Future of the Chemical Weapons Convention: transitioning towards the post-destruction phase

The workshop, organised by the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in cooperation with the European External Action Service (EEAS), was held in Brussels on 10 September 2012. Its purpose was to have an in-depth brainstorming session on the future of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) with officials from EU Member States and candidate countries.

Representatives participated from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as the EEAS and the EUISS.

Invited non-governmental expert speakers were nationals from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.