Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Netherlands / Zuid-Holland / s-Gravenhage / Johan de Wittlaan
 international organization, chemical warfare

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an international organisation. Its mission is to promote membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty which entered into force in 1997 and mandated the elimination of "the scourge of chemical weapons forever and to verify the destruction of the declared chemical weapons stockpiles within stipulated deadlines".

www.opcw.org
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Coordinates:   52°5'28"N   4°16'57"E
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