The Nobel Peace
Prize for 2013 has been awarded to the chemical weapons watchdog, the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its extensive
efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, OPCW with its 189
member states is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use, but not
the production or storage of chemical weapons. Through inspections, destruction and by other means OPCW has been playing a buoyant role in implementing the 1925 Geneva Protocol including the most recent and ongoing inspections in Syria.
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The OPCW Inspection Team leaving for Syria on 30 September.
Image credit: opcw.org
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