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Zambia is hosting a four-day training course on assistance and protection against Chemical Weapons for Anglophone member states in Africa
Zambia is hosting a four-day training course on assistance and protection against Chemical Weapons for Anglophone member states in Africa. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) said abandoned and old chemical weapons still need to be recovered and destroyed.
Speaking in Lusaka recently during the official opening of the training that has attracted participants from different parts of Africa, OPCW Programme Officer- Assistance and Protection Branch Babatunde Olowookere said the use and threat of chemical weapons during the past decade has demonstrated serious violations. Olowookere admitted that preventing the re-emergence of chemical weapons is a long-term undertaking.
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He however said while the dangers posed by state chemical arsenals are now receding, other threats are emerging which require countries to remain vigilant. Meanwhile, Olowookere praised Zambia for being a long-term partner of the OPCW.
