Russia Welcomes Nobel Award for Chemical Arms Watchdog

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MOSCOW– Russia on Saturday welcomed the decision to award the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is currently destroying chemical stockpiles in Syria in line with an agreement reached by Russia and the United States,according to RIA Novosti.

 The OPCW  is one of the most effective international bodies in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

 “The mission that the OPCW, in cooperation with the United Nations, has successfully begun within the framework of destroying chemical weapons in Syria is vivid confirmation of this.”

Elimination of Chemical Weapons in the World

Russia has postponed the destruction of its chemical weapons to 2015, citing underfunding. The United States plans to get rid of its stockpiles by 2023.

The OPCW, headquartered in The Hague, oversees the destruction of chemical weapons by signatories of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Only six of the UN’s 193 members are not party to the convention.

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