OPCW Director General Ahmet Uzumcu on Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation at CSIS
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013– The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a discussion with Ahmet Uzumcu, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the challenges to the chemical weapons nonproliferation regime today, including allegations regarding the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Full details appear below.
WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, May 23, 2013
12:00 – 1:30 PM
B1 Conference Center
CSIS 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org
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12:00pm-12:15pm Welcome and Introduction:
Sharon Squassoni
Director and Senior Fellow
Proliferation Prevention Program
12:15pm-1:30pm Presentation & Discussion
H.E. Ahmet Uzumcu
Director General
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Cindy Vestergaard
Visiting Fellow
Proliferation Prevention Program
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