Mexico´s Vice-Minister Carmen Moreno, on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, and the Deputy Secretary-General for Economic and Global Affairs of the European External Action Service, Helena König, on behalf of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph Borrell, endorsed the joint press […]
Chemical weapons: EU imposes further restrictive measures on ten individuals and one entity
The Council decided to impose additional restrictive measures in view of the continued threat posed by the proliferation and use of chemical weapons. The new listings target ten individuals and one entity linked to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a Novichok-type nerve agent on 20 August 2020, and the productions of chemical weapons delivery systems in Syria. As concerns the Navalny […]
Chemical Weapons Convention: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union to mark the 25th anniversary
On 29 April 2022, we mark the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CWC). With 193 States Parties, the Convention today enshrines the international norm against the use of chemical weapons. Since it entered into […]