The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

The Second Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Minoru SHIBUYA, Ambassador of Japan and Permanent Representative of Japan to the OPCW (April 2008) [PDF] [Text Version]
• Japan's National Papers
  • Promotion of Non-Proliferation of Chemical Weapons [PDF]
  • Japan's Efforts Toward Early Destruction of ACW in China [PDF]

Japan's Personnel Contribution

• The appointment of Colonel Shigeyuki URANO, Ground Self-Defense Force, Defense Agency to the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW (September 2004)
• The appointment of Major General Ichiro AKIYAMA, Ground Self-Defense Force, Defense Agency, to the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW (July 2004)

Working Visit to Japan of His Excellency Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General of the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW

• Summary and Outcome (October 2003)
• Statement by the Director-General of the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW, Amb. Rogelio Pfirter at the Symposium: Towards the Elimination of the Chemical Weapons (October 2003) [PDF]

The First Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention

• Statement by Ambassador Yukiya Amano, Director General for Arms Control and Scientific Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (May 2003)
• Japan's National Papers
  • Abandoned Chemical Weapons in China [PDF]
  • Industry Issues [PDF]
  • Strengthening the Role of the Convention [PDF]

Other Information

• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Ahmet UZUMCU, Director-General, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (December 2010)
• Meeting between the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara and the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu (December 2010)
• Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Iraq's Accession of the Chemical Weapons Convention (January 2009)
• National Awareness Workshop on the Chemical Weapons Convention to be Held in Laos (December 2008)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Minoru SHIBUYA, Ambassador of Japan and Permanent Representative of Japan to the OPCW, at the Twelfth Session of the Conference of States Parties of the OPCW (November 2007)
• Visit to Japan by His Excellency Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (August 2007)
• Japan, the Philippines, Australia and the OPCW Work Together to Prevent Chemical Weapons Proliferation (July 2007)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Takeshi Nakane, Ambassador, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Eleventh Session of the Conference of States Parties of the OPCW (December 2006) [PDF]
• Statement by the Press Secretary on Iraq's Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Training Course (July 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Entry into Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) for Libya (February 2004)

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Press Secretary's Press Conference on CWC

Year	Month	Date
2008	March	11
2007	July	10
2005	December	13
2004	February	6

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