Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- Barbara Crossette
- • February 26, 2017
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The chilling accusation by Malaysia that the assassins who killed Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, used the world’s most powerful chemical toxin has set off a global shockwave well beyond Asia. Malaysian authorities…
- Categories: Asia, Disarmament, Take a Look
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- Alexander Brotman
- • July 1, 2014
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Although Syria has turned over all of its declared chemical weapons stockpile to international authorities, defying expectations that it would not meet a June 30 deadline, the next hurdle is securely destroying the material outside the country. Danish and…
- Categories: Disarmament, Middle East
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- Barbara Crossette
- • October 16, 2013
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Angela Kane has covered a lot of territory for the United Nations, but one of her toughest jobs in a career spanning more than three decades may be negotiating with Syria to begin the still-uncertain process of destroying the…
- Categories: Disarmament, Middle East, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 6, 2013
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The New York Times has assigned Somini Sengupta to be its new full-time bureau chief at the United Nations. Sengupta replaces Neil MacFarquhar, who left the position this summer after five years and will be based in Moscow for the…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 3, 2013
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In the daily unfolding drama behind the recent investigation by a United Nations team on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that all biomedical and environmental samples gathered by the inspectors…
- Categories: Disarmament, Middle East, Secretary-General, Security Council
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