Thread by @CBWNet

1/ First @CBWNet Working Paper "Launching the Competence Network CBWNet: Achievements of the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention and Future Challenges" just went online: is.gd/6ZYzd9

2/ Working Paper collates presentations made at April 29 high-level launch event on occasion of 25th anniversary of CWC 25th anniversary #CWC25. Short thread on some highlights:

https://twitter.com/CBWNet/status/1519947488001765376?s=20&t=1nYqTYAsz5Rhd1ibx91Qcg

3/ @UN_Disarmament @INakamitsu in video message pointed to significant difficulties in holding accountable perpetrators of #chemicalweapons use and said that "this is not a situation the international community should allow to persist".

https://twitter.com/UN_Disarmament/status/1520044351283515392?s=20&t=1nYqTYAsz5Rhd1ibx91Qcg

4/ Director-General Fernando Arias described long-standing and new threats the international community faces and argued that our response to these "formidable challenges" will shape the future of @OPCW.

https://twitter.com/OPCW/status/1520085680424108042?s=20&t=1nYqTYAsz5Rhd1ibx91Qcg

5/ @GermanyDiplo State Secretary Susanne Baumann called Syria covert chemical weapons programme "utterly unacceptable" and argued that the lack of a "unified outcry by the entire international community to these developments" is even more worrisome. is.gd/TvHpzL

6/ Go, read! Working Paper contains other fantastic contributions by @CBWNet colleagues and advisors by Ralf Trapp, Stefan Mogl @SpiezLab, for @OPCW DG Ahmet Üzümcü, @u_jako of @HSFK_PRIF. is.gd/2ZKF6w

7/7 Special thanks to @IFSHHamburg colleagues @DrAlexKelle for editing and @EvaSiegmann for online presentation. Last but not least: grateful for @BMBF_Bund funding and @GERMANYonUN event support! cc: @elvira_rosert @dfeakes @CarolineFehl @RevillJames