OPCW: Will Nobel Peace Prize Help Wipe Out Chemical Weapons? -- Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor
The announcement that the OPCW had won the Nobel Peace Prize gave many hope that the world will move closer toward that goal.
In the 16 years since its creation, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been quietly going about its work, cataloging and destroying chemical weapons arsenals around the world.
The Netherlands-based weapons watchdog shot to prominence last month when it was tasked with removing Syria’s stockpile by July 2014. With Friday’s announcement that the agency had won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, many hope the award will help bring closer the goal of unanimous global participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the worldwide eradication of poison gas stockpiles.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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A Nobel Prize for Irrelevance -- Paul J. Saunders, National Interest
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The Inevitable Rise Of Al-Qaeda in Libya -- John Rosenthal, Al-Monitor
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