Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
Unofficial translation from the Vietnamese original.
From 26 November to 4 December 2022, the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP-27) took place in The Hague, the Netherlands.
View of the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Netherlands
The Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP-27) was organised by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), whose membership comprises 193 countries, and was attended by more than 400 delegates representing the ministries and sectors of those countries. The Vietnamese delegation to CSP-27 comprised representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defence and the Office of the Government, and was headed by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to the Netherlands, who is also the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the OPCW. An officer of Standing Office 81 of the Chemical Corps attended the Conference on behalf of the Ministry of National Defence.
At the Conference, delegates discussed and adopted many important matters, including: on its activities, the OPCW confirmed that as of 31 October 2022 a total of nearly 72,000 tonnes of chemical weapons (equivalent to 99.41% of the declared quantity) had been destroyed; the Russia–Ukraine conflict; the election of two Vice-Chairpersons of the Conference from the Eastern European Group, namely Croatia and Latvia; and matters relating to the investigation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The Vietnamese delegation at the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Netherlands
At the Conference, Vietnam reaffirmed its consistent position in support of the non-proliferation and the complete and verifiable elimination of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons; condemned any use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances and for any motive; and upheld the right to develop the chemical industry for peaceful purposes. In addition, Vietnam handled the complex issues at the Conference in a skilful, balanced and appropriate manner, thereby maintaining its foreign relations posture and its relations with major countries and important partners.
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