Vietnam attends review conference on Chemical Weapons Convention
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh, permanent representative of Vietnam to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), is attending the fifth review conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague from May 15 to 19.
The opening session of the fifth review conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague, the Netherlands. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to theNetherlands Pham Viet Anh, permanent representative of Vietnam to theOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), is attending thefifth review conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Haguefrom May 15 to 19.
Over the recent past, member countries of the convention havedestroyed 99% of the declared chemical weapons and pledged to do the same forthe remainder in the near future, heard the conference held every five years.
However, humans are now facing a number of new risks as somechemicals are being used for military and terrorist purposes, directlythreatening the world security and human safety. Therefore, eliminating andpreventing chemical weapons remains an important mission of the OPCW as a technicalorganisation for controlling and verifying the permanent elimination ofchemical weapons and assisting member countries to fulfill their obligations towardsthe CWC.
Given this, the OPCW has built a technical centre namedCentre ChemTech that features modern laboratories and inaugurated it on May 12.This centre, invested with over 34.6 million EUR (37.5 million USD), comes as aresult of the OPCW’s enormous efforts and voluntary contributions from 57member countries, the EU, and some organisations and individuals.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh leaves a message for future generations at Centre ChemTech, calling for stronger efforts for the sake of a world free of chemical weapons. (Photo: VNA)
Addressing the inauguration, OPCW Director-General FernandoArias described the centre as a success of multilateral diplomacy and a successsymbol of the international community in keeping global peace and security.
ChemTech will not only serve as a laboratory of the OPCW butalso help improve the organisation’s technical capability in the face ofscientific and technological development as well as the world situation. It willgather and coordinate efforts by scientists, universities, research institutes,civil society and industrial organisations, and related internationalorganisations while becoming a training centre for countries, especiallydeveloping ones, to build the capacity for CWC implementation.
On behalf of Vietnam, Ambassador Anh left a message for future generations at Centre ChemTech, calling for strongerefforts for the sake of a world free of chemical weapons./.
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The opening session of the fifth review conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague, the Netherlands. (Photo: VNA) 
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh leaves a message for future generations at Centre ChemTech, calling for stronger efforts for the sake of a world free of chemical weapons. (Photo: VNA) 
