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Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Chemical Weapons Convention (12 Mar 2009)

Bob Ainsworth: ..., with which the United Kingdom is fully compliant. Under the terms of the convention, we are required to provide information annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In accordance with the Government's commitment to openness, I am placing in the House of Commons Library a copy of the summary that has been provided to the organisation outlining the UK's...

Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Chemical Weapons Convention (31 Mar 2008)

Bob Ainsworth: ..., with which the United Kingdom is fully compliant. Under the terms of the convention, we are required to provide information annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In accordance with the Government's commitment to openness. I am placing a copy of the summary that has been provided to the organisation outlining the UK's chemical protection programme in...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: International Subscriptions: Non-proliferation (19 Dec 2006)

Malcolm Wicks: ...-proliferation organisations to which it is required to make subscription payments—the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Both of these organisations request that subscription payments are made in foreign currencies, and the Pounds Sterling figures provided in the table are based on exchange rates at the time...

Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Chemical Protection Programme (22 Mar 2006)

Adam Ingram: ..., under which such a programme is permitted. Under the terms of the Convention, we are required to provide information annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In accordance with the Government's commitment to openness, I am placing in the Library of the House a copy of the summary that has been provided to the Organisation outlining the UK's chemical...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (18 Jul 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Lynne Jones: ...Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2005, Official Report, columns 486–87W, on the organisation for the prevention of chemical weapons (OPCW), whether the award to Mr. Bustani following the review requested by the OPCW was made for material damages only.

Weapons of Mass Destruction (EUC Report) (14 Jul 2005) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Triesman: ...non-proliferation. The working group will consider the advice of the relevant agencies, whether those in the European Union, the member states or other expert organisations such as the IAEA and the OPCW, as well as information from bilateral and multilateral contacts. If there is strong evidence that the clause has been breached in the monitoring process, the working group would make a...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Non-proliferation Treaty/Weapons Conventions (14 Jul 2005)

Kim Howells: ...2005 intersessional meetings of the BTWC. As a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the UK contributes actively to the work of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The UK led negotiations on an OPCW Action Plan on the implementation of the CWC.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (6 Jul 2005)

Kim Howells: ...International Labour Organisation Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT) and the subsequent review of the level of damages awarded, requested by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with the support of States Party, which resulted in a reduced award to Mr. Bustani for material damages, the UK and other States Party accepted the judgment and supported OPCW's payment of...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: José Bustani (22 Jun 2005)

Kim Howells: ...someone who enjoyed the full confidence of all the states party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Our policy throughout was guided by our judgment of what was in the best interests of the OPCW and the CWC. Mr. Bustani pursued a compensation claim against the OPCW before the International Labour Organisation Administrative Tribunal. The judgment reached by the Tribunal in July 2003...

Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Chemical Weapons Convention (21 Mar 2005)

Mr Adam Ingram: ..., with which the United Kingdom is fully compliant. Under the terms of the convention, we are required to provide information annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In accordance with the Government's commitment to openness, I am placing in the Library of the House a copy of the summary that has been provided to the organisation outlining the UK's...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Libya (1 Apr 2004)

Mr Tony Blair: ...the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). No chemical weapons material related has been removed from Libya. Under the supervision of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), all Libya's declared chemical weapons munitions have been destroyed. We are currently in discussions with the Libyan authorities concerning the destruction of their chemical agents. Within...

Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Chemical Protection Programme (31 Mar 2004)

Mr Adam Ingram: ..., with which the United Kingdom is fully compliant. Under the terms of the convention, we are required to provide information annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In accordance with the Government's commitment to openness, I am placing in the House of Commons Library a copy of the summary that has been provided to the organisation outlining the UK's...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Weapons of Mass Destruction (23 Feb 2004)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...and requires CW possessors to destroy, under supervision, CW stockpiles and production facilities. CWC implementation is verified by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) through on-site monitoring of CW destruction activity, and regular inspection of relevant industrial facilities. The CWC also provides for any Party with a concern about another's compliance to...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Weapons of Mass Destruction (19 Jan 2004)

Mr Tony Blair: .... US, India and Russia have begun destruction of their chemical weapon stocks as required by the convention subject to close scrutiny by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Israel has been a signatory of the CWC since 1993, but has yet to ratify it. The UK regularly calls on Israel to ratify the convention and supports calls by the EU and the OPCW to encourage...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Libya (13 Jan 2004)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...issues of verification and of the dismantling of these weapons in partnership with Libya and with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). We have committed ourselves to helping with the preparation of Libya's returns to the IAEA and OPCW and to helping dismantle the programmes Libya has agreed to destroy. Within their...

Libya (5 Jan 2004) See 3 other results from this debate

Lord Hannay of Chiswick: ...general any information they may have about the failure by NPT signatories to fulfil their obligations? Will she say a little more about the role that the Government see for the IAEA and the OPCW in the future verification of the commitments that President Gaddafi has recently entered into? I welcome what the noble Baroness said in her original Statement, or rather the Foreign Secretary's...

Libya (5 Jan 2004) See 2 other results from this debate

Mr Jack Straw: ...'s return to those two international organisations, and to helping to dismantle the programmes that Libya has agreed to destroy. Responsibility for verifying Libya's declarations lies with the IAEA and OPCW, within their respective remits, and it is for the Libyan authorities to inform those organisations about the details of their programmes. I have kept in close touch with Dr. Mohammed...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Chemical Weapons (8 May 2003)

Mr Mike O'Brien: ...to the Conference. In this we welcomed the progress made towards universality of the convention and the extensive world-wide inspection and monitoring regime that has been put in place by the OPCW. The UK also stressed the central importance of compliance with all the obligations of the CWC and urged other States Parties to follow the lead the UK has set in actively seeking clarification...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Chemical Protection Programme (30 Apr 2003)

Lord Bach: ...Convention, with which the UK is fully compliant. Under the terms of the convention, we are required to provide information annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In accordance with the Government's commitment to openness, we are placing in the Library of the House a copy of the summary that has been provided to the organisation outlining the UK's...

Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Chemical Protection Programme (29 Apr 2003)

Mr Adam Ingram: ...Convention, with which the UK is fully compliant. Under the terms of the Convention, we are required to provide information annually to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In accordance with the Government's commitment to openness, I am placing in the Library of the House a copy of the summary that has been provided to the Organisation outlining the UK's...