Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 30th November UNSCOM inspectors take mustard agent samples from 155-mm mustard agent artillery projectiles, which have been wrapped in plastic to minimize contamination, Iraq, 1991. UN Photo/Shankar Kunhambu The Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, at its 20th Session, decided that a memorial Day… Continue Reading Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare_30th November
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Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare_30th November 2018
UNSCOM inspectors take mustard agent samples from 155-mm mustard agent artillery projectiles, which have been wrapped in plastic to minimize contamination, Iraq, 1991. UN Photo/Shankar Kunhambu The Conference of the States Parties at its 20th Session decided that a memorial Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare would be observed on 30 November… Continue Reading Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare_30th November 2018
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare, 29 April | United Nations
On the 29th April 1997 the United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, with the object to “exclude completely the possibility of the use of chemical weapons” (Preamble). The 29th April is now observed by the United Nations every year as a Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare. In… Continue Reading Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare, 29 April | United Nations