OPCW Quiz

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force in 1997. OPCW has 192 Member States, who are working together to achieve a world free of chemical weapons.

1. Which country introduced chemical weapons in World War I?
  • Correct Answer: Germany

2. Which country took the initiative in 1925 for Geneva Protocol for ban of chemical weapons but did not sign the protocol until 1975?
  • Correct Answer: USA

3. When did the United Nations Conference on Disarmament adopt Chemical Weapons Convention, officially known as Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction?
  • Correct Answer: 3 September 1992

4. When was Chemical Weapons Convention opened to signature by all countries?
  • Correct Answer: 13 January 1993

5. When did Chemical Weapons Convention come into force?
  • Correct Answer: 29 April 1997

6. Where are the headquarters of OPCW?
  • Correct Answer: The Hague

7. How many are members of the Executive Council of OPCW?
  • Correct Answer: 41

8. Which branch of OPCW inspects storage sites?
  • Correct Answer: Technical Secretariat

9. Where did OPCW carry out destruction of chemical weapons in 2004?
  • Correct Answer: Libya

10. When did OPCW win Nobel Prize for Peace?
  • Correct Answer: 2013

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