Hosted by the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the conference, which has been running since 1998, provided an international forum for exchanging expertise, sharing lessons from chemical weapons destruction programmes and developing practical responses to…
Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Human Rights Watch, at the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of 40 civil society organizations. In 2026, white phosphorus munitions have attracted particular attention.
Wollongong-based online news outlet covering Australia and beyond. If you have anything newsworthy - a story, video or picture to share with us, please email us. International experts gathered in London for the 28th Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference, bringing together policy, scientific…
Hosted by the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the conference, which has been running since 1998, provided an international forum for exchanging expertise, sharing lessons from chemical weapons destruction programmes and developing practical responses to…
BREAKING: FG confirms Ebola case in Abuja, identifies 44 close contacts The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Olufunso Doherty, has narrated what happened before police reportedly fired tear gas at participants commemorating the sixth anniversary of…
An 11-member delegation from the Republic of Uzbekistan has completed a targeted anti-corruption study visit to Berlin, Germany. Organised in the framework of the project ‘’Improving Governance in Uzbekistan – Inclusive Corruption Prevention’’, implemented by an EU Consortium under the leadership…
A new review finds that while Novichok agents potently inhibit acetylcholinesterase and modern forensics can verify exposure, many claimed properties of these weapons remain unvalidated by experiments on authenticated compounds. News Source: Ophelia Keating. (October 19, 2026). Novichok Nerve Agents: What Science…
The research problem is the Sudanese Armed Forces’ use of chlorine as a weapon during the conflict and the resulting breach of Sudan’s international obligations. The study also addresses the gap between the gravity of the use and the international…
Without immediate and robust accountability, chemical weapons could be used again in Sudan, a newly published study by Veracity Papers warns, emphasizing that impunity threatens to normalize the use of banned substances in the ongoing conflict. Highlighting the severe humanitarian…
سانا Baghdad, Oct. 17 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani signed several agreements and legal instruments within the framework of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) with OIC Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian, Cultural, and Social Affairs Dr.
Chemistry used as a weapon and the work to stop it: the OPCW, nerve-agent poisonings, chemical attacks in war and the chemicals behind illegal drugs.
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