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THE HAGUE, April 21 – Albania has been recognized as an example of how a country should rid itself of chemical weapons by using existing international agreements. Last Saturday, a body set up to rid the world of chemical weapons agreed on extending a new global deadline to 2012, after acknowledging that Albania is the only country to have completely destroyed its stockpile.
Established under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention treaty, the OPCW is also charged with monitoring security at industrial chemical production plants around the world as well as working with states to limit the opportunity for rogue terror groups to launch chemical attacks.(Tirana Times Staff)
