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CWC 20th anniversary: Speeches and impressions

29 April 2017

by JP Zanders

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Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (The Hague, 26 April 2017)

Invitation to the Commemoration

The Programme

Collection of speeches

Welcome address by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the OPCW
Video message by Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Address by Mr Bert Koenders, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Address by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Address by Mrs Pauline Krikke, Mayor of The Hague
Address by Ambassador Dr Christoph Israng, Chairperson of the Conference of the States Parties

Some photographic impressions

The guests gather in the Ridderzaal (Hall of Knights)

OPCW Director-General Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü welcomes delegates and guests

Video message by UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Netherlands Foreign Minister Bert Koenders

Mrs Pauline Krikke, Mayor of The Hague

Unveiling of the Commemorative Plaque by King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and OPCW Director-General Üzümcü

Ambassador Christoph Israng, Chairperson of the Conference of the States Parties

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