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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