

S

/139

5/20

16, d

ated

13

June

201

6;

Sec

reta

riat

act

ions

: C

hem

ical

saf

ety

and

secu

rity

man

agem

ent

wor

ksho

ps/s

emin

ars

wer

e he

ld in

the

foll

owin

g co

untr

ies

thro

ugh

volu

ntar

y co

ntri

buti

ons

from

the

EU

: Ger

man

y, Q

atar

, th

e R

epub

lic

of K

orea

, and

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

of A

mer

ica

in 2

015,

and

Bra

zil,

Cyp

rus,

G

erm

any,

Lat

via,

and

Qat

ar in

201

6.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.13

1(l)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e to

dev

elop

re

lati

ons

and

par

tner

ship

s as

app

ropr

iate

wit

h C

lust

er I

V

(Art

icle

XI

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n th

roug

h al

l Art

icle

XI

prog

ram

mes

; S

ubpa

ra 9

.116

(h)

of

RC

-2/4


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

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k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

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isto

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f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 re

leva

nt r

egio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal o

rgan

isat

ions

, as

wel

l as

chem

ical

indu

stry

ass

ocia

tion

s, th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

, aca

dem

ia, a

nd c

ivil

soc

iety

, in

orde

r to

rai

se

awar

enes

s of

the

Art

icle

XI

acti

viti

es o

f th

e O

PC

W

faci

lita

tion

) E

ngag

emen

t wit

h ch

emic

al in

dust

ry

asso

ciat

ions

; (C

-19/

DG

.14,

C-1

9/D

EC

.2,

C-2

0/D

G.1

5; C

-20/

DE

C.2

; C-2

1/D

G.1

5;

C-2

1/D

EC

.3);

P

aras

9.1

, 9.2

, and

9.3

of

EC

-79/

6;

EC

-79/

DG

.11;

S/1

293/

2015

; A

t its

Eig

hty-

Thi

rd S

essi

on, t

he C

ounc

il

note

d a

Not

e by

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al o

n an

M

oU o

n co

oper

atio

n be

twee

n th

e O

PC

W

and

the

Wor

ld C

usto

ms

Org

aniz

atio

n (E

C-8

2/D

G.1

5, d

ated

14

June

201

6) a

nd

cons

ider

ed a

nd a

dopt

ed, a

s am

ende

d, a

de

cisi

on o

n th

e m

atte

r (E

C-8

3/D

EC

.3, d

ated

13

Oct

ober

201

6) (

para

14

of E

C-8

3/5)

.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.13

1(m

) R

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

mak

e th

e in

form

atio

n

rele

van

t to

inte

rnat

ion

al c

oop

erat

ion

act

ivit

ies

avai

lab

le t

o th

e N

atio

nal A

uth

orit

ies

in a

tim

ely

fash

ion

on th

e ex

tern

al s

erve

r, a

s w

ell a

s to

mak

e th

e ab

ove

info

rmat

ion

mor

e w

idel

y p

ub

lici

sed

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n th

roug

h th

e in

form

atio

n se

rvic

e (E

C-8

6/IN

F.1

, S

ecti

on I

V.1

of

Ann

ex 1

)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 87

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

131(

n)

Cal

led

upon

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

con

tinu

e im

ple

men

tin

g th

e O

PC

W P

rogr

amm

e to

S

tren

gth

en C

oop

erat

ion

wit

h A

fric

a on

the

Che

mic

al W

eapo

ns C

onve

ntio

n, a

nd o

ther

ap

prop

riat

e pr

ogra

mm

es, a

s w

ell a

s to

pro

vid

e fe

edb

ack

on

a r

egu

lar

bas

is o

n t

he

acti

viti

es a

nd

p

rogr

ess

mad

e in

th

is r

egar

d

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-74/

DG

.6 C

-18/

DG

.8,

date

d 20

Aug

ust 2

013;

P

ara

10 o

f E

C-7

4/5;

P

ara

19 o

f C

-18/

5; S

/115

6/20

14,

date

d 6

Feb

ruar

y 20

14; E

C-7

5/D

G.5

, dat

ed

17 F

ebru

ary

2014

; A

ll S

ecre

tari

at p

rogr

amm

es w

ith

Afr

ican

pa

rtic

ipan

ts; f

eedb

ack

subm

itte

d th

roug

h th

e N

ote

by th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

on

the

Pro

gram

me

to S

tren

gthe

n C

oope

rati

on w

ith

Afr

ica;

E

C-7

7/D

G.2

1 C

-19/

DG

.13,

da

ted

23 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14; P

ara

10

of E

C-7

7/4;

Par

a 20

of

C-1

9/5;

E

C-8

0/D

G.1

0 C

-20/

DG

.8,

date

d 8

Sep

tem

ber

2015

E

C-8

0/D

G.5

C-2

0/D

G.6

, da

ted

25 A

ugus

t 201

5; P

ara

13

of E

C-8

0/4*

; Par

a 19

of

C-2

0/5;

E

C-8

3/D

G.1

5 C

-21/

DG

.13,

dat

ed

15 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16; P

ara

11 o

f E

C83

/5;

Par

as 1

9.1

and

19.2

of

C-2

1/5.

A

t its

Eig

hty-

Fou

rth

Ses

sion

, the

Cou

ncil

no

ted

a N

ote

by th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

on

the

Fou

rth

Pha

se o

f th

e P

rogr

amm

e to

S

tren

gthe

n C

oope

rati

on w

ith

Afr

ica

on th

e C

hem

ical

Wea

pons

Con

vent

ion

(EC

-84/

DG

.18,

dat

ed 1

7 F

ebru

ary

2017

).

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

131(

o)

Enc

oura

ged

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

mai

nta

in a

n a

lum

ni

asso

ciat

ion

of

the

Ass

ocia

te P

rogr

amm

e an

d ot

her

capa

city

-bui

ldin

g pr

ogra

mm

es in

ord

er to

pre

serv

e le

sson

s le

arne

d an

d ex

peri

ence

gai

ned

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

An

alum

ni a

ssoc

iati

on o

f th

e A

ssoc

iate

P

rogr

amm

e w

as e

stab

lish

ed in

201

2 us

ing

a F

aceb

ook

grou

p pa

ge a

s a

plat

form

. It i

s re

gula

rly

mai

ntai

ned

and

curr

entl

y co

nsti

tute

s an

eff

ecti

ve p

latf

orm

for

in

tera

ctio

n am

ong

alum

ni. T

he a

ssoc

iati

on

also

hel

d fo

ur a

nnua

l mee

ting

s be

twee

n 20

13

and

2016

. ht

tp:/

/ww

w.o

pcw

.org

/spe

cial

-sec

tion

s/

asso

ciat

e-al

umni

-ass

ocia

tion

/ U

sing

a F

aceb

ook

grou

p, th

e S

ecre

tari

at a

lso

esta

blis

hed

an a

lum

ni n

etw

ork

on th

e ch

emic

al s

afet

y an

d se

curi

ty m

anag

emen

t pr

ogra

mm

e, th

e w

omen

in c

hem

istr

y in

itia

tive

, and

the

foru

m o

n pe

acef

ul u

ses

of

chem

istr

y in

201

6.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.13

1(p)

E

ncou

rage

d th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o ex

pan

d t

he

use

of

e-le

arn

ing

as o

ne o

f th

e m

eans

for

cap

acit

y-bu

ildi

ng a

nd o

utre

ach

acti

viti

es

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le X

I fa

cili

tati

on)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n (p

rovi

sion

of

addi

tion

al r

esou

rces

to b

e co

nsid

ered

); T

his

is b

eing

sup

port

ed a

s pa

rt

of th

e S

ecre

tari

at’s

e-l

earn

ing

init

iati

ve.

http

://w

ww

.opc

w.o

rg/o

pcw

-e-l

earn

ing/

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.1

of A

nnex

1)

9.13

1(q)

U

nder

take

to

revi

ew t

hei

r ex

isti

ng

nat

ion

al

regu

lati

ons

in t

he

fiel

d o

f tr

ade

in c

hem

ical

s in

or

der

to r

ende

r th

em c

onsi

sten

t wit

h th

e ob

ject

and

pu

rpos

e of

the

Con

vent

ion

Clu

ster

IV

(A

rtic

le V

II

faci

lita

tion

)

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

Six

trai

ning

cou

rses

con

duct

ed f

or th

e cu

stom

s au

thor

itie

s of

Sta

tes

Par

ties

:

- A

fric

a, A

sia,

Eas

tern

Eur

ope,

and

G

RU

LA

C in

201

4, 2

015

and

2016

; -

A tr

aini

ng-o

f-tr

aine

rs c

ours

e fo

r re

pres

enta

tive

s of

cus

tom

s tr

aini

ng

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

IV

.3

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 89

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 in

stit

utio

ns (

2016

and

201

7);

- F

our

inte

rnsh

ips

for

lega

l dra

fter

s in

201

4,

four

in 2

015,

and

thre

e in

201

6;

- L

egal

wor

ksho

p fo

r P

ortu

gues

e-sp

eaki

ng

coun

trie

s in

Afr

ica

in 2

016;

-

Tra

inin

g co

urse

s co

nduc

ted

for

the

cust

oms

auth

orit

ies

of S

tate

s P

arti

es in

Afr

ica,

Asi

a,

Eas

tern

Eur

ope,

and

GR

UL

AC

in

201

4, 2

015,

and

201

6;

The

Sec

reta

riat

sig

ned

a M

oU w

ith

the

Wor

ld C

usto

ms

Org

aniz

atio

n (W

CO

) in

Ja

nuar

y 20

17 to

syn

ergi

se a

nd s

tren

gthe

n th

e ca

paci

ty-b

uild

ing

acti

viti

es o

f bo

th

orga

nisa

tion

s, w

ith

a vi

ew to

str

engt

heni

ng

cont

rol o

f th

e tr

ade

and

tran

sfer

of

dual

-use

ch

emic

als.

P

arti

cipa

tion

in th

e W

CO

Cou

ncil

Mee

ting

in

Jul

y 20

17.

Leg

al w

orks

hops

hel

d in

Bar

bado

s an

d G

eorg

ia (

2017

).

Th

e P

rote

ctio

n o

f C

onfi

den

tial

In

form

atio

n9.

136(

a)

Whi

le n

otin

g an

incr

ease

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

Sta

tes

Par

ties

that

hav

e pr

ovid

ed th

e de

tail

s of

thei

r ha

ndli

ng o

f th

e in

form

atio

n pr

ovid

ed to

them

by

the

OP

CW

, urg

ed th

e re

mai

ning

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

pro

vid

e th

em e

xped

itio

usl

y

Clu

ster

III

S

tate

s P

arti

es to

take

act

ion

P

ara

9.12

3

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1

of A

nnex

2)

9.13

6(b)

E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es t

o re

view

th

eir

pra

ctic

es in

ass

ign

ing

leve

ls o

f cl

assi

fica

tion

to

con

fid

enti

al in

form

atio

n, p

arti

cula

rly

that

re

late

d t

o ch

emic

al w

eap

ons

des

tru

ctio

n, a

nd

if

Clu

ster

III

S

tate

s P

arti

es to

take

act

ion

P

ara

9.12

4

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 p

ossi

ble

, and

in a

ccor

dan

ce w

ith

th

e S

tate

s P

arti

es’

conf

iden

tial

ity

pro

ced

ure

s, t

o ad

just

th

e cl

assi

fica

tion

leve

l th

ey a

ssig

n t

o su

ch

info

rmat

ion,

in o

rder

to in

crea

se w

ork

effi

cien

cy

and

ensu

re th

e sm

ooth

fun

ctio

ning

of

the

syst

em to

pr

otec

t con

fide

ntia

lity

of A

nnex

2)

9.13

6(c)

C

alle

d on

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

con

tin

ue

assi

stin

g S

tate

s P

arti

es in

imp

rovi

ng

thei

r ha

nd

lin

g of

co

nfi

den

tial

info

rmat

ion

Clu

ster

III

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion;

N

on-p

aper

by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, upl

oade

d

on 1

2 Ju

ly 2

013

EC

-81/

DG

.10

C-2

1/D

G.3

, da

ted

19 F

ebru

ary

2016

; Par

a 15

.2 o

f E

C-8

3/5;

Par

as 9

.5 a

nd 9

.6 o

f C

-21/

5.

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-84/

DG

.16

C-2

2/D

G.2

, da

ted

14 F

ebru

ary

201

7 E

C-8

5/D

G.2

2 C

-22/

DG

.6,

date

d 23

Jun

e 20

17; E

C-8

5/D

EC

.6,

date

d 12

Jul

y 20

17; E

C-8

5/D

EC

.7,

date

d 12

Jul

y 20

17

Th

e G

ener

al F

un

ctio

nin

g of

th

e O

rgan

isat

ion

for

th

e P

roh

ibit

ion

of

Ch

emic

al W

eap

ons

9.13

8 C

alle

d fo

r th

e ad

equa

te f

undi

ng f

or th

e fu

ncti

onin

g of

the

Org

anis

atio

n, th

roug

h th

e re

gula

r b

ud

get

and

vol

un

tary

fu

nd

ing

Clu

ster

III

(b

udge

t fa

cili

tati

on)

Con

fere

nce

and

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

C-1

8/D

EC

.6; C

-19/

DE

C.4

E

urop

ean

Cou

ncil

Dec

isio

n 20

15,

conc

erni

ng th

e si

xth

EU

vol

unta

ry

cont

ribu

tion

in s

uppo

rt o

f O

PC

W, w

as

adop

ted

on 1

7 F

ebru

ary

2015

by

the

EU

C

ounc

il a

nd e

nter

ed in

to f

orce

in

Mar

ch 2

015.

C

-20/

DE

C.6

; S/1

354/

2016

; S/1

364/

2016

;

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

III

.1

of A

nnex

1)

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 91

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 S

/137

0/20

16; C

-21/

DE

C.6

; S/1

388/

2016

; S

/139

1/20

16 a

nd C

orr.

1; S

/139

6/20

16;

S/1

403/

2016

; S/1

418/

2016

; S/1

425/

2016

; S

/143

4/20

16; S

/144

1/20

16; a

nd S

/144

9/20

17

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 6

Feb

ruar

y 20

17;

S/1

462/

2017

; S/1

476/

2017

; S/1

486/

2017

; an

d S

/149

5/20

17; S

/150

2/20

17;

S/1

514/

2017

. 9.

141

Not

ed th

e SA

B r

epor

t (R

C-3

/DG

.1, d

ated

29

Oct

ober

201

2) a

nd th

e re

spon

se b

y th

e

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al th

eret

o (R

C-3

/DG

.2, d

ated

31

Jan

uary

201

3) …

req

uest

ed th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

an

d th

e C

ounc

il t

o ta

ke

into

acc

ount

th

e re

com

men

dat

ion

s m

ade

ther

ein

Clu

ster

s I

and

II

(che

mic

al

wea

pons

and

In

dust

ry C

lust

er

faci

lita

tion

s)

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Cou

ncil

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Par

as 7

.1 a

nd 7

.2 o

f E

C-7

4/5;

E

C-7

7/D

G.1

0; E

C-7

7/D

G.1

1; P

aras

7.1

to

7.2

of

EC

-77/

4; E

C-8

0/D

G.7

; P

aras

9.1

to 9

.3 o

f C

-20/

5 S

/134

3/20

16; S

/134

4/20

16; E

C-8

2/D

G.1

3,

date

d 7

June

201

6; S

/145

0/20

17,

date

d 16

Jan

uary

201

7;

EC

-84/

DG

.9, d

ated

18

Janu

ary

2017

.

(EC

-86/

INF

.1,

Sec

tion

II.

1(ii

)

of A

nnex

2)

9.14

5 W

hile

reaf

firm

ing

the

auto

nom

ous

and

inde

pend

ent

stat

us o

f the

OPC

W, w

hile

bea

ring

in m

ind

that

the

OPC

W is

not

an

anti-

terr

oris

m o

rgan

isat

ion,

took

co

gnis

ance

of t

he re

leva

nt re

solu

tions

of t

he U

nite

d N

atio

ns o

n co

mba

ting

terr

oris

m a

nd, w

ith a

vie

w to

en

ablin

g St

ates

Par

ties

that

see

k in

tern

atio

nal

coop

erat

ion

in th

e co

ntex

t of t

heir

nat

iona

l, re

gion

al,

and

subr

egio

nal e

ffor

ts, u

nder

scor

ed th

e ne

ed to

ex

plor

e fu

rthe

r co

oper

atio

n on

this

issu

e an

d bu

ild

on e

xist

ing

wor

k w

ith

rele

vant

inte

rnat

iona

l

OE

WG

22 o

n T

erro

rism

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

EC

-72/

DG

.7, d

ated

25

Apr

il 2

013;

E

C-7

2/W

P.1

, dat

ed 1

9 F

ebru

ary

2013

; N

on-p

aper

by

the

OE

WG

on

Ter

rori

sm,

uplo

aded

on

8 O

ctob

er 2

013;

E

C-7

5/D

G.3

, dat

ed 1

2 Fe

brua

ry 2

014;

Par

as

11.1

to 1

1.2

of E

C-7

5/2,

da

ted

7 M

arch

201

4; E

C-7

8/D

G.6

, da

ted

5 F

ebru

ary

2015

; Par

as 1

0.1

an

d 10

.2 o

f E

C-7

8/2;

(EC

-81/

INF.

1,

Ann

ex 1

)

22

O

EW

G =

ope

n-en

ded

wor

king

gro

up.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 or

gani

sati

ons

and

inte

rnat

iona

l bod

ies

that

dea

l w

ith

the

pote

ntia

l thr

eats

of c

hem

ical

terr

oris

m

Non

-pap

er b

y th

e S

ecre

tari

at u

ploa

ded

on

7 A

pril

201

5;

Par

a 17

.1 o

f E

C-7

9/6;

E

C-8

0/W

P.1

, dat

ed 5

Oct

ober

201

5;

Par

as 1

7.2

to 1

7.4

of E

C-8

0/4*

. T

he O

PC

W is

co-

chai

r of

the

UN

CT

ITF

(C

ount

er-T

erro

rism

Im

plem

enta

tion

Tas

k F

orce

) W

orki

ng G

roup

on

Pre

vent

ing

and

Res

pond

ing

to W

eapo

ns o

f M

ass

Des

truc

tion

A

ttac

ks. I

n M

arch

201

6, th

e W

orki

ng G

roup

ga

ve a

pre

sent

atio

n at

OP

CW

Hea

dqua

rter

s en

titl

ed “

Proj

ect o

n E

ffec

tive

Int

er-A

genc

y In

tero

pera

bili

ty a

nd C

oord

inat

ed

Com

mun

icat

ion

in C

ase

of C

hem

ical

and

/or

Bio

logi

cal A

ttac

ks”.

As

part

of

Pha

se I

I of

th

e pr

ojec

t an

inte

r-ag

ency

tabl

e-to

p ex

erci

se

took

pla

ce a

t OP

CW

Hea

dqua

rter

s on

19

and

20 J

anua

ry 2

017;

P

aras

9.1

to 9

.3 o

f E

C-8

1/2;

EC

-81/

DG

.7,

date

d 9

Feb

ruar

y 20

16; E

C-8

1/W

P.1

, da

ted

22 F

ebru

ary

2016

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed

17 M

arch

201

6;

EC

-81/

WP

.2, d

ated

15

Mar

ch 2

016;

E

C-8

3/S

/1 C

-21/

S/1

; EC

-82/

WP

.1,

date

d 7

July

201

6;

EC

-83/

WP

.1, d

ated

7 O

ctob

er 2

016;

an

d E

C-8

3/W

P.2

, dat

ed 1

3 O

ctob

er 2

016;

E

C-8

5/W

P.1

, dat

ed 2

3 Ju

ne 2

017;

E

C-8

5/W

P.2

, dat

ed 1

3 Ju

ly 2

017.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 93

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

146

Not

ed th

e re

leva

nce

of th

e C

ounc

il d

ecis

ion

of 2

001

(EC

-XX

VII

/DE

C.5

, dat

ed 7

Dec

embe

r 20

01)

…

furt

her

enco

urag

ed th

e O

EW

G t

o co

nti

nu

e to

fu

lfil

it

s m

and

ate

OE

WG

on

Ter

rori

sm

Cou

ncil

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

Sec

reta

riat

to c

onti

nue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

The

OE

WG

on

Ter

rori

sm h

eld

its

mee

ting

s on

3 M

arch

, 7 J

uly,

an

d 23

Oct

ober

201

4;

Par

as 4

9 to

51

of E

C-7

2/D

G.1

0*,

date

d 6

May

201

3; P

aras

13.

2 an

d 13

.3

of E

C-7

2/4;

Par

as 6

5 an

d 66

of

EC

-75/

DG

.10,

dat

ed 4

Mar

ch 2

014;

P

aras

11.

1 an

d 11

.2 o

f E

C-7

5/2;

P

ara

79 o

f E

C-7

6/D

G.1

8, d

ated

8 J

uly

2014

; P

ara

74 o

f E

C-7

7/D

G.2

7,

date

d 7

Oct

ober

201

4;

Par

a 22

of

EC

-78/

DG

.13,

da

ted

17 M

arch

201

5;

The

OE

WG

on

Ter

rori

sm m

et o

n

16 M

arch

, 6 J

uly,

and

5 O

ctob

er 2

015;

N

on-p

aper

upl

oade

d on

1 M

ay 2

015;

S

/125

4/20

15, d

ated

9 M

arch

201

5;

S/1

291/

2015

, dat

ed 2

6 Ju

ne 2

015.

S

/132

5/20

15, d

ated

6 N

ovem

ber

2015

; T

he O

EW

G o

n T

erro

rism

met

on

14 M

arch

201

6 an

d 11

Jul

y 20

16;

Par

as 9

.1, 9

.2 a

nd 9

.3 o

f E

C-8

1/2;

Act

ivit

ies

of th

e su

b-w

orki

ng g

roup

on

non

-Sta

te a

ctor

s (E

C-8

1/W

P.1

, da

ted

22 F

ebru

ary

2016

and

Cor

r.1,

da

ted

17 M

arch

201

6);

EC

-81/

DG

.7.;S

/139

5/20

16,

date

d 13

Jun

e 20

16; S

/138

7/20

16,

EC

-XX

VII

/DE

C.5

; P

ara

9.13

7

of R

C-2

/4

(EC

-86/

INF

.1

Ann

ex 1

)


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 da

ted

19 M

ay 2

016;

EC

-82/

WP

.1

date

d 7

July

201

6; E

C-8

3/W

P.1

; and

E

C-8

3/W

P.2

. Par

as 7

.1 to

7.3

of

EC

-83/

5;

EC

-85/

WP

.1, d

ated

23

June

201

7;

EC

-85/

WP

.2, d

ated

13

July

201

7 9.

150

Enc

oura

ged

Sta

tes

Par

ties

that

are

in a

rrea

rs t

o en

ter

into

a p

aym

ent

pla

n in

th

is r

egar

d

Clu

ster

III

S

tate

s P

arti

es to

take

act

ion;

S

ecre

tari

at to

ass

ist;

E

C-7

4/D

G.1

4 C

-18/

DG

.15,

da

ted

17 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13; P

ara

8.9

of

EC

-74/

5; P

ara

16.3

of

C-1

8/5;

E

C-7

7/D

G.1

4 C

-19/

DG

.10,

dat

ed

10 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14;

Par

a 8.

16 o

f E

C-7

7/4;

Par

a 17

.7 o

f C

-19/

5;

EC

-80/

DG

.6 C

-20/

DG

.7,

date

d 28

Aug

ust 2

015;

EC

-80/

DG

.18

C

-20/

DG

.14,

dat

ed 1

5 Se

ptem

ber

2015

; P

ara

12.1

6 of

EC

-80/

4*; P

ara

16.6

of

C-2

0/5.

P

ara

10.1

3 of

EC

-83/

5; E

C-8

3/D

G.7

C

-21/

DG

.8, d

ated

1 S

epte

mbe

r 20

16; P

ara

16.3

of

C-2

1/5.

Par

a 9.

144

of

RC

-2/4

; C

-11/

DE

C.5

, dat

ed

7 D

ecem

ber

2006

9.15

2 R

ecal

led

the

deci

sion

of

the

Con

fere

nce

at it

s S

ixth

S

essi

on (

C-V

I/D

EC

.9, d

ated

17

May

200

1) o

n th

e eq

ual t

reat

men

t of

all o

ffic

ial O

PC

W la

ngua

ges

and

call

ed f

or f

urth

er im

pro

vem

ents

, in

clu

din

g re

gula

r u

pd

atin

g of

th

e w

ebsi

te, s

ust

ain

ing

the

hig

h le

vel o

f tr

ansl

atio

n, a

nd

con

tin

uin

g to

mee

t th

e in

terp

reta

tion

req

uir

emen

ts a

t se

ssio

ns

of t

he

Con

fere

nce

an

d t

he

Cou

nci

l

Clu

ster

III

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

(pro

visi

on o

f ad

diti

onal

res

ourc

es to

be

cons

ider

ed);

S

ecre

tari

at a

ctiv

itie

s:

The

Sec

reta

riat

und

erto

ok a

com

preh

ensi

ve

upda

ting

of

the

OP

CW

off

icia

l pub

lic

web

site

to im

prov

e th

e us

er-f

rien

dlin

ess

and

publ

ic a

cces

s to

all

rel

evan

t OP

CW

in

form

atio

n.

C-V

I/D

EC

.9;

Par

a 9.

146

of

RC

-2/4

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 95

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 A

t the

end

of

2015

, the

Sec

reta

riat

con

duct

ed

a su

rvey

on

serv

ices

pro

vide

d to

the

poli

cy-m

akin

g or

gans

; 100

% o

f re

spon

dent

s ra

ted

tran

slat

ion

and

inte

rpre

tati

on s

ervi

ces

as s

atis

fact

ory

or b

ette

r.

Par

a 56

of

C-2

1/D

G.1

7.

9.15

4 U

rged

con

tinu

ed c

onsu

ltat

ions

to

mak

e p

rogr

ess

on o

uts

tan

din

g is

sues

rel

ated

to

the

imp

lem

enta

tion

of

the

Hea

dq

uar

ters

Agr

eem

ent

Hos

t Cou

ntry

C

omm

itte

e H

ost C

ount

ry C

omm

itte

e/C

ounc

il to

co

ntin

ue to

take

act

ion;

S

ecre

tari

at to

ass

ist;

E

C-7

4/H

CC

/1 C

-18/

HC

C/2

, da

ted

30 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13; P

ara

12

of E

C-7

4/5;

Par

a 21

.8 o

f C

-18/

5;

EC

-75/

HC

C/1

/Rev

.1

C-1

9/H

CC

/1/R

ev.1

, dat

ed 6

Mar

ch 2

014;

P

ara

10 o

f E

C-7

5/2;

Par

a 12

of

EC

-77/

4;

C-1

9/H

CC

/2, d

ated

4 D

ecem

ber

2014

; P

ara

21.6

of

C-1

9/5;

EC

-78/

HC

C/1

/Rev

.1

C-2

0/H

CC

/1/R

ev.1

, dat

ed 1

9 M

arch

201

5;

Par

a 13

of

EC

-78/

2; P

ara

15 o

f E

C-8

0/4*

; P

ara

21.5

of

C-2

0/5.

T

he H

ost C

ount

ry C

omm

itte

e an

d th

e C

ounc

il to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

wit

h as

sist

ance

of

the

Sec

reta

riat

. P

ara

12 o

f E

C-8

1/2;

Par

a 13

of

EC

-83/

5;

Par

a 21

.6 o

f C

-21/

5.

Par

a 9.

148

of

RC

-2/4

9.15

5(a)

C

alle

d up

on th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o en

sure

pro

mp

t an

d

tim

ely

pro

duct

ion

of

doc

um

ents

rel

ated

to

the

pol

icy-

mak

ing

orga

ns,

and

to

enh

ance

eff

icie

ncy

an

d e

ffec

tive

nes

s in

th

is r

egar

d

Clu

ster

III

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n C

-VI/

DE

C.9


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

155(

b)

Enc

oura

ged

Sta

tes

Par

ties

to

con

sid

er s

up

por

tin

g th

e w

ork

of

the

SA

B b

y m

akin

g vo

lunt

ary

cont

ribu

tion

s to

its

trus

t fun

d an

d to

con

sid

er a

gr

eate

r in

volv

emen

t an

d p

arti

cipa

tion

of

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in t

he

info

rmat

ion

ses

sion

s or

gan

ised

by

the

SA

B

Clu

ster

III

S

tate

s P

artie

s to

take

act

ion;

S

/111

9/20

13, d

ated

24

July

201

3;

S/1

237/

2015

, dat

ed 2

2 Ja

nuar

y 20

15;

S/1

344/

2016

; S/1

450/

2017

; in

2014

, the

S

ecre

tari

at in

itia

ted

regu

lar

brie

fing

s by

the

SA

B C

hair

pers

on a

nd “

Scie

nce

for

Dip

lom

ats”

bri

efin

gs to

fac

ilit

ate

furt

her

enga

gem

ent w

ith

Sta

tes

Par

ties

.

Par

a 9.

132

of

RC

-2/4

9.15

5(c)

E

ncou

rage

d S

tate

s P

arti

es a

nd th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nu

e to

kee

p t

he

con

verg

ence

of

chem

istr

y an

d b

iolo

gy u

nd

er r

evie

w, i

nclu

ding

thro

ugh

the

SA

B te

mpo

rary

wor

king

gro

up o

n th

e co

nver

genc

e of

che

mis

try

and

biol

ogy,

and

enc

oura

ged

grea

ter

inte

ract

ion

betw

een

rele

vant

exp

erts

Clu

ster

III

Se

cret

aria

t to

cont

inue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

EC

-74/

DG

.1, P

ara

7.2

of E

C-7

4/5;

S

AB

-21/

WP

.2, d

ated

25

Nov

embe

r 20

13;

C-1

8/N

AT

.10,

dat

ed 5

Dec

embe

r 20

13;

SA

B/R

EP

/1/1

4, d

ated

27

June

201

4;

SA

B-2

1/1,

dat

ed 2

7 Ju

ne 2

014;

Par

as 7

.1

and

7.2

of E

C-7

7/4;

T

he T

WG

com

plet

ed te

rms

of r

efer

ence

and

re

leas

ed f

inal

rep

ort:

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tp:/

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w.o

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ex.p

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8 D

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espo

nse:

EC

-77/

DG

.10,

da

ted

5 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14;

Sw

itze

rlan

d ho

sted

wor

ksho

ps o

n th

e is

sue

in O

ctob

er 2

014

and

Sep

tem

ber

2016

—bo

th

wor

ksho

ps in

clud

ed b

rief

ings

fro

m th

e S

ecre

tari

at a

nd a

n op

enin

g st

atem

ent w

as

deli

vere

d by

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al a

t the

20

16 e

vent

; S

AB

-22/

1, d

ated

21

July

201

5 S

AB

-23/

1, d

ated

22

Apr

il 2

016

The

TW

G C

hair

and

SA

B C

hair

pro

vide

d

Par

a 9.

145

of

RC

-2/4

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 97

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 br

iefi

ngs

to B

WC

Mee

ting

s of

Exp

ert a

nd

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in 2

013

and

2014

. T

he S

AB

C

hair

and

Sci

ence

Pol

icy

Adv

isor

pro

vide

d a

brie

fing

to B

WC

Mee

ting

s of

Exp

ert a

nd

Sta

tes

Par

ties

in 2

015.

S

AB

-24/

1, d

ated

28

Oct

ober

201

6; T

he

Sec

reta

riat

del

iver

ed a

sta

tem

ent d

urin

g th

e ge

nera

l deb

ate

of th

e 8t

h B

WC

Rev

iew

C

onfe

renc

e in

Nov

embe

r 20

16, a

nd S

AB

m

embe

rs a

nd th

e S

cien

ce P

olic

y A

dvis

er

prov

ided

a s

ide-

even

t bri

efin

g.

SAB

-25/

WP.

1.

SAB

-25/

1*.

The

Sec

reta

riat p

artic

ipat

ed in

a w

orks

hop

on

chem

ical

fore

nsic

s he

ld a

t the

Nat

iona

l Mee

ting

of th

e A

mer

ican

Che

mic

al S

ocie

ty in

Apr

il 20

17.

The

Sci

enti

fic

Adv

isor

y B

oard

hel

d a

wor

ksho

p on

em

ergi

ng te

chno

logi

es

(SA

B-2

6/W

P.1

).

9.15

5(d)

C

alle

d up

on S

tate

s P

arti

es a

nd th

e S

ecre

tari

at, a

s pa

rt o

f ef

fort

s to

pro

mot

e th

e et

hica

l nor

ms

of th

e C

onve

ntio

n, t

o en

cou

rage

an

d p

rom

ote

effo

rts

by

the

app

rop

riat

e n

atio

nal a

nd

inte

rnat

ion

al

pro

fess

ion

al b

odie

s to

incu

lcat

e aw

aren

ess

amon

gst

scie

nti

sts

and

en

gin

eers

at

an e

arly

st

age

in t

hei

r tr

aini

ng

that

the

know

ledg

e an

d te

chno

logi

es u

sed

for

bene

fici

al p

urpo

ses

shou

ld

only

be

used

for

pur

pose

s no

t pro

hibi

ted

unde

r th

is

Con

vent

ion

Clu

ster

IV

S

tate

s P

artie

s to

take

act

ion;

W

orks

hops

hel

d on

10

and

11 M

arch

, and

17

and

18 S

epte

mbe

r 20

15 to

sup

port

an

init

iati

ve o

n C

onve

ntio

n-ba

sed

ethi

cal

guid

elin

es f

or c

hem

ists

—th

ese

wor

ksho

ps

prod

uced

the

Hag

ue E

thic

al G

uide

line

s,

(htt

ps:/

/ww

w.o

pcw

.org

/spe

cial

-sec

tion

s/sc

ienc

e-te

chno

logy

/the

-hag

ue-e

thic

al-

guid

elin

es/)

whi

ch h

ave

been

end

orse

d by

IU

PA

C a

nd u

sed

as th

e ba

sis

of th

e G

loba

l C

hem

ists

Cod

e of

Eth

ics.


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 A

t the

For

ty-S

ixth

Mee

ting

of

the

Cou

ncil

, th

e de

lega

tion

of

Ger

man

y pr

esen

ted

a pr

opos

al e

ntit

led

“Fro

m th

e H

ippo

crat

ic

Oat

h to

a N

ew E

thic

al a

nd M

oral

Gui

deli

ne

for

Che

mis

ts”.

The

Cou

ncil

wel

com

ed

init

iati

ng a

dis

cuss

ion

on th

e su

bjec

t mat

ter

for

cons

ider

atio

n (p

ara

7.2

of E

C-M

-46/

3,

date

d 19

Nov

embe

r 20

14).

T

he C

onfe

renc

e w

elco

med

the

init

iati

ve f

or

a te

xt o

f C

onve

ntio

n-ba

sed

ethi

cal g

uide

line

s fo

r ch

emic

al p

rofe

ssio

nals

and

invi

ted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to in

form

the

Cou

ncil

of

its

effo

rts

(par

a 23

.3 o

f C

-19/

5) f

or th

e ad

vanc

emen

t of

the

init

iati

ve a

nd it

s ob

ject

ives

in c

lose

col

labo

rati

on w

ith

rele

vant

pro

fess

iona

l and

che

mic

al in

dust

ry

orga

nisa

tion

s.

The

Con

fere

nce

enco

urag

ed S

tate

s P

arti

es to

di

scus

s th

e m

atte

r fu

rthe

r.

Dur

ing

the

Seve

nty-

Eig

hth

Ses

sion

of

the

Cou

ncil

, the

Sec

reta

riat

info

rmed

the

Cou

ncil

of

its

effo

rts

in th

is r

egar

d

(par

a 9.

2 of

EC

-78/

2).

The

Con

fere

nce

at it

s T

wen

tiet

h S

essi

on

ackn

owle

dged

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

“T

he H

ague

Eth

ical

Gui

deli

nes”

, an

incl

usiv

e te

xt d

raft

ed b

y ch

emis

try

prac

titi

oner

s fr

om S

tate

s P

arti

es in

all

re

gion

s of

the

wor

ld to

ser

ve a

s “G

uide

line

s fo

r th

e P

ract

ice

of C

hem

istr

y un

der

the

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 99

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 N

orm

s of

the

Che

mic

al W

eapo

ns

Con

vent

ion”

. The

gui

deli

nes

cons

titu

te a

n im

port

ant s

tep

tow

ard

adva

ncin

g un

ders

tand

ing

amon

g ch

emis

try

prac

titi

oner

s of

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f nu

rtur

ing

resp

onsi

ble

and

ethi

cal n

orm

s fo

r sc

ient

ific

res

earc

h an

d de

velo

pmen

t. T

he C

onfe

renc

e en

cour

aged

S

tate

s P

arti

es, t

he S

ecre

tari

at, a

nd a

ll

rele

vant

sta

keho

lder

s to

pro

mot

e aw

aren

ess

of th

ese

guid

elin

es a

nd th

eir

poss

ible

ap

plic

atio

n, a

nd r

eque

sted

that

the

Adv

isor

y B

oard

on

Edu

cati

on a

nd O

utre

ach

cont

ribu

te

to th

is e

ffor

t;

Par

a 23

.3 o

f C

-20/

5.P

ara

23.2

of

C-2

0/5;

the

SA

B V

ice-

Cha

irpe

rson

pro

vide

d a

brie

fing

on

The

Hag

ue E

thic

al G

uide

line

s to

the

8th

BW

C R

evie

w C

onfe

renc

e in

N

ovem

ber

2016

(as

par

t of

a si

de e

vent

or

gani

sed

by th

e S

AB

).

9.15

5(e)

U

rged

all

Sta

tes

Par

ties

, par

ticu

larl

y th

ose

that

are

tw

o or

mor

e ye

ars

in a

rrea

rs, t

o re

gula

rise

th

eir

pay

men

ts, r

elat

ed to

thei

r as

sess

ed c

ontr

ibut

ions

, w

itho

ut d

elay

and

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

the

Fin

anci

al

Reg

ulat

ions

and

Rul

es

Clu

ster

III

A

lrea

dy c

over

ed u

nder

9.1

50 a

bove

; E

C-7

4/D

G.5

C-1

8/D

G.7

, da

ted

20 A

ugus

t 201

3; E

C-7

7/D

G.8

C

-19/

DG

.9, d

ated

1 S

epte

mbe

r 20

14;

EC

-77/

DG

.8 C

-19/

DG

.9,

date

d 1

Sep

tem

ber

2014

; E

C-8

0/D

G.6

C-2

0/D

G.7

; E

C-8

3/D

G.7

C-2

1/D

G.8

.

Par

a 9.

144

of

RC

-2/4

; C

-11/

DE

C.5

9.15

5(f)

R

eque

sted

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al t

o co

nti

nu

e to

re

por

t re

gula

rly

to t

he

Cou

nci

l on

th

e co

nti

nue

d

imp

lem

enta

tion

of

the

ten

ure

pol

icy,

incl

udin

g

Clu

ster

III

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

EC

-73/

DG

.1, d

ated

10

June

201

3;

EC

-76/

DG

.7, d

ated

3 J

une

2014

;

EC

-M-2

2/D

EC

.1.

date

d

28 M

arch

200

3;


RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 th

e im

plic

atio

ns f

or th

e O

PC

W’s

eff

ecti

vene

ss a

nd

effi

cien

cy a

nd a

ny li

mit

ed e

xcep

tion

s to

the

norm

al

poli

cy th

at m

ay b

e ne

cess

ary

on th

ese

grou

nds

EC

-79/

DG

.5, d

ated

4 M

ay 2

015;

P

ara

11.8

of

EC

-79/

6.

At i

ts E

ight

y-S

econ

d S

essi

on, t

he C

ounc

il

cons

ider

ed a

nd n

oted

a r

epor

t by

the

Dir

ecto

r-G

ener

al o

n th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

tenu

re p

olic

y in

201

5 (E

C-8

2/D

G.6

, da

ted

29 A

pril

201

6); E

C-8

5/D

G.6

, dat

ed

5 M

ay 2

017

and

Cor

r.1,

dat

ed 1

0 M

ay 2

017.

Par

a 9.

139

of

RC

-2/4

9.15

5(g)

E

mph

asis

ed th

e im

port

ance

of c

onti

nuin

g to

hav

e an

op

en a

nd tr

ansp

aren

t pol

icy

for

recr

uiti

ng s

taff

and

un

derl

ined

the

need

for

mai

ntai

ning

wit

hin

the

Secr

etar

iat c

hem

ical

wea

pons

-spe

cifi

c ex

pert

ise

and

payi

ng d

ue c

onsi

dera

tion

to g

eogr

aphi

cal a

nd

gend

er b

alan

ce

Clu

ster

IV

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

9.14

and

9.

155(

h)

Com

mit

men

t tha

t the

OPC

W r

emai

n th

e gl

obal

re

posi

tory

of

know

ledg

e an

d ex

pert

ise

on th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

Con

vent

ion

and

thei

r de

sire

th

at th

e T

echn

ical

Sec

reta

riat

pre

sen

t p

rop

osal

s fo

r en

suri

ng c

onti

nu

ity

in it

s k

now

led

ge b

ase

and

exp

erti

se (

Par

t A: P

olit

ical

Dec

lara

tion

) S

tres

sed

that

the

OP

CW

sho

uld

rem

ain

th

e gl

obal

re

pos

itor

y of

kn

owle

dge

an

d e

xper

tise

wit

h re

gard

to c

hem

ical

wea

pons

dis

arm

amen

t, th

e ve

rifi

cati

on o

f th

eir

non-

poss

essi

on a

nd n

on-u

se,

and

thei

r de

stru

ctio

n, a

nd r

eque

sted

the

Sec

reta

riat

to

iden

tify

an

d im

ple

men

t w

ays

of e

nsu

rin

g co

nti

nu

ity

in it

s k

now

led

ge b

ase

and

exp

erti

se in

th

ese

area

s

Clu

ster

IV

C

onfe

renc

e an

d C

ounc

il to

take

act

ion;

S

ecre

tari

at to

con

tinu

e to

take

act

ion

(pro

visi

on o

f ad

diti

onal

res

ourc

es to

be

cons

ider

ed);

S

ecre

tari

at s

ubm

itte

d a

non-

pape

r

on 1

8 Ju

ne 2

013;

P

ara

13.5

of

EC

-73/

6;

non-

pape

r by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, su

bmit

ted

on 1

8 S

epte

mbe

r 20

13;

non-

pape

r by

the

Sec

reta

riat

, sub

mit

ted

on

3 O

ctob

er 2

013;

Par

a 9.

3 of

EC

-74/

5;

S/1

172/

2014

, dat

ed 1

0 A

pril

201

4;

S/1

276/

2015

, dat

ed 1

8 M

ay 2

015.

EC-86/S/6

Annex 1 page 101

RC

-3/3

* R

ef.

Tas

k

Clu

ster

2 / F

acil

itat

ion

F

ollo

w-u

p/U

pd

ates

H

isto

ry o

f R

ecom

men

dat

ion

s3 9.

155(

i)

Req

uest

ed th

e D

irec

tor-

Gen

eral

to

kee

p in

vie

w

dev

elop

men

ts in

sci

ence

an

d t

ech

nol

ogy

whe

n id

enti

fyin

g th

e fu

ture

trai

ning

nee

ds o

f th

e S

ecre

tari

at

Clu

ster

III

Se

cret

aria

t to

cont

inue

to ta

ke a

ctio

n;

The

Sci

ence

& T

echn

olog

y M

onit

or

prov

ides

list

s of

tech

nica

l ref

eren

ce

publ

icat

ions

(w

ww

.opc

w.o

rg/

spec

ial-

sect

ions

/sci

ence

-tec

hnol

ogy/

sc

ienc

e-te

chno

logy

-mon

itor

/).

The

SA

B is

con

duct

ing

wor

ksho

ps in

su

ppor

t of

its

repo

rt to

the

Fou

rth

Rev

iew

C

onfe

renc

e du

ring

201

6-20

17.

SA

B-2

4/W

P.1,

dat

ed 1

4 Ju

ly 2

016;

SA

B-2

4/W

P.2,

dat

ed 1

4 O

ctob

er 2

016;

brie

fings

on

bot

h re

ports

wer

e pr

esen

ted

durin

g “S

cien

ce

for D

iplo

mat

s” o

n 30

Nov

embe

r 201

6;

Em

ergi

ng te

chno

logy

and

its

rele

vanc

e to

the

Con

vent

ion

has

been

exp

lore

d in

con

junc

tion

with

UN

ICR

I; a

pres

enta

tion

was

giv

en a

t a s

ide

even

t on

30 N

ovem

ber 2

015

at th

e T

wen

tieth

-Ses

sion

of t

he C

onfe

renc

e an

d on

28

Nov

embe

r 201

6 of

the

Tw

enty

-Firs

t Ses

sion

of

the

Con

fere

nce.

T

he S

cien

tifi

c A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd h

eld

a w

orks

hop

on e

mer

ging

tech

nolo

gies

(S

AB

-26/

WP

.1)

Par

a 9.

145

of

RC

-2/4

9.15

5(j)

C

alle

d up

on th

e S

ecre

tari

at t

o co

nti

nue

to

vigo

rou

sly

pu

rsu

e in

itia

tive

s su

ch a

s IP

SA

S, a

nd

enco

urag

ed th

e S

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Annex 2

LIST OF REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ISSUED OVER THE REPORTING PERIOD

1. Conference of the States Parties

Eighteenth Session

1.1 EC-74/DG.5 C-18/DG.7, dated 20 August 2013: Note by the Director General: Report on Status of Implementation by States Parties of Agreed Multi-Year Payment Plans

1.2 EC-74/DG.6 C-18/DG.8, dated 20 August 2013: Note by the Director-General: The Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.3 EC-74/DG.7 C-18/DG.9, dated 28 August 2013 and Corr.1, dated 14 November 2013: Note by the Director-General: Overview of the Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2013

1.4 EC-74/DG.8 C-18/DG.10, dated 28 August 2013, Corr.1, dated 11 September 2013 and Corr.2, dated 14 November 2013: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2013: Article VII – Initial Measures

1.5 EC-74/DG.9 C-18/DG.11, dated 28 August 2013, Corr.1, dated 11 September 2013 and Corr.2, dated 14 November 2013: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2013: Additional Measures for States Parties That Possess Industrial Facilities Which Are Declarable Under the Convention

1.6 EC-74/DG.11 C-18/DG.12, dated 30 August 2013 and Add.1, dated 10 October 2013: Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 August 2012 to 15 September 2013

1.7 EC-74/DG.12 C-18/DG.13, dated 9 September 2013: Report of the Director-General: Status of Implementation of the International Support Network for Victims of Chemical Weapons

1.8 EC-74/DG.13 C-18/DG.14, dated 9 September 2013: Report by the Director-General: Progress Made and Review of the Status of Implementation of Article XI of the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.9 EC-74/DG.14 C-18/DG.15, dated 17 September 2013: Note by the Director-General: Cash Situation and the Use of the Working Capital Fund for the Financial Year to 31 August 2013

1.10 C-18/DG.16, dated 29 November 2013 and Corr.1, dated 3 December 2013: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Overall Destruction Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles


1.11 C-18/DG.17, dated 2 December 2013: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Eighteenth Session

1.12 C-18/NAT.1, dated 6 November 2013: United States of America: Report to the Eighteenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties, Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction, 31 October 2013

1.13 C-18/P/NAT.1, dated 21 November 2013: The Russian Federation: Report on Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons

1.14 C-18/NAT.2, dated 14 November 2013: Libya: Annual Report to the Conference of the States Parties at its Eighteenth Session on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of the Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons, 14 November 2013

1.15 EC-74/HCC/1 C-18/HCC/2, dated 30 September 2013: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country on the Performance of its Activities, February – September 2013

1.16 C-18/NAT.3, dated 2 December 2013: Argentina: The Argentine Project on Education and the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.17 C-18/NAT.10, dated 5 December 2013: Uruguay: Uruguay’s Initial Contribution: Interaction in the Implementation of the Conventions on Biological Weapons (1972) and Chemical Weapons (1992)

1.18 EC-74/4 C-18/2, dated 9 October 2013: Report of the Executive Council on the Performance of Its Activities in the Period from 16 July 2012 to 19 July 2013

1.19 C-18/DEC.4, dated 4 December 2013: Decision: Request by Iraq to Use the Chemical Weapons Production Facility (Al-Rashad Site) for Purposes not Prohibited Under the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.20 C-18/DEC.6, dated 4 December 2013: Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2014

1.21 C-18/5, dated 5 December 2013: Report of the Eighteenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties, 2–5 December 2013

Nineteenth Session

1.22 C-19/DG.14, dated 3 October 2014: Note by the Director-General: Engaging the Chemical Industry Associations

1.23 C-19/DG.15, dated 28 November 2014: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

1.24 C-19/DG.16, dated 1 December 2014: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Nineteenth Session


1.25 C-19/DEC.2, dated 1 December 2014: Decision: Attendance and Participation by the Chemical Industry and the Scientific Community at the Nineteenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties

1.26 C-19/DEC.4, dated 3 December 2014: Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2015

1.27 C-19/DEC.7, dated 3 December 2014: Decision: Implementation of an Enterprise-Resource-Planning System and Establishment of A Special Fund for this Purpose

1.28 C-19/HCC/1/Rev.1, dated 6 March 2014: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country on the Performance of its Activities, September 2013 - February 2014

1.29 C-19/HCC/2, dated 4 December 2014: Summary of the Work of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country in 2014

1.30 C-19/NAT.2, dated 11 November 2014: Libya: Annual Report to the Conference of the States Parties at its Nineteenth Session on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of the Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons, 5 November 2014

1.31 C-19/NAT.3, dated 7 November 2014: United States of America: Report to the Nineteenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction - 31 October 2014

1.32 C-19/P/NAT.1, dated 14 November, 2014: Russian Federation: Report on Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons

1.33 C-19/5, dated 5 December 2014: Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties, 1–5 December 2014

Twentieth Session


1.35 EC-80/DG.6 C-20/DG.7, dated 28 August 2015: Note by the Director-General: Report on Status of Implementation by States Parties of Agreed Multi-Year Payment Plans

1.36 EC-80/DG.10 C-20/DG.8, dated 8 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Progress Made and Review of the Status of the Implementation of Article XI of the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.37 EC-80/DG.11 C-20/DG.9, dated 9 September 2015: Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 August 2014 to 15 August 2015


1.38 EC-80/DG.12 C-20/DG.10, dated 9 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of the International Support Network for Victims of Chemical Weapons

1.39 EC-80/DG.14 C-20/DG.11, dated 10 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Overview of the Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2015

1.40 EC-80/DG.15 C-20/DG.12, dated 10 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2015: Article VII - Initial Measures

1.41 EC-80/DG.16 C-20/DG.13, dated 10 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2015: Additional Measures for States Parties That Possess Industrial Facilities Which Are Declarable Under the Convention


1.43 C-20/DG.15, dated 16 November 2015: Note by the Director-General: Engaging the Chemical Industry Associations

1.44 C-20/DG.16, dated 26 November 2015: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

1.45 C-20/DEC.2, dated 30 November 2015: Decision: Attendance and Participation by the Chemical Industry and the Scientific Community at the Twentieth Session of the Conference of the States Parties

1.46 C-20/DEC.6, dated 3 December 2015: Decision: Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2016

1.47 C-20/DEC.9, dated 3 December 2015: Decision: Establishment of an Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

1.48 C-20/NAT.1, dated 12 November 2015: United States of America: Report to the Twentieth Session of the Conference of the States Parties on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 December 2015)

1.49 C-20/NAT.3*, dated 19 November 2015: Libya: Annual Report to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twentieth Session on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of the Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons, 15 November 2015

1.50 C-20/P/NAT.1, dated 17 November 2015: The Russian Federation: Report on Progress made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Twentieth Session of the Conference of the States Parties)


1.51 EC-78/HCC/1/Rev.1 C-20/HCC/1/Rev.1, dated 19 March 2015: Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country on the Performance of Its Activities, September 2014 – February 2015

1.52 C-20/5, dated 4 December 2015: Report of the Twentieth Session of the Conference of the States Parties

Twenty-First Session:

1.53 C-21/DG.3 EC-81/DG.10, dated 19 February 2016: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Regime Governing the Handling of Confidential Information by the Technical Secretariat in 2015

1.54 C-21/DG.7 EC-83/DG.5, dated 18 August 2016: Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 August 2015 to 15 August 2016

1.55 C-21/DG.9 EC-83/DG.8, dated 16 September 2016: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2016: Article VII – Initial Measures

1.56 C-21/DG.10 EC-83/DG.9, dated 16 September 2016: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2016: Additional Measures for States Parties that Possess Industrial Facilities which are Declarable Under the Convention

1.57 C-21/DG.11 EC-83/DG.11, dated 16 September 2016: Report by the Director-General: Overview of the Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2016

1.58 C-21/DG.13 EC-83/DG.15, dated 15 September 2016: Note by the Director-General: The Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.59 C-21/DG.14 EC-83/DG.17, dated 21 September 2016: Report by the Director-General: Progress Made and Review of the Status of Implementation of Article XI of the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.60 C-21/DG.15, dated 3 October 2016: Note by the Director-General: Engaging the Chemical Industry Associations

1.61 C-21/DG.16, dated 23 November 2016: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

1.62 C-21/DG.17, dated 30 November 2016: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-First Session


1.63 C-21/DEC.3, dated 28 November 2016: Decision: Attendance and Participation by the Chemical Industry and the Scientific Community at the Twenty-First Session of the Conference of the States Parties

1.64 C-21/DEC.6, dated 1 December 2016: Decision: Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2017

1.65 C-21/NAT.1, dated 10 November 2016: United States of America: Report to the Twenty-First Session of the Conference of the States Parties on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 October 2016)

1.66 C-21/P/NAT.1, dated 15 November 2016: The Russian Federation: Report on Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Twenty-First Session of the Conference of the States Parties)

1.67 C-21/NAT.2, dated 16 November 2016: Libya: Annual Report to the Conference of the States Parties at its Twenty-First Session on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of the Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons as at 31 October 2016

1.68 C-21/5, dated 2 December 2016: Report of the Twenty-First Session of the Conference of the States Parties 28 November – 2 December 2016

2. Executive Council

Seventy-Second Session

2.1 EC-72/4, dated 7 May 2013: Report of the Seventy-Second Session of the Executive Council

2.2 EC-72/DG.7, dated 25 April 2013: Note by the Director-General: Status of the OPCW’s Contribution to Global Anti-Terrorism Efforts

2.3 EC-72/DG.8, dated 3 May 2013: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.4 EC-72/DG.9, dated 3 May 2013 and Corr.1, dated 6 May 2013: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.5 EC-72/DG.10*, dated 6 May 2013: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Seventy-Second Session of the Executive Council

2.6 EC-72/WP.1, dated 19 February 2013: Report by H.E. Professor Ruthie C. Rono, Facilitator of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism - Proposal for the Way Forward for the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism

2.7 EC-72/WP.2, dated 6 May 2013: Report by Ambassador Robert P. Mikulak, Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council and Coordinator for Chemical Industry and Other Article VI Issues


2.8 EC-72/NAT.2, dated 24 April 2013: Libya: Report to the Seventy-Second Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards the Completion of Destruction of the Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons, 22 April 2013

Seventy-Third Session

2.9 EC-73/DEC.1, dated 17 July 2013: Decision: Termination of Approved Schedule 2 Facility Agreements

2.10 EC-73/DEC.2, dated 18 July 2013: Decision: Lists of New Validated Data for Inclusion in the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.11 EC-73/DG.1, dated 10 June 2013: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Tenure Policy in 2012

2.12 EC-73/DG.3, dated 11 June 2013: Note by the Director-General: Lists of New Validated Data of Scheduled Chemicals for Approval by the Executive Council for Inclusion in the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.13 EC-73/DG.6, dated 24 June 2013: Note by the Director-General: Status Report on the Timely Submission by States Parties of Declarations Under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the Period from 1 January to 31 May 2013

2.14 EC-73/DG.8, dated 3 July 2013 and Corr.1, dated 18 July 2013: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.15 EC-73/DG.9, dated 4 July 2013: Note by the Director-General: Review of Schedule 2 Facility Agreements

2.16 EC-73/DG.11, dated 11 July 2013: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.17 EC-73/DG.12, dated 16 July 2013: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Seventy-Third Session of the Executive Council

2.18 EC-73/NAT.1, dated 20 June 2013: United States of America: Report to the Seventy-Third Session of the Executive Council – Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction – 31 May 2013

2.19 EC-73/NAT.3, dated 24 June 2013: Libya: Report to the Seventy-Third Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards the Completion of Destruction of the Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons – 23 June 2013

2.20 EC-73/S/3, dated 10 June 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: The Content of the Assistance-and-Protection Data Bank and its Use

2.21 EC-73/WP.1*, dated 16 July 2013: Report by Ambassador F. Azzarello, Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council and Coordinator for Chemical Industry and Other Article VI Issues


2.22 EC-73/6, dated 19 July 2013: Report of the Seventy-Third Session of the Executive Council

Seventy-Fourth Session

2.23 EC-74/CRP.1, dated 12 July 2013: Note by the Director-General: Draft Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2014

2.24 EC-74/DG.1, dated 24 July 2013: Note by the Director-General: The Impact of Developments in Science and Technology in the Context of the Chemical Weapons Convention

2.25 EC-74/DG.5 C-18/DG.7, dated 20 August 2013: Note by the Director General: Report on Status of Implementation by States Parties of Agreed Multi-Year Payment Plans


2.27 EC-74/DG.7 C-18/DG.9, dated 28 August 2013 and Corr.1, dated 14 November 2013: Note by the Director-General: Overview of the Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2013

2.28 EC-74/DG.8 C-18/DG.10, dated 28 August 2013, Corr.1, dated 11 September 2013 and Corr.2, dated 14 November 2013: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2013: Article VII – Initial Measures

2.29 EC-74/DG.9 C-18/DG.11, dated 28 August 2013, Corr.1, dated 11 September 2013 and Corr.2, dated 14 November 2013: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2013: Additional Measures for States Parties That Possess Industrial Facilities Which Are Declarable Under the Convention

2.30 EC-74/DG.11 C-18/DG.12, dated 30 August 2013 and Add.1, dated 10 October 2013: Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 August 2012 to 15 September 2013

2.31 EC-74/DG.12 C-18/DG.13, dated 9 September 2013: Report of the Director-General: Status of Implementation of the International Support Network for Victims of Chemical Weapons




2.34 EC-74/DG.15, dated 25 September 2013: Note by the Director-General: Update on the Technical Secretariat’s Readiness to Conduct a Challenge Inspection or an Investigation of Alleged Use

2.35 EC-74/DG.17, dated 2 October 2013: Note by the Director-General: Schedule for Submission by Chemical Weapons Possessor States of the Reports on Their Destruction Activities After the Extended Deadline of 29 April 2012

2.36 EC-74/DG.18, dated 3 October 2013 and Corr.1, dated 11 October 2013: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress With Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.37 EC-74/DG.19*, dated 7 October 2013: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.38 EC-74/DG.20, dated 8 October 2013: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Seventy-Fourth Session

2.39 EC-74/NAT.1, dated 10 September 2013: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period 1 June – 31 August 2013)

2.40 EC-74/NAT.2, dated 24 September 2013: Libya: Report to the Seventy-Fourth Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards the Completion of Destruction of the Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons

2.41 EC-74/NAT.3, dated 24 September 2013: United States of America: Report to the Seventy-Fourth Session of the Executive Council – Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction – 31 August 2013

2.42 EC-74/NAT.4, dated 26 September 2013: The People’s Republic of China: Report on the Progress towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.43 EC-74/P/NAT.1, dated 24 September 2013: The Russian Federation: Report on Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Seventy-Fourth Session of the Executive Council)

2.44 EC-74/2, dated 3 October 2013 and Corr.1, dated 9 October 2013: Report of the Visit by the Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council and Representatives of the Executive Council to the Haerbaling Abandoned Chemical Weapons Destruction Site, Jilin Province, China, 9-13 September 2013


2.45 EC-74/HCC/1 C-18/HCC/2, dated 30 September 2013: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country on the Performance of its Activities, February – September 2013

2.46 EC-74/S/4, dated 10 October 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Briefing by the Technical Secretariat on the Technical Assistance Visit to the Syrian Arab Republic

2.47 EC-74/WP.1, dated 8 October 2013: Report by Ambassador Francesco Azzarello Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council and Coordinator for Chemical Industry and Other Article VI Issues

2.48 EC-74/4 C-18/2, dated 9 October 2013: Report of the Executive Council on the Performance of Its Activities in the Period from 16 July 2012 to 19 July 2013

2.49 EC-74/5, dated 11 October 2013: Report of the Seventy-Fourth Session of the Executive Council

Seventy-Fifth Session

2.50 EC-75/DG.1, dated 15 January 2014: Note by the Director-General: Status Report on Timely Submission by States Parties of Declarations Under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the Period from 1 January to 31 December 2013

2.51 EC-75/DG.3, dated 12 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Status of the OPCW’s Contribution to Global Anti-Terrorism Efforts

2.52 EC-75/DG.5, dated 17 February 2014: Note By the Director–General: The Third Phase of the Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on the Chemical Weapons Convention

2.53 EC-75/DG.6, dated 25 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.54 EC-75/DG.7, dated 26 February 2014 and Corr.1, dated 28 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.55 EC-75/DG.8, dated 28 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Regard to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.56 EC-75/DG.10, dated 4 March 2014: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Seventy-Fifth Session of the Executive Council

2.57 EC-75/NAT.1, dated 11 February 2014: United States of America: Report to the Seventy-Fifth Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction, 31 January 2014

2.58 EC-75/NAT.2, dated 12 February 2014: People’s Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China


2.59 EC-75/NAT.3, dated 21 February 2014: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Seventy-Fifth Session on Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

2.60 EC-75/NAT.4, dated 20 February 2014: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 September 2013 – 31 January 2014)

2.61 EC-75/P/NAT.1, dated 17 February 2014 and Corr. 1, dated 26 February 2014: Russian Federation: Report on the Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Seventy-Fifth Session of the Executive Council)

2.62 EC-75/WP.1, dated 4 March 2014: Report by Ambassador Francesco Azzarello, Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council and Coordinator for Chemical Industry and other Article VI Issues

2.63 EC-75/HCC/1/Rev.1 C-19/HCC/1/Rev.1, dated 6 March 2014: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country on the Performance of its Activities, September 2013 – February 2014

2.64 EC-75/2, dated 7 March 2014: Report of the Seventy-Fifth Session of the Executive Council

Seventy-Sixth Session

2.65 EC-76/INF.1, dated 17 April 2014: Issues Under Regular Consultation and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council

2.66 EC-76/DG.3, dated 3 April 2014: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Results of the Implementation of Policy Guidelines for Determining the Number of Article VI Inspections

2.67 EC-76/DG.4, dated 22 April 2014: Note by the Director-General: Lists of New Validated Data of Scheduled Chemicals for Approval by the Executive Council for Inclusion in OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.68 EC-76/DG.7, dated 3 June 2014: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Tenure Policy in 2013

2.69 EC-76/DG.10*, dated 11 June 2014: Note by the Director-General: Status Report on Timely Submission by States Parties of Declarations Under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the Period from 1 January to 31 May 2014

2.70 EC-76/DG.11, dated 12 June 2014: Note by the Director-General: Update on the Technical Secretariat’s Readiness to Conduct a Challenge Inspection or an Investigation of Alleged Use

2.71 EC-76/DG.14, dated 25 June 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme


2.72 EC-76/DG.15, dated 4 July 2014: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.73 EC-76/DG.16, dated 4 July 2014: Note by the Director-General: Overall Report on the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.74 EC-76/DG.17, dated 7 July 2014: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Regard to the Destruction of the Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.75 EC-76/DG.18, dated 8 July 2014: Note by the Director-General: Opening Statement to the Seventy-Sixth Session of the Executive Council



2.78 EC-76/WP.1, dated 8 July 2014: Report by Ambassador Francesco Azzarello, Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council and Coordinator for Chemical Industry and Other Article VI Issues

2.79 EC-76/NAT.2, dated 12 June 2014: United States of America: Report to the Seventy-Sixth Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction, 31 May 2014

2.80 EC-76/NAT.3, dated 13 June 2014: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 February 2014 – 31 May 2014)

2.81 EC-76/NAT.4, dated 26 June 2014: Russian Federation: Report on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.82 EC-76/NAT.5, dated 30 June 2014: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Seventy-Sixth Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile, 19 June 2014

2.83 EC-76/NAT.6, dated 2 July 2014: People’s Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.84 EC-76/P/NAT.1, dated 16 June 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Seventh Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off date of 15 June 2014

2.85 EC-76/1, dated 30 May 2014: Report of the Visit by the Chairperson of the Executive Council and Representatives of the Executive Council to the Kizner Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility, the Russian Federation, 14–18 April 2014


2.86 EC-76/6, dated 11 July 2014: Report of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the Executive Council

Seventy-Seventh Session

2.87 EC-77/INF.1, dated 1 August 2014: Issues Under Regular Consultation and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council

2.88 EC-77/DG.3, dated 12 August 2014 and Corr.1, dated 2 October 2014: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 30 June 2014

2.89 EC-77/DG.5 C-19/DG.6, dated 13 May 2014, Corr.1 dated 9 October 2014, and Corr.2, dated 25 November 2014: Note by the Director-General: Overview of the Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2014

2.90 EC-77/DG.6 C-19/DG.7, dated 13 May 2014, and Corr.1 dated 9 October 2014: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2014: Article VII – Initial Measures

2.91 EC-77/DG.7 C-19/DG.8, dated 13 May 2014, and Corr.1 dated 9 October 2014: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2014: Additional Measures for States Parties that Possess Industrial Facilities which are Declarable Under the Convention

2.92 EC-77/DG.8 C-19/DG.9, dated 1 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Status of Implementation by States Parties of Agreed Multi-Year Payment Plans

2.93 EC-77/DG.10, dated 5 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Response to the Report of the Twenty-First Session of the Scientific Advisory Board

2.94 EC-77/DG.11, dated 5 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Status of the Follow-Up to the Recommendations on Science and Technology Made to the Third Review Conference

2.95 EC-77/DG.15, dated 12 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Enterprise-Resource-Planning Strategy of the OPCW

2.96 EC-77/DG.18 C-19/DG.11, dated 15 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 September 2013 to 15 August 2014

2.97 EC-77/DG.19; dated 17 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Schedule for Submission by Chemical Weapons Possessor States of the Reports on their Destruction Activities after the Extended Deadline of 29 April 2012


2.98 EC-77/DG.20 C-19/DG.12, dated 18 September 2014: Report by the Director-General: Progress Made and Review of the Status of the Implementation of Article XI of the Chemical Weapons Convention

2.99 EC-77/DG.21 C-19/DG.13, dated 23 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: The Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on the Chemical Weapons Convention

2.100 EC-77/DG.22, dated 24 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.101 EC-77/DG.23, dated 26 September 2014: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.102 EC-77/DG.26, dated 6 October 2014: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.103 EC-77/DG.27, dated 7 October 2014: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Seventy-Seventh Session of the Executive Council

2.104 EC-77/DEC.1, dated 9 October 2014: Decision: Implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning System and Establishment of a Special Fund for This Purpose

2.105 EC-77/DEC.4, dated 9 October 2014: Decision: Draft Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2015

2.106 EC-77/NAT.1, dated 11 September 2014: United States of America: Report to the Seventy-Seventh Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction - 31 August 2014

2.107 EC-77/NAT.2, dated 12 September 2014: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Seventy-Seventh Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile, 10 September 2014

2.108 EC-77/NAT.3, dated 10 September 2014: Japan: The Report of the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 June - 31 August 2014)

2.109 EC-77/NAT.4, dated 29 September 2014: The People's Republic of China: Report on the Progress towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.110 EC-77/P/NAT.1, dated 8 September 2014: Russian Federation: Report on the Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons


2.111 EC-77/P/NAT.2, dated 12 September 2014: Syrian Arab Republic: Detailed Destruction Plan in Respect of Ricin Production Facility “Al-Maliha”, Syrian Arab Republic

2.112 EC-77/P/NAT.3, dated 14 September 2014: Syrian Arab Republic: Tenth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 September 2014

2.113 EC-77/P/S/1, dated 2 October 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Status Report of the Activities of the Declaration Assessment Team

2.114 EC-77/WP.1, dated 7 October 2014: Report by H.E. Ambassador Robert Mikulak, Facilitator for Chemical Industry and Other Article VI Issues

2.115 EC-77/WP.2, dated 7 October 2014: Report by Mr Aladdin Al Hemdawi Facilitator of the Secure Information Exchange System

2.116 EC-77/4, dated 10 October 2014: Report of the Seventy-Seventh Session of the Executive Council

Seventy-Eighth Session

2.117 EC-78/INF.1, dated 23 January 2015: Issues Under Regular Consultation and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council

2.118 EC-78/DG.1, dated 30 October 2014: Note by the Director-General: Lists of Approved Data Recommended for Removal from the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.119 EC-78/DG.2, dated 30 October 2014: Note by the Director-General: Lists of New Validated Data of Scheduled Chemicals for Approval by the Executive Council for Inclusion in the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.120 EC-78/DG.3, dated 24 November 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme


2.122 EC-78/DG.5, dated 23 January 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.123 EC-78/DG.10, dated 4 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Enterprise-Resource-Planning System

2.124 EC-78/DG.11, dated 9 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles


2.125 EC-78/DG.12, dated 13 March 2015: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.126 EC-78/DG.13, dated 17 March 2015: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Seventy-Eighth Session

2.127 EC-78/DEC.6, dated 18 March 2015: Decision: Lists of Approved Data Recommended for Removal from the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.128 EC-78/DEC.7, dated 18 March 2015: Lists of New Validated Data for Inclusion in the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.129 EC-78/DEC.9, dated 19 March 2015: Decision: Agreed Detailed Plan for Verification of the Destruction of the Chemical Weapons Declared as Abandoned in the Syrian Arab Republic

2.130 EC-78/WP.2, dated 17 March 2015: Iraq: Report by Mr Aladdin Alhmedawi – Facilitator of the Secure Information Exchange System

2.131 EC-78/HCC/1/Rev.1 C-20/HCC/1/Rev.1, dated 19 March 2015: Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country on the Performance of its Activities, September 2014 – February 2015

2.132 EC-78/NAT.1, dated 24 February 2015: United States of America: Report to the Seventy-Eighth Session of the Executive Council – Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 January 2015)

2.133 EC-78/NAT.2, dated 2 March 2015: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Seventy-Eighth Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

2.134 EC-78/NAT.3, dated 2 March 2015: People’s Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.135 EC-78/NAT.4, dated 6 March 2015: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 September 2014 - 31 January 2015)

2.136 EC-78/NAT.4/Rev.1, dated 13 March 2015: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 September 2014 – 31 January 2015)

2.137 EC-78/P/NAT.1, dated 13 November 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Twelfth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 November 2014


2.138 EC-78/P/NAT.2, dated 16 January 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Fourteenth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 January 2015

2.139 EC-78/P/NAT.4, dated 20 February 2015: The Russian Federation: Report on the Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Seventy-Eighth Session of the Executive Council)

2.140 EC-78/P/S/1, dated 4 March 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Third Status Report of the Activities of the Declaration Assessment Team

2.141 EC-78/2, dated 19 March 2015: Report of the Seventy-Eighth Session of the Executive Council

Seventy-Ninth Session

2.142 EC-79/INF.1, dated 9 April 2015: Issues Under Regular Consultation and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council

2.143 EC-79/DG.1, dated 23 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.144 EC-79/DG.5, dated 4 May 2015: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Tenure Policy in 2014

2.145 EC-79/DG.8, dated 22 May 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.146 EC-79/DG.9, dated 1 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Enterprise-Resource-Planning System

2.147 EC-79/DG.11, dated 29 May 2015: Note by the Director-General: Establishment of an Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

2.148 EC-79/DG.12, dated 3 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Update on the Technical Secretariat's Readiness to Conduct a Challenge Inspection or an Investigation of Alleged Use

2.149 EC-79/DG.13, dated 11 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Status Report on Timely Submission by States Parties of Declarations Under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the Period from 1 January to 31 May 2015


2.151 EC-79/DG.17, dated 29 June 2015: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.152 EC-79/DG.18*, dated 1 July 2015: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles


2.153 EC-79/S/2, dated 10 June 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Ongoing and Planned Awareness-Raising, Education and Outreach Activities


2.155 EC-79/WP.1, dated 7 July 2015: Report by Ambassador Robert P. Mikulak, Facilitator for Chemical Industry and Other Article VI Issues

2.156 EC-79/WP.2, dated 7 July 2015: Iraq: Report by Mr Aladdin Al-Hamdawi, Facilitator of the Secure Information Exchange System (SIX)

2.157 EC-79/NAT.2, dated 11 June 2015: United States of America: Report to the Seventy-Ninth Session of the Executive Council: Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 May 2015)

2.158 EC-79/NAT.3, dated 17 June 2015: Japan: Report of the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 February – 31 May 2015)

2.159 EC-79/NAT.4, dated 26 June 2015: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Seventy-Ninth Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

2.160 EC-79/NAT.5*, dated 18 June 2015: The People's Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.161 EC-79/P/S/1, dated 1 July 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Fifth Status Report of the Activities of the Declaration Assessment Team

2.162 EC-79/P/NAT.1, dated 18 March 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Sixteenth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 March 2015

2.163 EC-79/P/NAT.2, dated 15 May 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Eighteenth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 May 2015

2.164 EC-79/P/NAT.3, dated 15 June 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Nineteenth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 June 2015

2.165 EC-79/P/NAT.4, dated 10 June 2015: Russian Federation: Report on the Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Seventy-Ninth Session of the Executive Council of the OPCW)

2.166 EC-79/4, dated 9 July 2015: Report of the Chairperson of the Executive Council on the Visit of the Delegation of the Executive Council to the Haerbaling Abandoned Chemical Weapons Destruction Site, Jilin Province, China, 8 – 11 June 2015


2.167 EC-79/6, dated 9 July 2015: Report of the Seventy-Ninth Session of the Executive Council

Eightieth Session

2.168 EC-80/INF.1, dated 10 September 2015: Regular and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council

2.169 EC-80/DG.2, dated 23 July 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.170 EC-80/DG.4, dated 24 August 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme


2.172 EC-80/DG.6 C-20/DG.7, dated 28 August 2015: Note by the Director-General: Report on Status of Implementation by States Parties of Agreed Multi-Year Payment Plans

2.173 EC-80/DG.9/Rev.1, dated 1 September 2015: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Enterprise-Resource-Planning System

2.174 EC-80/DG.11 C-20/DG.9, dated 9 September 2015: Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 August 2014 to 15 August 2015

2.175 EC-80/DG.12 C-20/DG.10, dated 9 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of the International Support Network for Victims of Chemical Weapons


2.177 EC-80/DG.15 C-20/DG.12, dated 10 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2015: Article VII – Initial Measures

2.178 EC-80/DG.16 C-20/DG.13, dated 10 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2015: Additional Measures for States Parties That Possess Industrial Facilities Which Are Declarable Under the Convention

2.179 EC-80/DG.17, dated 14 September 2015: Note by the Director-General: Schedule for Submission by Chemical Weapons Possessor States of the Reports on their Destruction Activities after the Extended Deadline of 29 April 2012




2.182 EC-80/DG.21, dated 28 September 2015: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.183 EC-80/DG.22, dated 28 September 2015: Note by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.184 EC-80/DEC.5, dated 8 October 2015: Decision: Establishment of an Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

2.185 EC-80/WP.1, dated 5 October 2015: Report by H.E. Dr (Mrs) Nimota Nihinlola Akanbi, OON, Facilitator of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism (May 2013 – August 2015): Summary of Work and Proposal for a Way Forward

2.186 EC-80/NAT.1, dated 16 September 2015: United States of America: Report to the Eightieth Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 August 2015)

2.187 EC-80/NAT.2, dated 21 September 2015: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Eightieth Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

2.188 EC-80/NAT.3, dated 17 September 2015: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 June – 31 August 2015)

2.189 EC-80/NAT.4, dated 21 September 2015: People’s Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.190 EC-80/P/S/1, dated 25 September 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Report on the Work of the Declaration Assessment Team Covering the Period April 2014 to September 2015

2.191 EC-80/P/NAT.1, dated 15 July 2015; Syrian Arab Republic: The Twentieth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 July 2015

2.192 EC-80/P/NAT.2, dated 18 August 2015: Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-First Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 August 2015


2.193 EC-80/P/NAT.3, dated 17 September 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Second Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 September 2015

2.194 EC-80/P/NAT.4, dated 15 September 2015: The Russian Federation: Report on Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Eightieth Session of the Executive Council)

2.195 EC-80/4*, dated 8 October 2015: Report of the Eightieth Session of the Executive Council

Eighty-First Session

2.196 EC-81/INF.1, dated 29 January 2016: Regular and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council

2.197 EC-81/2, dated 23 March 2016: Report of the Eighty-First Session of the Executive Council

2.198 EC-81/DG.1, dated 22 October 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.199 EC-81/DG.2, dated 24 November 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.200 EC-81/DG.3, dated 22 December 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme



2.203 EC-81/DG.6, dated 8 February 2016: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Enterprise-Resource-Planning System


2.205 EC-81/DG.9 C-21/DG.2, dated 18 February 2016: Note by the Director-General: Membership of the Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

2.206 EC-81/DG.10 C-21/DG.3, dated 19 February 2016: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Regime Governing the Handling of Confidential Information by the Technical Secretariat in 2015



2.208 EC-81/DG.12, dated 29 February 2016: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.209 EC-81/DG.12/Corr.1*, dated 3 March 2016: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles – Corrigendum

2.210 EC-81/DG.13, dated 4 March 2016: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.211 EC-81/DG.14, dated 4 March 2016: Note by the Director-General: Rules of Procedure for the Advisory Board on Education and Outreach and its Temporary Working Groups

2.212 EC-81/DG.15, dated 15 March 2016: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Eighty-First Session

2.213 EC-81/DEC.4, dated 23 March 2016: Decision: Report by the Director-General Regarding the Declaration and Related Submissions by the Syrian Arab Republic

2.214 EC-81/WP.1, dated 22 February 2016: Report by H.E. Ambassador María Teresa Infante, Facilitator of the Sub-Working Group on Non-State Actors of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism – Summary of Work (as of 19 February 2016)

2.215 EC-81/WP.1/Corr.1, dated 17 March 2016: Report by H.E. Ambassador María Teresa Infante, Facilitator of the Sub-Working Group on Non-State Actors of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism – Summary of Work (as of 19 February 2016) – Corrigendum

2.216 EC-81/WP.2, dated 15 March 2016: Kenya: Report by H.E. Ambassador Rose M. Muchiri of Kenya, Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Council and Coordinator on Legal, Organisational and Other Issues

2.217 EC-81/NAT.1*, dated 18 February 2016: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Eighty-First Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

2.218 EC-81/NAT.2, dated 19 February 2016: United States of America: Report to the Eighty-First Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 January 2016)



2.220 EC-81/NAT.4, dated 26 February 2016: People’s Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.221 EC-81/NAT.10, dated 16 March 2016: Netherlands: Statement by the Delegation of the Netherlands at the Eighty-First Session of the Executive Council Under Agenda Subitem 6 (B)

2.222 EC-81/HP/DG.1, dated 22 February 2016: Note by the Director General: Report on the Work of the Declaration Assessment Team Regarding the Declaration and Related Submissions by the Syrian Arab Republic

2.223 EC-81/P/NAT.1, dated 13 October 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Third Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 October 2015

2.224 EC-81/P/NAT.2, dated 12 November 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Fourth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 November 2015

2.225 EC-81/P/NAT.3, dated 18 December 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Fifth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 December 2015

2.226 EC-81/P/NAT.4, dated 15 January 2016: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Sixth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 January 2016

2.227 EC-81/P/NAT.5, dated 15 February 2016: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Seventh Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 February 2016

2.228 EC-81/P/NAT.6, dated 16 February 2016: The Russian Federation: Report on the Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Eighty-First Session of the Executive Council)

2.229 EC-81/S/1/Add.2, dated 27 May 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Updated Matrix of Actionable Items Identified at the Third Review Conference - Addendum

2.230 EC-81/S/2, dated 12 January 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Status Report on the Verification Information System

2.231 EC-81/S/3, dated 22 January 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Amendments, Modifications, and Updates to the Facility Agreement Regarding Inspections at the Rabta Toxic Chemicals Destruction Facility, Libya, and Amendments to the Agreed Detailed Plan for Verification for that Facility


2.232 EC-81/S/4, dated 22 January 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Recommendations of the External Auditor

Eighty-Second Session

2.233 EC-82/1, dated 30 May 2016: Report of the Visit by the Chairperson of the Executive Council and Representatives of the Executive Council to the Kizner Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility, The Russian Federation, 25-29 April 2016

2.234 EC-82/INF.1, dated 31 May 2016: Regular and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council



2.237 EC-82/DG.5, dated 22 April 2016; Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.238 EC-82/DG.6, dated 29 April 2016: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Tenure Policy in 2015


2.240 EC-82/DG.10, dated 30 May 2016: Note by the Director-General: Lists of New Validated Data of Scheduled Chemicals for Approval by the Executive Council for Inclusion in the OPCW Central Analytical Database


2.242 EC-82/DG.12, dated 7 June 2016: Note by the Director-General: Update on the Technical Secretariat's Readiness to Conduct a Challenge Inspection or an Investigation of Alleged Use

2.243 EC-82/DG.13, dated 7 June 2016: Note by the Director-General: The Impact of the Developments in Science and Technology in the Context of the Chemical Weapons Convention

2.244 EC-82/DG.14, dated 13 June 2016: Note by the Director-General: Status Report on Timely Submission by States Parties of Declarations Under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the Period from 1 January to 31 May 2016

2.245 EC-82/DG.15, dated 14 June 2016: Note by the Director-General: Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation Between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the World Customs Organization



2.247 EC-82/DG.18, dated 6 July 2016: Report by the Director-General: Conclusions on the Outcome of Consultations with the Syrian Arab Republic regarding its Chemical Weapons Declaration


2.249 EC-82/DG.22, dated 11 July 2016: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.250 EC-82/DG.24, dated 13 July 2016: Statement by the Director-General on the Activities of the Technical Secretariat with Regard to the Declaration of the Syrian Arab Republic


2.252 EC-82/S/1, dated 2 June 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Ongoing and Planned Awareness-Raising, Education and Outreach Activities

2.253 EC-82/S/2,dated 7 June 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: The Content of the Assistance and Protection Data Bank and its Use

2.254 EC-82/NAT.1, dated 20 June 2016: United States of America: Report to the Eighty-Second Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction, 31 May 2016

2.255 EC-82/NAT.2, dated 29 June 2016: Japan: Report of the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 February - 31 May 2016)

2.256 EC-82/NAT.3, dated 29 June 2016: People's Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.257 EC-82/P/NAT.5, dated 23 June 2016: The Russian Federation: Report on Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Eighty-Second Session of the Executive Council of the OPCW)

2.258 EC-82/NAT.4, dated 30 June 2016 Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Second Session on The Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

2.259 EC-82/P/NAT.1, dated 17 March 2016: Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Eighth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 March 2016


2.260 EC-82/P/NAT.2, dated 15 April 2016: Syrian Arab Republic: The Twenty-Ninth Monthly Report on the Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 April 2016

2.261 EC-82/P/NAT.3, dated 19 May 2016: Syrian Arab Republic: The Thirtieth Monthly Report on the Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 May 2016

2.262 EC-82/P/NAT.4, dated 17 June 2016: Syrian Arab Republic: The Thirty-First Monthly Report on the Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 June 2016

2.263 EC-82/HP/DG.2*, dated 30 June 2016: Report by the Director-General: Outcome of Consultations with the Syrian Arab Republic Regarding its Chemical Weapons Declaration

2.264 EC-82/HP/DG.3, dated 4 July 2016: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Work of the Declaration Assessment Team Regarding the Declaration and Related Submissions by the Syrian Arab Republic

2.265 EC-82/WP.1, dated 7 July 2016: Report by H.E. Ambassador María Teresa Infante, Facilitator of the Sub-Working Group on Non-State Actors of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism - Summary of Intersessional Work (14 March – 11 July 2016)

Eighty–Third Session

2.266 EC-83/INF.1, dated 5 September 2016: Regular and Outstanding Issues on the Agenda of the Executive Council

2.267 EC-83/DG.2, dated 22 July 2016; Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.268 EC-83/DG.4, dated 5 August 2016 and /Rev.1, dated 5 September 2016: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 30 June 2016

2.269 EC-83/DG.5 C-21/DG.7, dated 18 August 2016: Note by the Director-General: Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 August 2015 to 15 August 2016

2.270 EC-83/DG.6, dated 22 August 2016: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.271 EC-83/DG.7 C-21/DG.8, dated 1 September 2016: Note by the Director-General: Report on Status of Implementation by States Parties of Agreed Multi-Year Payment Plans


2.272 EC-83/DG.8 C-21/DG.9, dated 16 September 2016: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2016: Article VII – Initial Measures

2.273 EC-83/DG.9 C-21/DG.10, dated 16 September 2016: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 July 2016: Additional Measures for States Parties that Possess Industrial Facilities which are Declarable Under the Convention

2.274 EC-83/DG.10, dated 7 September 2016: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning System


2.276 EC-83/DG.12, dated 14 September 2016: Note by the Director-General: Schedule for Submission by Chemical Weapons Possessor States of the Reports on their Destruction Activities after the Extended Deadline of 29 April 2012

2.277 EC-83/DG.15 C-21/DG.13, dated 15 September 2016: Note by the Director-General: The Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on the Chemical Weapons Convention



2.280 EC-83/DG.20, dated 29 September 2016 and Corr.1, dated 5 October 2016: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles

2.281 EC-83/DG.21, dated 4 October 2016: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.282 EC-83/DG.22, dated 11 October 2016: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Third Session

2.283 EC-83/DEC.2, dated 13 October 2016: Decision: Draft Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2017

2.284 EC-83/DEC.3, dated 13 October 2016: Decision: Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the World Customs Organization


2.285 EC-83/WP.1, dated 7 October 2016: Report by H.E. Ambassador María Teresa Infante, Facilitator of the Sub-Working Group on Non-State Actors of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism – Summary of Intersessional Work (12 July – 7 October 2016)

2.286 EC-83/WP.2, dated 13 October 2016: Report by H.E. Dr Joe Tony Aidoo, Facilitator of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Third Session

2.287 EC-83/S/1 C-21/S/1, dated 8 April 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Medium-Term Plan of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 2017 – 2021

2.288 EC-83/S/3, dated 29 August 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Recommendations of the External Auditor

2.289 EC-83/NAT.1, dated 19 September 2016: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Third Session on Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

2.290 EC-83/NAT.2, dated 16 September 2016: United States of America: Report to the Eighty-Third Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 August 2016)

2.291 EC-83/NAT.3, dated 15 September 2016: The People's Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.292 EC-83/NAT.4, dated 30 September 2016: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Projects in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 June – 31 August 2016)

2.293 EC-83/P/NAT.1, dated 14 July 2016: Syrian Arab Republic: The Thirty-Second Monthly Report on the Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 July 2016

2.294 EC-83/P/NAT.4, dated 13 September 2016 and Rev.1, dated 30 September 2016: Russian Federation: Report on the Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Eighty-Third Session of the OPCW Executive Council)

2.295 EC-83/5, dated 11 November 2016: Report of the Eighty-Third Session of the Executive Council

Eighty–Fourth Session

2.296 EC-84/DG.6, dated 22 December 2016: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme


2.297 EC-84/DG.7 C-22/DG.1, dated 5 January 2017: Report on the Activities of the Advisory Board on Education and Outreach in 2016


2.299 EC-84/DG.10, dated 23 January 2017 : Report by the Director-General: Status of the Implementation of the Plan for the Destruction of Libya's Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya



2.302 EC-84/DG.15, dated 10 February 2017 : Note by the Director-General: Report on the Status of Implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning System

2.303 EC-84/DG.16 C-22/DG.2, dated 14 February 2017: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Regime Governing the Handling of Confidential Information by the Technical Secretariat in 2016

2.304 EC-84/DG.18, dated 17 February 2017: Note by the Director-General: The Fourth Phase of the Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on the Chemical Weapons Convention

2.305 EC-84/DG.19, dated 22 February 2017 : Note by the Director-General: Intended Sale of the OPCW Headquarters Building

2.306 EC-84/DG.20, dated 22 February 2017: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpiles


2.308 EC-84/DG.23, dated 24 February 2017: Report by the Director-General: Status of the Implementation of the Plan for the Destruction of Libya's Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya

2.309 EC-84/DG.24, dated 3 March 2017 : Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.310 EC-84/DG.25, dated 6 March 2017: Report by the Director-General: Status of Implementation of Executive Council Decision EC-83/DEC.5 (Dated 11 November 2016)


2.311 EC-84/DG.26, dated 7 March 2017: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Fourth Session

2.312 EC-84/DEC.2, dated 8 March 2017: Decision: General Plan for Destruction and Establishment of the Deadlines for the Destruction of Chemical Weapon Remnants Stored at the Al Muthana Site

2.313 EC-84/WP.1, dated 28 February 2017: Report by H.E. Ambassador María Teresa Infante, Facilitator of the Sub-Working Group on Non-State Actors of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism – Summary of Intersessional Work (8 October 2016 to 28 February 2017)

2.314 EC-84/WP.2, dated 9 March 2017: Report by H.E. Ambassador Momar Diop, Facilitator of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Fourth Session


2.316 EC-84/NAT.2, dated 13 February 2017 and Corr.1, dated 22 February 2017: United States of America: Report to the Eighty-Fourth Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 January 2017)

2.317 EC-84/NAT.3, dated 15 February 2017: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Fourth Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete of Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile (31 January 2017)

2.318 EC-84/NAT.5, dated 23 February 2017 : People's Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.319 EC-84/NAT.6, dated 2 March 2017: Japan and the People's Republic of China: Destruction Plan Beyond the Year 2016 for the Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People's Republic of China (as per Decision EC-67/DEC.6, dated 15 February 2012)

2.320 EC-84/P/NAT.6, dated 13 February 2017: The Russian Federation: Report on Progress Made Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons

2.321 EC-84/P/NAT.7, dated 15 February 2017: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Thirty-Ninth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 February 2017

2.322 EC-84/HP/DG.1, dated 2 March 2017: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Work of the Declaration Assessment Team

2.323 EC-84/2, dated 9 March 2017: Report of the Eighty-Fourth Session of the Executive Council


Eighty–Fifth Session

2.324 EC-85/5, dated 24 May 2017 : Report of the Visit by the Chairperson of the Executive Council and Representatives of the Executive Council to the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant and Static Detonation Chamber Kentucky, the United States of America, 2 – 6 April 2017

2.325 EC-85/DG.1, dated 23 March 2017: Report by the Director-General: Status of the Implementation of the Plan for the Destruction of Libya's Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya



2.328 EC-85/DG.4, dated 24 April 2017: Report by the Director-General: Status of the Implementation of the Plan for the Destruction of Libya's Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya

2.329 EC-85/DG.5, dated 24 April 2017: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.330 EC-85/DG.6, dated 5 May 2017 and Corr.1, dated 10 May 2017: Report by the Director-General: Implementation of the Tenure Policy in 2016

2.331 EC-85/DG.8, dated 19 May 2017 and Corr.1, dated 31 May 2017: Note by the Director-General: The Impact of the Developments in Science and Technology in the Context of the Chemical Weapons Convention

2.332 EC-85/DG.9, dated 24 May 2017 : Report by the Director-General: Status of the Implementation of the Plan for the Destruction of Libya's Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya


2.334 EC-85/DG.13, dated 31 May 2017: Note by the Director-General: Update on the Technical Secretariat’s Readiness to Conduct a Challenge Inspection or an Investigation of Alleged Use

2.335 EC-85/DG.14, dated 31 May 2017: Note by the Director-General: Lists of New Validated Data of Scheduled Chemicals for Approval by the Executive Council for Inclusion in the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.336 EC-85/DG.17, dated 16 June 2017: Note by the Director-General: Status Report on the Timely Submission by States Parties of Declarations Under Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the Period from 1 January to 31 May 2017



2.338 EC-85/DG.20, dated 23 June 2017: Report by the Director-General: Status of the Implementation of the Plan for the Destruction of Libya's Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya

2.339 EC-85/DG.22 C-22/DG.6, dated 23 June 2017: Report by the Director-General: The OPCW's Confidentiality Regime


2.341 EC-85/DG.25, dated 4 July 2017: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Work of the Declaration Assessment Team

2.342 EC-85/DG.26, dated 5 July 2017: Report by the Director-General: Overall Progress with Respect to the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in the People’s Republic of China

2.343 EC-85/DG.28*, dated 11 July 2017: Opening Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Fifth Session

2.344 EC-85/DEC. 3, dated 12 July 2017: Decision: Arrangement between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Republic of Panama Governing Inspections at San Jose Island, Panama

2.345 EC-85/DEC.6, dated 12 July 2017: Decision: Amendments to the OPCW Policy on Confidentiality

2.346 EC-85/DEC.7, dated 12 July 2017: Decision: Amendments to the OPCW Media and Public Affairs Policy

2.347 EC-85/DEC.9, dated 14 July 2017: Decision: Lists of New Validated Data of Scheduled Chemicals for Inclusion in the OPCW Central Analytical Database

2.348 EC-85/S/3, dated 16 June 2017: Note by the Technical Secretariat: The Content of the Assistance and Protection Data Bank and its Use

2.349 EC-85/WP.1, dated 23 June 2017: Report by H.E. Ambassador María Teresa Infante, Facilitator of the Sub-Working Group on Non-State Actors of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism - Summary of Intersessional Work (7 March to 23 June 2017)

2.350 EC-85/WP.2, dated 13 July 2017: Report by H.E. Ms María Teresa Infante, Acting Facilitator of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Fifth Session

2.351 EC-85/NAT.2, dated 16 June 2017: Panama: Concept Plan for the Destruction of Eight Old Chemical Weapons


2.352 EC-85/NAT.3, dated 22 June 2017: United States of America: Report to the Eighty-Second Session of the Executive Council on Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction (31 May 2017)

2.353 EC-85/NAT.4, dated 15 June 2017: Libya: Report to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Fifth Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Destruction of the Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile (31 May 2017)

2.354 EC-85/NAT.5, dated 22 June 2017: Japan: Report on the Current Status of the ACW Project in China in Accordance with the Executive Council Decision (EC-67/DEC.6) (Reporting Period: 1 February 2017 – 31 May 2017)

2.355 EC-85/NAT.6, dated 27 June 2017; People's Republic of China: Report on the Progress Towards the Completion of Destruction of Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan in China

2.356 EC-85/P/NAT.1, dated 13 March 2017: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Fortieth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 March 2017

2.357 EC-85/P/NAT.2, dated 15 April 2017: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Forty-First Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 April 2017

2.358 EC-85/P/NAT.3 : The Syrian Arab Republic: The Forty-Second Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 May 2017

2.359 EC-85/P/NAT.4, dated 19 June 2017: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Forty-Third Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as a Cut-Off date of 15 June 2017

2.360 EC-85/P/NAT.5, dated 16 June 2017: The Russian Federation: Report on the Progress Achieved Towards Complete Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons (for the Eighty-Fifth Session of the OPCW Executive Council)

2.361 EC-85/P/NAT.6, dated 6 July 2017: Iraq: Report to the Executive Council at its Eighty-Fifth Session on the Progress Achieved Towards the Complete Weapon Remnants Stored at the Al-Muthana Site

2.362 EC-85/P/NAT.7, dated 13 July 2017: Iraq: Modifications to the General Plan for Destruction Chemical Weapon Remnants Stored at the Al-Muthana Site

2.363 EC-85/5, dated 24 May 2017 and Corr.1, dated 8 June 2017: Report of the Visit by the Chairperson of the Executive Council and Representatives of the Executive Council to the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant and Static Detonation Chamber Kentucky, the United States of America, 2 - 6 April 2017


Thirty-Third Meeting

2.364 EC-M-33/DEC.1, dated 27 September 2013: Decision: Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons

Thirty-Fourth Meeting

2.365 EC-M-34/DG.1, dated 25 October 2013: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.366 EC-M-34/DEC.1, dated 15 November 2013: Decision: Detailed Requirements for the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities

2.367 EC-M-34/DG.16, dated 15 November 2013: Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at Its Thirty-Fourth Meeting on 15 November 2013

Thirty-Fifth Meeting

2.368 EC-M-35/DG.1, dated 25 November 2013: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.369 EC-M-35/DG.3, dated 26 November 2013: Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Thirty-Fifth Meeting on 26 November 2013

2.370 EC-M-35/DG.4, dated 29 November 2013: Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Thirty-Fifth Meeting on 29 November 2013

2.371 EC-M-35/DEC.2, dated 29 November 2013: Decision: Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities

2.372 EC-M-35/3, dated 29 November 2013: Report of the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Executive Council

Thirty-Sixth Meeting

2.373 EC-M-36/DG.1, dated 2 December 2013: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Implementation of the Executive Council Decision EC-M-34/DEC.1 “Detailed Requirements for the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities”

2.374 EC-M-36/DG.5, dated 17 December 2013: Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Thirty-Sixth Meeting

2.375 EC-M-36/P/NAT.1, dated 6 December 2013: Syrian Arab Republic: Detailed Destruction Plan in Respect of the Chemical Weapons Production Facilities, the Syrian Arab Republic


Thirty-Seventh Meeting

2.376 EC-M-37/DG.1, dated 23 December 2013: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.377 EC-M-37/DG.2, dated 7 January 2014: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Implementation of the Plan for Destruction of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of the Syrian Arab Republic

2.378 EC-M-37/DG.3, dated 8 January 2014: Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Thirty-Seventh Meeting 8 January 2014

Thirty-Eighth Meeting

2.379 EC-M-38/DG.1, dated 23 January 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.380 EC-M-38/DG.2, dated 30 January 2014: Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Thirty-Eighth Meeting on 30 January 2014

2.381 EC-M-38/P/NAT.2, dated 16 January 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Second Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off date of 15 January 2014

Thirty-Ninth Meeting

2.382 EC-M-39/P/NAT.1, dated 18 February 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Third Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off date of 15 February 2014

Fortieth Meeting

2.383 EC-M-40/DG.1/Rev.1, dated 27 March 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.384 EC-M-40/DG.2, dated 27 March 2014: Note by the Director-General: Combined Destruction and Verification Plans for Twelve Declared Chemical Weapons Production Facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic

2.385 EC-M-40/DG.2/Add.1, dated 20 July 2014: Note by the Director-General: Supplement to the Combined Destruction and Verification Plans for Twelve Declared Chemical Weapons Production Facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic – Addendum

2.386 EC-M-40/DG.5, dated 29 April 2014: Statement by the Director-General to the Executive Council at its Fortieth Meeting on 29 April 2014

2.387 EC-M-40/P/NAT.1, dated 17 March 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Fourth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 March 2014


2.388 EC-M-40/P/NAT.2, dated 24 March 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: Detailed Destruction Plan for Twelve Chemical Weapons Production Facilities (Seven Aircraft Hangars and Five Underground Structures) in the Syrian Arab Republic

2.389 EC-M-40/P/NAT.2/Add.1, dated 20 July 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: Supplement to the Detailed Destruction Plan for the Seven Chemical Weapons Production Facilities (Aircraft Hangars) in the Syrian Arab Republic, Submitted to the Technical Secretariat in March 2014

2.390 EC-M-40/P/NAT.2/Add.2, dated 20 July 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: Supplement to the Detailed Destruction Plan for the Five Chemical Weapons Production Facilities (Underground Structures) in the Syrian Arab Republic, Submitted to the Technical Secretariat in March 2014

2.391 EC-M-40/P/NAT.3, dated 17 April 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Fifth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 April 2014

Forty-First Meeting

2.392 EC-M-41/P/NAT.1, dated 15 May 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Sixth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 May 2014

Forty-Second Meeting

2.393 EC-M-42/DG.1, dated 23 May 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.394 EC-M-42/DEC.1, dated 17 June 2014: Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons

2.395 EC-M-42/DEC.3, dated 17 June 2014: Destruction of Twelve Chemical Weapons Production Facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic

2.396 EC-M-42/3, dated 30 June 2014: Report of the Forty-Second Meeting of the Executive Council

Forty-Third Meeting

2.397 EC-M-43/DG.1/Rev.1, dated 21 July 2014: Note by the Director-General: Destruction and Verification of Twelve Declared Chemical Weapons Production Facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic

2.398 EC-M-43/DEC.1, dated 24 July 2014: Combined Plans for the Destruction and Verification of Twelve Declared Chemical Weapons Production Facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic

2.399 EC-M-43/P/NAT.1, dated 18 July 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Eighth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 July 2014


2.400 EC-M-43/2, dated 24 July 2014: Report of the Forty-Third Meeting of the Executive Council

Forty-Fourth Meeting

2.401 EC-M-44/DG.1, dated 25 July 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.402 EC-M-44/DG.2, dated 25 August 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.403 EC-M-44/P/NAT.1, dated 18 August 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Ninth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 August 2014

2.404 EC-M-44/P/S/1, dated 25 August 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Report by the Technical Secretariat to the Executive Council on an Initial Inspection of Abandoned Chemical Weapons Declared by the Syrian Arab Republic

Forty-Sixth Meeting:

2.405 EC-M-46/DG.1, dated 23 October 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.406 EC-M-46/DEC.1, dated 19 November 2014: Decision: Combined Plan for Destruction and Verification of the “Al-Maliha” Ricin Production Facility in the Syrian Arab Republic

2.407 EC-M-46/P/NAT.1, dated 14 October 2014: Syrian Arab Republic: The Eleventh Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off date of 15 October 2014

2.408 EC-M-46/3, dated 19 November 2014: Report of the Forty-Sixth Meeting of the Executive Council

Forty-Eighth Meeting:

2.409 EC-M-48/DG.1, dated 23 December 2014: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.410 EC-M-48/P/NAT.1, dated 17 December 2014: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Thirteenth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 December 2014

2.411 EC-M-48/P/S/1, dated 14 January 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Second Status Report of the Activities of the Declaration Assessment Team

2.412 EC-M-48/3, dated 4 February 2015: Report of the Forty-Eighth Meeting of the Executive Council


Forty-Ninth Meeting:

2.413 EC-M-49/DG.1, dated 23 April 2015: Note by the Director-General: Progress in the Elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme

2.414 EC-M-49/P/NAT.1, dated 17 April 2015: The Syrian Arab Republic: The Seventeenth Monthly Report on Activities Related to the Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons and Their Production Facilities as at the Cut-Off Date of 15 April 2015

2.415 EC-M-49/P/S/1, dated 1 May 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Fourth Status Report of the Activities of the Declaration Assessment Team

Fifty-First Meeting

2.416 EC-M-51/2, dated 24 February 2016: Report of the Fifty-First Meeting of the Executive Council

2.417 EC-M-51/DEC.1, dated 24 February 2016: Decision: Destruction of Libya’s Remaining Chemical Weapons Stockpile

Fifty-Second Meeting

2.418 EC-M-52/DEC.1, dated 20 July 2016: Decision: Destruction of Libya's Remaining Chemical Weapons

2.419 EC-M-52/DEC.2, dated 27 July 2016: Decision: Detailed Requirements for the Destruction of Libya’s Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons

Fifty-Third Meeting

2.420 EC-M-53/DG.1, dated 19 August 2016 and Corr.1, dated 24 August 2016: Note by the Director-General: Plan for the Destruction of Libya’s Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya

2.421 EC-M-53/DEC.1, dated 26 August 2016: Decision: Plan for the Destruction of Libya’s Remaining Category 2 Chemical Weapons Outside the Territory of Libya

2.422 EC-M-53/DEC.2, dated 26 August 2016: Decision: Arrangement Between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Government of Germany Governing On-Site Inspections at the Gesellschaft Zur Entsorgung Von Chemischen Kampfstoffen Und Rüstungsaltlasten mbH (GEKA mbH), Munster, and at the Port of Disembarkation in Germany

3. Technical Secretariat

3.1 S/1089/2013, dated 24 April 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Submission of Annual Declarations on Past Activities for 2011 and 2012, on Projected Activities and Anticipated Production in 2013 at Schedule 1 Facilities, and on Anticipated Activities at Schedule 2 and 3 Plant Sites in 2013 as at 31 March 2013


3.2 S/1100 dated 4 June 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to apply for a Course on Chemical Safety Management for States Parties in Africa, Wuppertal, Germany, 4 – 8 November 2013

3.3 S/1104/2013, dated 13 June 2013: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.4 S/1105/2013, dated 14 June 2013: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical-Safety–and-Security Management for Member States of the OPCW in the Asia Region Doha Regional Centre for CBRN Training Doha, Qatar, 10 – 12 September 2013

3.5 S/1110/2013, dated 4 July 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Review of the Office of Strategy and Policy

3.6 S/1119/2013, dated 24 July 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Voluntary Contributions to the Trust Fund of the Scientific Advisory Board

3.7 S/1125/2013, dated 17 September 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Third Survey on the Implementation of Decision C-14/DEC.4: Guidelines Regarding Low-Concentration Limits for Declarations of Schedule 2A and 2A* Chemicals

3.8 S/1129/2013, dated 30 September 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: The Contribution of the OPCW to Chemical Safety and Chemical Security

3.9 S/1131/2013, dated 14 October 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Status of Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 14 October 2013

3.10 S/1134/2013, dated 28 October 2013: Note by the Director-General: Announcement of the Fourth Confidence-Building Exercise for Analysis of Biomedical Samples

3.11 S/1138/2013, dated 14 November 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Apply for an Internship for Legal Drafters and National Authority Representatives of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, the Netherlands

3.12 S/1144/2013, dated 9 December 2013: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.13 S/1145/2013, dated 11 December 2013: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Basic Course for the Personnel of National Authorities Involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague, the Netherlands, 24 – 28 February 2014

3.14 S/1147/2014, dated 9 January 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical


Safety-and-Security Management for Member States of the OPCW in the Africa Region South Africa, 18 – 20 March 2014

3.15 S/1150/2014, dated 28 January 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Tenth Regional Assistance-and-Protection Course for Asian States Parties, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 28 April – 2 May 2014

3.16 S/1154/2014, dated 4 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for an Advanced Training Course in Civil Defence Against Chemical Weapons, Láznĕ Bohdaneč, Czech Republic, 19 – 23 May 2014

3.17 S/1155/2014, dated 4 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Third Regional Advanced Assistance-and-Protection Course on Chemical-Emergency Response, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19 – 24 May 2014

3.18 S/1156/2014, dated 6 February 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Apply for an Analytical Chemistry Course Under the Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 12 – 23 May 2014

3.19 S/1159/2014, dated 14 February 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for Five Courses on the Development of Analytical Skills at the Finnish Institute for the Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Helsinki, Finland

3.20 S/1160/2014, dated 19 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with the Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.21 S/1163/2014, dated 21 February 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Third Advanced Course on Assistance and Protection, Beijing, China, 26 – 30 May 2014

3.22 S/1165/2014, dated 7 March 2014: Note by the Director-General: Twelfth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Africa, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 4 – 6 June 2014

3.23 S/1166/2014, dated 11 March 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical-Safety-and-Security Management for States Parties of the OPCW that are also Members of ASEAN and SAARC, China, 23 – 25 April 2014

3.24 S/1170/2014, dated 26 March 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Third OPCW Assistance and Protection Training Course for Instructors, The Hague, the Netherlands, 27 August – 3 September 2014

3.25 S/1171/2014, dated 26 March 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Release of the OPCW Central Analytical Database on DVD

3.26 S/1172/2014, dated 10 April 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Fifth Summer Programme on Disarmament and


Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World, The Hague, the Netherlands, 1 – 5 September 2014

3.27 S/1175/2014, dated 25 April 2014: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with the Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.28 S/1177/2014, dated 1 May 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Declaration of Riot Control Agents: Advice from the Scientific Advisory Board

3.29 S/1178/2014, dated 1 May 2014: Note by the Director-General: Fourteenth Annual Workshop to Coordinate Assistance and Protection Under Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Madrid, Spain, 1 – 3 July 2014

3.30 S/1179/2014, dated 1 May 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the First Regional Assistance-and-Protection Exercise Course for States Parties in Latin America and the Caribbean, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 – 22 August 2014

3.31 S/1181/2014, dated 2 May 2014: Note by the Director General: Call for Nominations for the Fifteenth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile, 29 – 31 July 2014

3.32 S/1182/2014, dated 8 May 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Basic Course on Assistance and Protection, Stans, Switzerland, 14 – 18 July 2014

3.33 S/1186/2014, dated 2 June 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons, Kuopio, Finland, 8 – 12 September 2014

3.34 S/1187/2014, dated 10 June 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Basic Course for Personnel of National Authorities Involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague, the Netherlands, 15 – 19 September 2014

3.35 S/1188/2014, dated 11 June 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Third Assistance and Protection Course for Instructors from African States Parties, Tshwane, South Africa, 1 – 12 September 2014

3.36 S/1189/2014, dated 12 June 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Electronic Submissions of Annual Declarations of Past Activities as at 31 May 2014

3.37 S/1190/2014, dated 16 June 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation for the OPCW Education and Outreach Event “Education for Peace: New Pathways for Securing Chemical Disarmament”, The Hague, the Netherlands, 22 and 23 September 2014

3.38 S/1192/2014, dated 1 July 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Secure Information Exchange (SIX)


3.39 S/1195/2014, dated 3 July 2014: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Regional Course on Medical Aspects of Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons for States Parties in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, Havana, Cuba, 20 – 23 October 2014

3.40 S/1198/2014, dated 8 July 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Apply for Two Courses on Chemical Safety Management, Wuppertal, Germany, 3 – 7 November 2014

3.41 S/1199/2014, dated 16 July 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Training Course for Representatives of National Authorities of States Parties Involved in Fulfilling Article VI Declarations Requirements Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague, the Netherlands, 14 – 16 October 2014

3.42 S/1202/2014, dated 23 July 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Alternative Approach to Verification at Mixed Plant Sites

3.43 S/1206/2014, dated 11 August 2014: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with the Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.44 S/1213/2014, dated 12 September 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Fourth Survey on the Implementation of Decision C-14/DEC.4: Guidelines Regarding Low-Concentration Limits for Declarations of Schedule 2A and 2A* Chemicals

3.45 S/1225/2014, dated 25 November 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Safety and Security Management for Member States of the OPCW in the Asia Region, Doha Regional Centre for CBRN Training, Doha, Qatar, 23 – 25 February 2015

3.46 S/1227/2014, dated 28 November 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Apply for an Internship for Legal Drafters and National Authority Representatives of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, OPCW Headquarters, The Hague, the Netherlands

3.47 S/1231/2014, dated 29 December 2014: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Basic Course for the Personnel of National Authorities Involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague, the Netherlands, 23 – 27 March 2015

3.48 S/1235 dated 6 January 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to apply for an Analytical Chemistry Course under the Programme to strengthen cooperation with Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 4 – 15 May 2015

3.49 S/1237/2015, dated 22 January 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Voluntary Contributions to the Trust Fund of the Scientific Advisory Board


3.50 S/1240/2015, dated 6 February 2015: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Performance of the Revised Methodology for the Selection of Other Chemical Production Facilities for Inspection

3.51 S/1248/2015, dated 27 February 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Fourteenth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Eastern Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26 – 28 May 2015

3.52 S/1249/2015, dated 4 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with the Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.53 S/1253/2015, dated 6 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Thirteenth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Asia Preceded by a Regional Meeting on Education and Outreach, 5 – 7 May 2015

3.54 S/1254/2015, dated 9 March 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Accountability of Non-State Actors – Discussion Paper

3.55 S/1257/2015, dated 13 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Safety and Security Management for Member States of the OPCW that are also Members of ASEAN and SAARC, Hanoi, Viet Nam 19 – 21 May 2015

3.56 S/1260/2015, dated 24 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Thirteenth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Africa Preceded by a Regional Meeting on Education and Outreach, Algiers, Algeria, 2 – 4 June 2015

3.57 S/1261/2015, dated 24 March 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Sixteenth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Latin America and the Caribbean, Panama City, Panama, 23 – 25 June 2015

3.58 S/1272/2015, dated 1 May 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Technical Secretariat’s Procedure for Handling Cases of Schedule 1 Chemicals as Unavoidable By-Products

3.59 S/1275/2015, dated 13 May 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Apply for a Course on Chemical-Safety Management for States Parties in Africa, Wuppertal, Germany, 12 – 16 October 2015

3.60 S/1276/2015, dated 18 May 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Sixth Summer Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World, The Hague, the Netherlands, 30 August – 4 September 2015


3.61 S/1277/2015, dated 18 May 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Basic Course on Assistance and Protection, Stans, Switzerland, 13 – 17 July 2015

3.62 S/1278/2015, dated 20 May 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for the Fourth Regional Assistance and Protection Course for Instructors from African States Parties, Tshwane, South Africa 31 August – 11 September 2015

3.63 S/1280/2015, dated 26 May 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Basic Course for Personnel of National Authorities Involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague, the Netherlands, 14 – 18 September 2015

3.64 S/1281/2015, dated 1 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the International Advanced Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons, Islamabad, Pakistan, 16 – 20 November 2015

3.65 S/1282/2015, dated 1 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons, Kuopio, Finland, 31 August – 4 September 2015

3.66 S/1283/2015, dated 4 June 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Course on Analytical Skills Development at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), UMEÅ, Sweden, 24 August – 4 September 2015

3.67 S/1285/2015, dated 5 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Regional Training Course for Customs Authorities of the States Parties in Eastern Europe on the Technical Aspects of the Transfers Regime of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Belgrade, Serbia, 8 – 11 September 2015

3.68 S/1286/2015, dated 5 June 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Training Course for Representatives of National Authorities of States Parties Involved in Fulfilling Article VI Declarations Requirements Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague, the Netherlands, 13 – 15 October 2015

3.69 S/1287/2015, dated 5 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for the Regional Training Course for Customs Authorities of States Parties in Asia on Technical Aspects of the Transfers Regime of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Bangkok, Thailand, 25 – 28 August 2015

3.70 S/1288/2015, dated 12 June 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Electronic Submissions of Annual Declarations of Past Activities as at 31 May 2015

3.71 S/1289/2015, dated 12 June 2015: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Training Course for National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention on Training Escorts for Inspections, The Hague, the Netherlands, 29 September – 2 October 2015


3.72 S/1290/2015, dated 25 June 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of National Authorities, The Hague, the Netherlands, 27 – 29 November 2015

3.73 S/1291/2015, dated 26 June 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Measures to Prevent Hostile Use of Toxic Chemicals by Non-State Actors – Discussion Paper

3.74 S/1292/2015, dated 30 June 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Mid- to Long-Term Staffing Plan

3.75 S/1293/2015, dated 1 July 2015: Note by the Director-General: Exchange of Letters with the International Council of Chemical Associations

3.76 S/1295/2015, dated 7 July 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for an Analytical Chemistry Course in French Under the Programme to Strengthen the Cooperation with Africa, to be held at INRAP Laboratories, Tunisia, 26 October – 6 November 2015

3.77 S/1297/2015, dated 20 July 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Apply for the Seoul Workshop on the Peaceful Development and Use of Chemistry for Member States of the OPCW in the Asian Region, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 20 – 22 October 2015

3.78 S/1299/2015, dated 24 July 2015: Note by the Director-General: Regional Training Course for Customs Authorities of States Parties in Latin America and the Caribbean on Technical Aspects of the Transfers Regime of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Kingston, Jamaica, 27 – 30 October 2015

3.79 S/1304/2015, dated 13 August 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Status of Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 11 August 2015

3.80 S/1310/2015, dated 15 September 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Fifth Survey on the Implementation of Decision C-14/DEC.4: Guidelines Regarding Low-Concentration Limits for Declarations of Schedule 2A and 2A* Chemicals

3.81 S/1315/2015, dated 19 October 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Status of Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 17 October 2015

3.82 S/1325/2015, dated 6 November 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Ensuring an Effective Response to the Hostile Use of a Toxic Chemical - Discussion Paper

3.83 S/1327/2015, dated 13 November 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Update on the Secure Information Exchange System

3.84 S/1329/2015, dated 23 November 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to apply the Associate Programme 2016

3.85 S/1331/2015 dated 30 November 2015: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to apply for two courses on chemical safety management, Wuppertal, Germany, 4-8 April 2016


3.86 S/1339/2016 dated 26 January 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to apply for an Analytical Chemistry Course under the Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 16 – 27 May 2016

3.87 S/1343/2016, dated 28 January 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations to the Scientific Advisory Board

3.88 S/1344/2016, dated 29 January 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Voluntary Contributions to the Trust Fund for the Scientific Advisory Board

3.89 S/1345/2016, dated 1 February 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Release of the OPCW Central Analytical Database on DVD

3.90 S/1347/2016, dated 3 February 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for the Thirty-Ninth Official OPCW Proficiency Test

3.91 S/1348/2016, dated 4 February 2016: Note by the Director-General: Report on the Performance of the Revised Methodology for the Selection of Other Chemical Production Facilities for Inspection

3.92 S/1350/206, dated 8 February 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Call for Nominations for a Symposium on Women in Chemistry and a Basic Analytical Chemistry Course for Women Chemists, The Hague and Rijswijk, The Netherlands, 17-20 May 2016

3.93 S/1354/2016, dated 18 February 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as of 31 January 2016

3.94 S/1362/2016, dated 7 March 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Needs Assessment and Compilation of Tools, Guidance, and Best Practices on Chemical Safety and Security Management

3.95 S/1364/2016, dated 8 March 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 29 February 2016

3.96 S/1369/2016, 30 March 2016: Note by the Director-General: Status of Laboratories Designated for the Analysis of Authentic Samples

3.97 S/1370/2016, dated 8 April 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 March 2016

3.98 S/1376/2016*, dated 18 April 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Submission of Annual Declarations on Past Activities in 2014 and 2015, on Projected Activities and Anticipated Production for 2016 at Schedule 1 Facilities, and on Anticipated Activities at Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 Plant Sites for 2016 as at 30 March 2016

3.99 S/1381/2016, dated 10 May 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Establishment of a Rapid Response Assistance Team

3.100 S/1387/2016, dated 19 May 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: The Contribution of Article VI to States Parties’ Efforts to Counter Terrorism


3.101 S/1388/2016, dated 20 May 2016 Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 30 April 2016

3.102 S/1389/2016, dated 30 May 2016: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Safety and Security Management for African Member States, Nairobi, Kenya, 5-7 September 2016

3.103 S/1391/2016, dated 6 June 2016 and Corr.1, dated 9 June 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 May 2016

3.104 S/1395/2016, dated 13 June 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: The OPCW’s Role in the Field of Chemical Security: Discussion Paper

3.105 S/1396/2016, 8 July 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 30 June 2016

3.106 S/1403/2016, dated 8 August 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 July 2016

3.107 S/1404/2016, dated 9 August 2016: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with the Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.108 S/1418/2016, dated 7 September 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 August 2016

3.109 S/1419/2016, dated 13 September 2016: Revised Templates for Preliminary Findings and Final Inspection Reports for Schedule 1, Schedule 2, and Schedule 3 Inspections

3.110 S/1420/2016, dated 13 September 2016: Sixth Survey on the Implementation of Decision C-14/DEC.4: Guidelines Regarding Low-Concentration Limits for Declarations of Schedule 2A and 2A* Chemicals

3.111 S/1424/2016/Rev.1 dated 3 October 2016: Invitation to apply for Two Annual Courses on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Chemical Process Industries, Wuppertal, Germany, 3 – 7 April 2017.

3.112 S/1425/2016, dated 10 October 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 30 September 2016

3.113 S/1427/2016, dated 13 October 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Status of Submission of Annual Declarations Regarding Projected Activities and Anticipated Production in 2017 at Schedule 1 facilities

3.114 S/1429/2016, dated 17 October 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Guidelines for States Parties Requesting a Rapid Response and Assistance Mission

3.115 S/1430/2016, dated 20 October 2016: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with the Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment


3.116 S/1431/2016, dated 27 October 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to apply to the Associate Programme 2017

3.117 S/1434/2016, dated 9 November 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 October 2016

3.118 S/1436/2016, dated 14 November 2016: Survey on Biomediated Processes

3.119 S/1437/2016, dated 21 November 2016: Status of Submission of Annual Declarations Regarding Anticipated Activities at Schedule 2 and 3 Plant Sites in 2017

3.120 S/1438/2016, dated 22 November 2016: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Safety and Security Management for Member States of the OPCW Asia Region, Doha Regional Centre for CBRN Training Doha, Qatar 21–23 February 2017

3.121 S/1441/2016, dated 12 December 2016: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 30 November 2016

3.122 S/1443/2016 dated 19 December 2016: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Apply for an Analytical Chemistry Course Under the Programme to Strengthen Cooperation with Africa on The Chemical Weapons Convention, Pretoria, South Africa, 8 – 19 May 2017

3.123 S/1449/2017, dated 12 January 2017: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 December 2016

3.124 S/1450/2017, dated 16 January 2017: Chemicals Call for Voluntary Contributions to the Trust Fund for the Scientific Advisory Board

3.125 S/1453/2017, dated 20 January 2017: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Submit Nominations for a Seminar on Chemical Safety and Security Management for African Member States of the OPCW, Kampala, Uganda, 27 –29 March

3.126 S/1453/2017, dated 20 January 2017: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Invitation to Submit Nominations for a Seminar on Chemical Safety and Security Management for African Member States of the OPCW, Kampala, Uganda, 27 –29 March

3.127 S/1457/2017, dated 6 February 2017: Call for Nominations for a Basic Course for Personnel of National Authorities Involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague, the Netherlands, 3 – 7 April 2017

3.128 S/1461/2017, dated 6 February 2017: Report on the Performance of the Revised Methodology for the Selection of Other Chemical Production Facilities for Inspection

3.129 S/1462/2017, dated 10 February 2017 : Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 January 2017


3.130 S/1465/2017, dated 15 February 2017: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Course for Member States in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region on Chemical Safety and Security Management in Laboratories, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24-28 April 2017

3.131 S/1473/2017, dated 2 March 2017: Note by the Director-General: Call for Nominations for a Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Safety and Security Management for Member States of the OPCW in the African Region, Algiers, Algeria, 15-17 May 2017

3.132 S/1476/2017, dated 3 March 2017: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 28 February 2017

3.133 S/1483/2017, dated 30 March 2017: Note by the Technical Secretariat: Needs Assessment and Compilation of Tools, Guidance, and Best Practices on Chemical Safety and Security Management

3.134 S/1486/2017, dated 19 April 2017: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 March 2017

3.135 S/1487/2017, dated 20 April 2017: Note by the Director-General: Invitation to National Authorities of States Parties to Familiarise Themselves with the Newly Procured Items of Approved Equipment

3.136 S/1495/2017, dated 8 May 2017: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 30 April 2017

3.137 S/1502/2017, dated 13 June 2017: Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 31 May 2017

3.138 S/1512/2017, dated 10 July 2017: Note by the Director-General: Upgrading the OPCW Chemical Laboratory to a Centre for Chemistry and Technology

3.139 S/1514/2017, dated 10 July 2017 : Note by the Director-General: Monthly Financial Situation Report as at 30 June 2017

4. Scientific Advisory Board

4.1 SAB-21/WP.1, dated 25 September 2013: Report of the Second Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board Temporary Working Group on Verification

4.2 SAB-21/WP.2, dated 25 November 2013: Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board, Temporary Working Group on the Convergence of Chemistry and Biology

4.3 SAB-21/WP.3, dated 7 January 2014: Report of the Third Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board’s Temporary Working Group on Education and Outreach in Science and Technology Relevant to the Chemical Weapons Convention

4.4 SAB-21/WP.6, dated 9 April 2014: Summary of the Third Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board Temporary Working Group on Verification


4.5 SAB-21/WP.7, dated 29 April 2014: Response to the Director-General’s Request to the Scientific Advisory Board to Provide Further Advice on Assistance and Protection

4.6 SAB/REP/1/14, dated 27 June 2014: Convergence of chemistry and biology: Report of the Scientific Advisory Board’s Temporary Working Group (http://www.opcw.org/index.php?eID=dam_frontend_push&docID=17438)

4.7 SAB-21/1, dated 27 June 2014: Report of the Twenty-First Session of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB-21/1, dated 27 June 2014)

4.8 SAB-22/WP.1, dated 1 October 2014: Summary of the Fourth Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board’s Temporary Working Group on Verification

4.9 SAB-22/WP.2, dated 8 April 2015: Response to the Director-General’s Request to the Scientific Advisory Board to Provide Further Advice on Assistance and Protection

4.10 SAB-22/WP.2/Rev.1,dated 10 June 2015: Response to the Director-General’s Request to the Scientific Advisory Board to Provide Further Advice on Assistance and Protection

4.11 SAB-22/1, dated 21 July 2015: Report of the Twenty-Second Session of the Scientific Advisory Board

4.12 SAB-23/1, dated 22 April 2016: Report of the Twenty-Third Session of the Scientific Advisory Board

4.13 SAB-23/WP.1, dated 28 April 2016: Response to the Director-General's Request to the Scientific Advisory Board to Provide Further Advice on Scheduled Chemicals

4.14 SAB-23/WP.2, dated 25 May 2016: Response to the Director-General's Request to the Scientific Advisory Board to Provide Further Advice on Chemical Weapons Sample Stability and Storage

4.15 SAB-24/WP.1, dated 14 July 2016: Report of the Scientific Advisory Board’s Workshop on Chemical Forensics

4.16 SAB-24/1, dated 28 October 2016: Report of the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Scientific Advisory Board

4.17 SAB-24/WP.2, dated 14 October 2016: Report of the Scientific Advisory Board’s Workshop on Chemical Warfare Agent Toxicity, Emergency Response and Medical Countermeasures

4.18 SAB-25/WP.1, dated 27 March 2017: Response to the Director-General’s Request to the Scientific Advisory Board to Provide Consideration on Which Riot Control Agents are Subject to Declaration under the Chemical Weapons Convention

4.19 SAB-25/1*, dated 31 March 2017: Report of the Scientific Advisory Board at its Twenty-Fifth Session


4.20 SAB-26/WP.1, dated 21 July 2017: Report of the Scientific Advisory Board’s Workshop on Emerging Technologies

5. Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

5.1 ABEO-1/1, dated 29 April 2016: Report of the First Session of the Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

5.2 ABEO-2/1, dated 6 October 2016: Report of the Second Session of the Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

5.3 ABEO-3/1, dated 16 March 2017: Report of the Third Session of the Advisory Board on Education and Outreach

6. Non-Papers

6.1 Non-paper by the Secretariat, dated 14 June 2013: The OPCW as Global Knowledge Repository on the Implementation of the CWC: Establishing the OPCW Knowledge Management Centre (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Information)

6.2 Non-paper by the Secretariat, dated 17 June 2013: Audit of the implementation of the developed selection methods for OCPF inspections – Presentation Given to Industry Cluster on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Information)

6.3 Non-paper by the Secretariat, dated 18 June 2013: Simulation of OCPF Site Selection and Planning – Presentation Given to Industry Cluster on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.4 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 June 2013: Revision of Product Group codes for Inclusion in the Next Revision of the Declarations Handbook (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.5 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 June 2013: Revised Product Group Codes for OCPFs only (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.6 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 11 July 2013: Technical Secretariat’s Procedure for Handling Cases of Schedule 1 Activities Not Yet Declared and Discovered During an Article VI Inspection Under Part VI of the Verification Annex (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.7 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 11 July 2013: Procedure for Handling Cases of Schedule 1 Activities Not Yet Declared and Discovered During an Article VI Inspection Under Part VI of the Verification Annex (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)


6.8 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 July 2013: New Initiative: Secure Information Exchange (SIX) – 15 July 2013 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.9 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 July 2013: Secure Information Exchange (SIX) – Transmission of electronic declarations for Article VI (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.10 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 July 2013: Review of Schedule 2 Facility Agreements – Presentation Given to Industry Cluster on Monday, 15 July 2013 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.11 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 July 2013: Declarations Handbook: Major Changes Introduced in Declarations Handbook Version 2013 Draft (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.12 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 July 2013: Declarations Handbook: Section B – Industrial Declarations (Declarations Due Under Parts VII, VIII and IX of the Verification Annex) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.13 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 July 2013: Declarations Handbook: Section C – Declarations for Schedule 1 Chemicals and Facilities (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.14 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 July 2013: Declarations Handbook – Appendices 1 and 3–8 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.15 Non-paper by the Secretariat, dated 12 July 2013: Awareness-raising, education and outreach (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Information)

6.16 Concept Note by the Secretariat, uploaded on 23 July 2013: OPCW Outreach Event 2013: “The CWC: Its contribution to disarmament and the future of the regime” (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Technical Secretariat > Information)

6.17 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 1 August 2013: Technical Secretariat’s Procedure for the Selection and Planning of Inspections at Schedule 1 Facilities (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.18 Updated concept Note by the Secretariat, uploaded on 10 September 2013: Concept for 2014 as the year of awareness-raising on the Chemical Weapons Convention (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Information)

6.19 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 September 2013: Presentation on Schedule 2 Aggregate National Data (AND) Trend Analysis – Presentation Given to


Industry Cluster on Thursday, 19 September 2013 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.20 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 September 2013: Revised Product Group Codes (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.21 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 3 October 2013: Enhancing the OPCW Knowledge Management Capability – an Indicative Work-Plan (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Information)

6.22 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 October 2013: Verification at Mixed Plant Sites (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.23 Non-paper by the OEWG on Terrorism, uploaded on 8 October 2013: Activities of the Technical Secretariat since July 2013 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Executive Council > Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism)

6.24 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 10 October 2013: Informal Briefing for Delegations on the Activities of the Scientific Advisory Board (10 October 2013) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2013 > Scientific Advisory Board > Information)

6.25 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 28 January 2014: Mentorship Programme for National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Technical Secretariat > Information)

6.26 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 February 2014: Presentation of the summary of the discussion within National Authorities on Article VI inspections (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.27 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 February 2014: Presentation to Industry Cluster on 19 February 2014: Status of the Measures Implemented to Address Transfer Discrepancies (by M. Uno) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.28 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 February 2014: Update on Progress towards S&A on Schedule 3/OPCF inspections (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.29 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 February 2014: Presentation to Industry Cluster on 19 February 2014: Performance of the Methodology for the Selection of OCPFs for Inspection in 2013 (by D. Dowey) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.30 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 February 2014: Presentation to Industry Cluster on 19 February 2014: Changes to Declarations Handbook Version 2013


(by P. Vita) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.31 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 12 March 2014: The Concurrent Reports 2013/2014 on the Status of Implementation of Article VII – New Elements: Informal Consultations on Article VII, 28 February 2014 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster IV)

6.32 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 2 May 2014: Enhancement of the Number of Plants Factor in the OCPF Site Selection Methodology to Reduce Discrepancies (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.33 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 2 May 2014: Inspection Report Templates (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.34 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 15 May 2014: Results of the Implementation of Policy-Guidelines for Determining the Number of Article VI Inspections – Industry Cluster Meeting on 6 May 2014 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.35 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 28 May 2014: Update on Implementation of IPB Activities – Art. VII Facilitation Meeting – 28 May 2014 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster IV)

6.36 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 3 June 2014: Annex 4 to the Report of the Visit by the Chairperson of the Executive Council and Representatives of the Executive Council to the Kizner Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility, The Russian Federation, 14–18 April 2014 (Reference: EC-76/1, dated 30 May 2014) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster IV)

6.37 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 19 June 2014: Enhancement of the Number of Plants Factor in the OCPF Site Selection Methodology to Reduce Discrepancies (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.38 Presentation, Science for Diplomats: Chemical Analysis in the Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 9 July 2014. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/S_T_VER_Gregg.pdf

6.39 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 10 July 2014: Summary Report of the Facilitator on Article XI, Mr Tariq Karim, on the Activities Held During the Intersessional Period (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster IV)

6.40 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 11 July 2014: Ongoing and Planned Awareness-raising Education and Outreach activities (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2014 > Executive Council > Cluster IV)

6.41 Presentation, Science for Diplomats: The Science of the Bioeconomy, 5 December 2014. Available at:


https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/S_T_Bioeconomy_Gebhardt.pdf

6.42 Presentation by the Secretariat uploaded on 13 March 2015: Presentation on E-Learning Modules for Verification Division, Industry Cluster meeting on 16 March 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.43 Presentation by the Secretariat uploaded on 16 March 2015: Presentation on Summary of Industry Verification in 2014, Industry Cluster meeting on 16 March 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.44 Presentation, Science for Diplomats: Schedule 1 and 2 chemicals as captive intermediates and unintended by-products, 17 March 2015. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/CSP/C-18/en/TIMPERLEY_Science_for_Diplomats.pdf

6.45 Presentation by the Secretariat uploaded on 16 March 2015: Presentation on Sampling and Analysis Update, Industry Cluster meeting on 16 March 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.46 Non-paper by the Secretariat: Meeting Report of the International Day for the Foundation of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – Chemical Safety and Security in a Technologically Evolving World (2–4 May 2016). Available at: https://www.opcwday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Opcw-Day-2016-Outcome-Document.pdf.

6.47 Non-paper by the National Authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran uploaded on 4 October 2016: The Issue of Declarability of Mixtures in Discrete Organic Chemicals (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.48 Non-paper by the National Authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran uploaded on 5 October 2016: “Production by Synthesis and Biosynthesis” (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.49 Presentation by the Secretariat uploaded on 6 October 2016: Some of the Secretariat's Current Capabilities to Assist States Parties in Identifying Declarable Plant Sites (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.50 Non-paper by the Secretariat: Needs and Best Practices on Chemical Safety and Security Management, 25 November 2016, available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/ICA/ICB/OPCW_Report_on_Needs_and_Best_Practices_on_Chemical_Safety_and_Security_ManagementV3-2_1.2.pdf

6.51 Presentation: Science for Diplomats – Chemical Weapons Sample Stability and Storage, dated 12 October 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/12_Oct_2016_Sample_Stability_and_Storage-Presentation.pdf.


6.52 Briefing to States Parties presentation by the SAB Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, 28 October 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/SAB-24_Chair_Briefing_to_States_Parties__1_.pdf.

6.53 Presentation (from a side event at the Twenty-First Session of the Conference, with UNICRI): Emerging Technology and the Work of the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board, 28 November 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20161128_Emerging_Tech-CSP21_OPCW_SAB.pdf.

6.54 Presentation (from a side event at the Twenty-First Session of the Conference, with UNICRI): Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the United Nations, 28 November 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20161128_Emerging_Tech-CSP21_UNICRI.pdf

6.55 Presentation: Science for Diplomats – report from the workshop on chemical forensics in Helsinki: Capabilities Across the Field and Potential Applications in the CWC Implementation, dated 30 November 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20161130-S_T_Diplomats-Chemical_Forensics.pdf

6.56 Presentation: Science for Diplomats Workshop on Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicity, Emergency Response and Medical Countermeasures; dated 30 November 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20161130-S_T_Diplomats-CWA_Toxicity.pdf

6.57 Presentation: Science for Diplomats – Spiez CONVERGENCE 2016; dated 30 November 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20161130-S_T_Diplomats-Spiez_Convergence.pdf.

6.58 Briefing to States Parties: presentation by the SAB Chairperson, 1 December 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/SAB_Chair_Briefing_to_ CSP21-statement.pdf (statement); https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/SAB_Chair_Briefing_to_ CSP21-slides.pdf (slides)

6.59 SAB Vice-Chair Briefing to Open-Ended Working Group on Future Priorities. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/20170131_SAB_Briefing_to_Open_Ended_Working_Group_Future_Priorities.pdf.

6.60 Presentation: Science for Diplomats – What Defines a Riot Control Agent; dated 8 March 2017. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20170308_Science_For_Diplomats_RCA_CTimperley.pdf.


6.61 Presentation: Science for Diplomats – VX: A Brief for States Parties; dated 8 March 2017. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20170307_VX_Briefing_for_States_Parties.pdf.

6.62 Director-General Opening Remarks to 25th Session of the Scientific Advisory Board: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/DG_statement_for_SAB25.pdf.

6.63 Briefing to States Parties: presentation by the SAB Chairperson, 30 March 2017. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/SAB-25_Chair_Briefing_to_States_Parties.pdf.

6.64 Non-paper by the Secretariat: Needs and Best Practices on Integrated Chemical Management, 7 June 2017 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2017 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.65 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 7 April 2015: Additional Detail of the Technical Secretariat’s Activities (based on the Note by the Director-General “Status of the OPCW’s Contribution to Global Anti-Terrorism Efforts” (EC-78/DG.6)), 2 April 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.66 Presentation uploaded on 1 May 2015: Chairperson’s Note: Key Points from the Meeting of the Open-Ended Group on Terrorism held on 16 March 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.67 Presentation by the Secretariat uploaded on 1 June 2015: Presentation on Designated Laboratories for Off-site Analysis of Samples, Industry Cluster meeting on 2 June 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.68 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 5 August 2015: Chairperson’s Note: Key Points from the meeting of the Open-Ended Group on Terrorism held on 6 July 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council >Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.69 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 August 2015: Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism, 6 July 2015: Remarks by the Director-General (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.70 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 August 2015: Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism, 6 July 2015: Welcome Remarks by the Facilitator of the OEWG on Terrorism, H.E. Dr (Mrs) N.N. Akanbi, Oon, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the OPCW (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)


6.71 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 August 2015: Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism, 6 July 2015: Presentation on the OSCE's Partnership in Preventing and Countering Terrorism, Mr Thomas A. Wuchte, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.72 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 August 2015: Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism, 6 July 2015: Introduction of the Secretariat's Note “Measures to Prevent Hostile Use of Toxic Chemicals by Non-State Actors” (S/1291/2015, dated 26 June 2015) (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.73 Presentation, Science for Diplomats: The Science of Medical Countermeasures, 8 July 2015. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/The_Science_of_Medical_Countermeasures_8_July_2015.pdf

6.74 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 August 2015: Meeting of the Open Ended Working Group on Terrorism, 6 July 2015: Presentation on “Measures to Prevent Hostile Use of Toxic Chemicals by Non-State Actors (S/1291/2015, dated

6.75 26 June 2015), Office of Strategy and Policy, OPCW (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.76 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 August 2015: Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism, 6 July 2015: Presentation on “Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical Agents: Technical Analysis” (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.77 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 8 August 2015: Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism, 6 July 2015: Presentation on the Update of the Technical Secretariat’s Activities since the previous OEWG’s meeting, Office of Strategy and Policy, OPCW (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Open-Ended-Group on Terrorism)

6.78 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 1 October 2015: Proposed Improvements for the Schedule 1 Report Templates, Industry Cluster meeting on 5 October 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.79 Presentation by the Secretariat, uploaded on 6 October 2015: Data Analytics and the CWC: An Introduction to the OCPF Site Selection Methodology, 6 October 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.80 Presentation: Briefing by the Chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Board on the Activities of the Board and its Report from the 22nd Session 7 October 2015. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/TIMPERLEY_EC-80_Briefing_States__7_October_2015__FINAL.pdf

6.81 Presentation Report of the Scientific Advisory Board to the Eightieth Session of the Executive Council, 10 October 2015. Available at:


https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/TIMPERLEY_EC-80_SAB_Briefing__7_October_2015__FINAL.pdf

6.82 Presentation by the Secretariat uploaded on 26 November 2015: Presentation on Overview of 3000 Industry Inspections, Industry Cluster meeting on 26 November 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.83 Non-paper by the Secretariat uploaded on 9 November 2015: Action Plan for the Implementation of the SAB’s Recommendations on Verification, 26 November 2015 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2015 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.84 Presentation by the Secretariat: Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry; 30 November 2015. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20151130-Autonomous_systems_and_AI-JForman-Print.pdf

6.85 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 22 February 2016: Possible exemptions of OCPFs from declaration requirements (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.86 Non-paper by the Secretariat, uploaded on 22 February 2016: Production by synthesis (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.87 Presentation by the Secretariat, uploaded on 11 March 2016: Proposed improvements for the Schedule 2 and 3 Report Templates (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Cluster II)

6.88 Presentation of the OIO Response to the Recommendations of the External Auditor, uploaded on 14 March 2016 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Cluster III)

6.89 Presentation by UNCTITF Working Group on Preventing and Responding to WMD Attacks: Project on Effective Inter-Agency Interoperability and Coordinated Communication in Case of Chemical and/or Biological Attacks, dated 14 March 2016 (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Open-Ended Working Group on Terrorism)

6.90 Briefing to States Parties presentation by SAB Chair and Vice-Chair, 21 April 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/21_April_SAB_Briefing_to_States_Parties-for_print.pdf

6.91 Presentation: Science for Diplomats Isotopic labels, stereoisomers, & scheduled chemicals why does this matter? A review of the SAB’s advice, dated 13 July 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/Science_Technology/Diplomats_Programme/20160713-SciDiplomats-Presentation.pdf


6.92 Briefing to States Parties presentation by SAB Chair and Vice-Chair, 28 October 2016. Available at: https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/SAB/en/SAB-24_Chair_Briefing_to_States_Parties__1_.pdf

7. Other documents

7.1 A reminder Note Verbale, NV/ICA/APB203196/16, dated 14 March 2016, (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Technical Secretariat >Information)

7.2 S/2016/142, dated 12 February 2016: Letter dated 16 February 2016 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council: First report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons –United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism, (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Joint Investigative Mechanism).

7.3 S/2016/530: Letter dated 16 June 2016 from the Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism, addressed to the Director-General transmitting the Second Report of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mission (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Joint Investigative Mechanism).

7.4 S/2016/738: Letter dated 30 August 2016 from the Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism, addressed to the Director-General transmitting the Third Report of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mission (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Joint Investigative Mechanism).

7.5 S/2016/888: Letter dated 28 October 2016 from the Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism, addressed to the Director-General transmitting the Fourth Report of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mission (OPCW extranet server: Informal Papers > 2016 > Executive Council > Joint Investigative Mechanism)

7.6 S/2017/131: Letter dated 13 February 2017 from the Secretary-General, addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the Fifth Report of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mission (OPCW extranet server file path: Informal Papers > 2017 > Executive Council > Joint Investigative Mechanism)

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