#Poland police arrested three #Ukraine citizens (aged 39–43) in the center of Warsaw who were traveling in a car equipped with:

• advanced hacking equipment,
• a spy device detector,
• SIM cards, routers, FLIPPER, antennas,
• laptops, cameras, and portable drives.

The seized devices could have been used to breach security and interfere with strategic IT systems. That resembles a bit the arrest of #GRU officers in #Netherlands in 2018 while they tried to hack #OPCW corporate network. This of course could be regular cyber criminals or pentesters, but I’d say these days this kind of jobs would display certain lack of self-preservation instinct in each case.

P.S. “Ukraine citizens” is essentially holder of passport of Ukraine, doesn’t tell you anything of nationality or political affiliation.

Đại lục Trung Quốc đang thúc đẩy chủ nghĩa đa phương thực sự tại phiên họp thứ 30 của OPCW. Đoàn đại biểu nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của đoàn kết và hợp tác giữa các quốc gia để vượt qua thách thức chính trị hiện tại. #ChủNghĩaĐaPhương #OPCW #AnNinhToànCầu https://ift.tt/BnKlJLH

Suriye, Kimyasal Silahların Yasaklanması Örgütü (OPCW) nezdindeki daimi temsilciliğini yeniden açtı. Uluslararası diplomasi ve küresel güvenlik adına önemli bir adım. Kimyasal silahların yayılmasının önlenmesi çabalarına katkı sağlayabilir.

🚩 #OPCW #Suriye #Diplomasi #KüreselGüvenlik #Uluslararasıİlişkiler

Last week, @opcw
#ExecutiveCouncil session 110 made 3 big decisions by consensus:
- A decision allowing expedited on-site destruction of #ChemicalWeapons in #Syria
- The programme and budget for 2026-2027
- The nomination of Sabrina Dallafior Matter as the next DG of the #OPCW.
#ChemicalWeaponsConvention #EC110 #CanadaOPCW

From @opcw [X] account:
🔴 OPCW Executive Council decides by consensus to recommend Sabrina Dallafior Matter of🇨🇭Switzerland for next Director-General. Appointment to take place at Conference of the States Parties in November.
#OPCW #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #SabrinaDallafiorMatter #Switzerland #EC110

Aus dem Text „KI kontrolliert KI?“ von Thomas Reinhold (@PRIF @PEASEC).

Hier geht’s zur W&F Ausgabe 3/25 👉 https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/ausgabe/2025-3-aera-der-aufruestung/

Kunst: Peter Kennard

#killerrobots #nonproliferation #opcw

Ein wichtiger Beitrag zur aktuell hitzigen Debatte rund um KI, Proliferation und der Hoffnung auf Rüstungskontrollbemühungen durch Verifikationsmaßnahmen: "KI kontrolliert KI?" von Thomas Reinhold (@PRIF, @PEASEC) jetzt in W&F 3/25 lesen!

Hier geht's zum Heft 👉 https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/ausgabe/2025-3-aera-der-aufruestung/

#killerrobots #opcw #nonproliferation

Kunst: Peter Kennard

Later this month @opcw will participate in the #DenHaag #JustPeaceOpenDay with an Open Day

📣 Registration is now open for OPCW Open Day! Join us on 21 September to learn about the #OPCW's work, take part in interactive activities, view expert presentations, and more! Details & register
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opcw-just-peace-open-day-2025-tickets-1601118090309

#OpenDayOPCW #JPOD2025 #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #HagueHumanityHub

Link to the @opcw web page which will host documents from the #ExecutiveCouncil meeting (EC-M-68, #ECM68 ) to take place 22 July 2025: https://www.opcw.org/resources/documents/executive-council/ec-m-68
OPCW holds Sessions of EC on a regular basis (now 3/year, 4/year in the past).
“Meetings” are inherently special, being unscheduled, typically in response to developing events and/or a specific request by a State Party.
This will be the 68th meeting since the #OPCW was established in 1997. #ChemicalWeaponsConvention

#Qatar on behalf of #Syria requested a special meeting of #OPCW #ExecutiveCouncil, regarding “the #Israeli air strike on 16 July 2025 targeting several sites in #Damascus, including the General Staff Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence.
The Ministry of Defence plays a critical role in supporting the OPCW Technical Secretariat's deployed teams in Syria.” (from Qatar’s note verbale request)
#ChemicalWeaponsConvention #ECM68 #ChemicalWeapons
@opcw
https://mastodon.online/@opcw/114869277686828962

Israeli strikes on Damascus hinder chemical‑weapons search
Syrian officials say air attacks are disrupting OPCW inspection efforts to locate and destroy old Assad-era chemical weapon stockpiles in the capital.

👉 Full story: https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/news/world-news/israels-attacks-on-damascus-hinder-chemical-weapons-search-syrian-official-says/
#Syria #Damascus #ChemicalWeapons #MiddleEast #OPCW

The embassy of #Ireland in The Hague is hiring an International Liaison Officer. I don’t work for the Irish but I work with the incumbent as a colleague and the work is interesting. You’ll have big shoes to fill but I think it’s a great job! (The incumbent is moving to a great job elsewhere, building on this experience.)

https://assets.ireland.ie/documents/International_Liaison_Officer_-_Advert.pdf
#vacatures #DenHaag #FediHiring #Diplomacy #InternationalRelations #OPCW #ICC

The Netherlands and Germany collect ‘concrete’ evidence of Russian chemical attacks.

The two countries’ intelligence services report that Russia is deploying banned chemical weapon drones to flush Ukrainian troops into the open, where they become vulnerable to attack.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250705-the-netherlands-and-germany-collect-concrete-evidence-of-russian-chemical-attacks?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#ChemicalWeapons #Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Military #Army #Soldiers #Netherlands #Germany #OPCW #IntelligenceServices

"We specifically linked the use of #chloropicrin to improvised munitions [#IEDs], such as filled light bulbs & empty bottles that are hung from a drone. When it comes to #teargas, we see that they are also misusing & converting existing munitions to act as the carrier for the gas," he said.

Chloropicrin is listed as a banned choking agent by #OPCW, which was created to implement & monitor compliance with the 1997 #ChemicalWeapons Convention (#CWC).

#Russia #Ukraine #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw

The #intelligence findings were presented in a letter to the Dutch parliament Friday.

#Russia is a member of the #OPCW &…[claims to have] destroyed its declared #ChemicalWeapons stockpiles.

Increased #sanctions could happen in conjunction w/the European Commission, which has proposed listing 15 additional new entities & individuals to its sanctions framework, including for suspected use of chemical weapons in #Ukraine.

#Europe #Security #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #geopolitics

"We must further increase the pressure. This means looking at more #sanctions & specifically not allowing them (#Russia) to participate in international bodies like the Executive Council of the #OPCW," he said.

Reesink spoke of "thousands of instances" of #ChemicalWeapons use, …citing a Ukrainian figure of ~9,000.

Rotating 2-year seats on the OPCW council will be up for negotiation in the coming months.

#Ukraine #Europe #Security #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #Ukraine #geopolitics

🇷🇺 RUSSIA | 🇺🇦 UKRAINE
🔴 Dutch Minister: Russia Using Chemical Weapons

🔸 Russia drops choking agents like chloropicrin via drones into trenches, says Dutch Defense Minister.
🔸 Ukraine claims ~9,000 chemical weapon incidents; at least 3 dead, 2,500+ injured.
🔸 OPCW: Chloropicrin is banned under the Geneva Convention.

#Russia #Ukraine #ChemicalWeapons #OPCW #GenevaConvention

The slimy, war-mongering New York Times caught in yet another lie. How does anyone take them seriously?

Aaron Maté

NYT's @carlottagall [on Twitter] has written an article promoting chemical weapons allegations against the recently ousted Assad government. It contains one of the sloppiest lies I've ever seen on this topic. Citing a Syrian military defector, Brig. Gen. Zaher al-Saket, Gall writes that the August 2013 chemical attack in Ghouta "was prepared and fired from the Sharyat air base." This is such a transparent falsehood, I can't believe it was printed. Homs is about 150 kilometers from Ghouta. It is physically impossible for the sarin rockets that hit Ghouta to have been launched from Homs. As the NYT itself had to admit in December 2013 -- contradicting the Obama admin at the time - "the rockets were most likely fired by multiple launchers and had a range of about three kilometers." This would implicate sectarian insurgents, who controlled areas within that range. Now the NYT, in its bid to spread Iraq WMD-level propaganda today, has stretched the attack zone out from three kilometers all the way to 150 kilometers, where they can find a Syrian military air base. Unfortunately their new location happens to be completely incompatible with reality.

https://xcancel.com/aaronjmate/status/1913306398391259400#m

#Syria #OPCW #AaronMaté #NYTimes #NewYorkTimes #propaganda

@opcw looking for #SocialMedia personnel:

There are two positions open:
- short term appointment through the summer: https://jobs.opcw.org/job/job-digital-communications-assistant-gs-5-short-term-appointment_478.aspx
- fixed term professional position from this autumn: https://jobs.opcw.org/job/job-digital-communications-officer-p-2-_473.aspx

Both are interesting in a good small team.

There is a lot going on at the #OPCW and you could help the Organisation communicate this to a wide public.

#GetFediHired #DisarmamentJobs #SocialMediaJobs #ChemicalWeaponsConvention

⚠️⛔️Ukraine presents to OPCW evidence of Russia's gross violations of Chemical Weapons Convention (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3967362-ukraine-presents-to-opcw-evidence-of-russias-gross-violations-of-chemical-weapons-convention.html #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #OPCW #ICC #ICJ #Hague #Mastodon #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #BudapestMemorandum #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#USAIsATerroristState