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SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julio Moraga":julio@moraga.se
DESCRIPTION:\n	(OPCW C-20/DEC.10)\n\n\n\n	The Conference of the States P
	arties to the Chemical Weapons Convention\, at its 20th Session\, decided 
	that a Memorial Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare wou
	ld be observed on 30 November each year or\, when appropriate\, on the fir
	st day of the regular session of the Conference.\n\n\n\n	This commemoratio
	n provides an opportunity to pay tribute to the victims of chemical warfar
	e\, as well as to reaffirm the commitment of the Organisation for the Proh
	ibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to the elimination of the threat of che
	mical weapons\, thereby promoting the goals of peace\, security\, and mult
	ilateralism.\n\n\n\n	The Third Review Conference of States Parties to the 
	Chemical Convention held 8-19 April 2013 in the Hague\, the Netherlands\, 
	adopted by consensus a political declaration that confirms the “unequivo
	cal commitment” of the States Parties to the global chemical weapons ban
	\, and a comprehensive review of CWC implementation since the last Review 
	Conference in 2008\, which also maps out the OPCW’s priorities for the c
	oming five years.\n\n\n\n	Background\n\n	The history of the serious effort
	s to achieve chemical disarmament that culminated in the conclusion of the
	 Chemical Weapons Convention began more than a century ago. Chemical weapo
	ns were used on a massive scale during World War I\, resulting in more tha
	n 100\,000 fatalities and a million casualties.\n\n\n\n	However\, chemical
	 weapons were not used on the battleground in Europe in World War II. Foll
	owing World War II\, and with the advent of the nuclear debate\, several c
	ountries gradually came to the realisation that the marginal value of havi
	ng chemical weapons in their arsenals was limited\, while the threat posed
	 by the availability and proliferation of such weapons made a comprehensiv
	e ban desirable.\n\n\n\n	Adopted in 1993\, the Chemical Weapons Convention
	 entered into force on 29 April 1997. It determined\, “for the sake of a
	ll mankind\, to exclude completely the possibility of the use of chemical 
	weapons.” (Preamble)\n\n\n\n	The States Parties to this Convention estab
	lished the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons “to achi
	eve the object and purpose of this Convention\, to ensure the implementati
	on of its provisions\, including those for international verification of c
	ompliance with it\, and to provide a forum for consultation and cooperatio
	n among States Parties.” (Article VIII).\n\n\n\n	Learn more about the OP
	CW's work in supporting victims of chemical weapons.\n\n
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