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St. Lucia Participats in OPCW Associate Programme
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St. Lucia Participats in OPCW Associate Programme
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Contact:
Tesa
St. Ange
Friday, April
20, 2001
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St. Lucia is being invited to participate in a
programme aimed at implementing the objectives of the Chemical Weapons
Convention and promoting the peaceful use of chemistry, while emphasizing
chemical safety. The Chemical Weapons Convention, signed in 1993 and entered into force in 1997, prohibits the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. The
Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will
from August 6th to October 12th 2001, convene the second
OPWC Associate Programme Course in the Hague and wider Europe. The objectives of the programme are to facilitate the industry-related national implementation of the Convention, to enhance national capacities in member states by offering training in chemistry to personnel from industry, academic institutions and government, to facilitate trade in chemistry through good practice in the chemical industry and to broaden the basis of future recruitment for industry-related posts in National Authorities and the Secretariat. The ten week training course targets chemists and chemical engineers, especially from member states whose economies are either developing or in transition and has been designed to give them access to the skills and experience required to operate effectively in the context of the modern chemical industry. |
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