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Created page with "{{Event |Name=How to read an OPCW TAV report |DateStart=2025-10-17 19:30 |DateEnd=2025-10-17 20:30 |Contact=Oops |Info=A quasi-technical talk about OPCW topics by a policy person for a non-specialist technical audience |InfoLocation=Revspace |InfoOpen=We're open from 2025-10-17 19:00 or earlier |InfoTicket=NA_real |InfoSignup=Tag yourself in the forum if you'll attend. }} ## Introduction The [https://www.opcw.org OPCW] is an intergovernmental organization b..." |
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# Introduction | |||
The [https://www.opcw.org OPCW] is an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, committed to the prohibition of chemical weapons. It is created by the Chemical Weapons Convention. | The [https://www.opcw.org OPCW] is an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, committed to the prohibition of chemical weapons. It is created by the [https://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention Chemical Weapons Convention]. | ||
This talk will discuss a bit of what the OPCW does, how we got to have it, what it doesn't do. We'll look at some of the regular work the OPCW does (industry inspections around the world) and the special work -- investigations and fact-finding, particularly in Syria, Ukraine and the UK. | This talk will discuss a bit of what the OPCW does, how we got to have it, what it doesn't do. We'll look at some of the regular work the OPCW does (industry inspections around the world) and the special work -- investigations and fact-finding, particularly in Syria, Ukraine and the UK. | ||
== Background reading == | |||
I'll add in some links here for past reports by the OPCW's fact-finding mission, technical assistance visits. | I'll add in some links here for past reports by the OPCW's fact-finding mission, technical assistance visits. | ||
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I'll also add a link to the OPCW's e-learning suite for enthusiasts. | I'll also add a link to the OPCW's e-learning suite for enthusiasts. | ||
== Outline == | |||
* What is the OPCW and what it tries to do | * What is the OPCW and what it tries to do | ||
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* Other mechanisms which the OPCW has developed | * Other mechanisms which the OPCW has developed | ||
* What the OPCW has done in the past | * What the OPCW has done in the past | ||
** Regular: chemical demilitarisation, ACW, OCW | |||
** Non-routine: Syria, Libya, Panama ACW, Iraq, Malaysia, UK (Skripals, Sturgess), Germany (Navalny) | |||
* What you can find to read from these things | |||
* How to read some of them | * How to read some of them | ||
* How policy mechanisms respond to technical outcomes | * How policy mechanisms respond to technical outcomes | ||
== Format == | |||
I will likely have slides but that’s partly to help me keep on track. I’ll try to speak for 20-30 minutes then take questions. | |||
Revision as of 15:10, 12 October 2025
| Event How to read an OPCW TAV report | |
|---|---|
| Name | How to read an OPCW TAV report |
| Contact | Oops |
| Duration | 2025-10-17 19:30 - 2025-10-17 20:30 |
| Information | A quasi-technical talk about OPCW topics by a policy person for a non-specialist technical audience
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- Introduction
The OPCW is an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, committed to the prohibition of chemical weapons. It is created by the Chemical Weapons Convention.
This talk will discuss a bit of what the OPCW does, how we got to have it, what it doesn't do. We'll look at some of the regular work the OPCW does (industry inspections around the world) and the special work -- investigations and fact-finding, particularly in Syria, Ukraine and the UK.
Background reading
I'll add in some links here for past reports by the OPCW's fact-finding mission, technical assistance visits.
I'll also add a link to the OPCW's e-learning suite for enthusiasts.
Outline
- What is the OPCW and what it tries to do
- Mechanisms explicitly set out in the CWC
- Other mechanisms which the OPCW has developed
- What the OPCW has done in the past
- Regular: chemical demilitarisation, ACW, OCW
- Non-routine: Syria, Libya, Panama ACW, Iraq, Malaysia, UK (Skripals, Sturgess), Germany (Navalny)
- What you can find to read from these things
- How to read some of them
- How policy mechanisms respond to technical outcomes
Format
I will likely have slides but that’s partly to help me keep on track. I’ll try to speak for 20-30 minutes then take questions.