Japan Contributes EUR 2.4M to Future OPCW Centre for Chemistry and Technology

March 4, 2019

On 27 February 2019, Japan’s Permanent Representative to the OPCW, H.E. Ambassador Hiroshi Inomata met the OPCW Director-General, H.E. Mr. Fernando Arias, at OPCW Headquarters in The Hague. In this meeting, Ambassador Inomata announced the Government of Japan decision to contribute €2.4 million to support the project to upgrade the OPCW Chemical Laboratory to a Centre for Chemistry and Technology. He also emphasized “In order to prevent the use and recurrence of chemical weapons, it is essential that cases are investigated through neutral and objective scientific methods and by a fair and impartial international mechanism. Updating the OPCW Laboratory is, in this light, a very meaningful undertaking. We hope that this Centre will develop as a worldwide core facility for increasing expertise on the analysis and verification methods regarding cases where the possible use of chemical weapons might be suspected. ’’
 
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