▶️ In a video message to the 5th Review Conference, 🇺🇳 @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres urged States Parties to renew and strengthen commitment to the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention to make the world a safer place for all. #RevCon5

Side events at #RevCon5 promote knowledge sharing between #OPCW Member States and civil society, and foster discussions on key issues related to the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention. Today’s side events ⬇️ 🔹The Impact of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Chemical Weapons Convention Organised by @usembthehague 13:15 | Oceania Foyer 🔹Blockchain for Chemical Security: A MATCH for the Books Organised by @StimsonCenter & @CanadaOPCW 13:15 | Oceania Room 🔹CHEMEX Africa: Capacity building within the framework of South-South Cooperation Organised by @AmbalgNL 13:15 | Antartica Room 🔹ABEO’s work and future priorities in light of challenges to the Chemical Weapons Convention Organised by OPCW 13:15 | Africa Room 🔹OPCW should go universality through regional cooperation Organised by @ICCSS_EU 13:15 | Yangtze 1 Room 🔹Collateral Victims Organised by AIDEN NIGER 14:00 | Yangtze 1 Room 🔹 Preserving future of CW Prohibition through collaboration – book presentation Organised by ICCSS 14:00 | Yangtze 2 Room

The 5th Review Conference is scheduled to commence at 10:00 CET 🕙 📹 Follow the #RevCon5 live webcast: opcw.org/calendar/rc/webcast

🕊️ Today on the Day of #Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, we pause to remember those we have lost to #ChemicalWeapons, and rededicate ourselves to achieving a world free from the threat and use of these inhumane weapons.