Indian Chemical Council conferred with 2024 OPCW The Hague Award

The Indian Chemical Council, an apex body representing the Indian chemical Industry, was conferred with the 2024 OPCW The Hague Award in a ceremony in the Hague, Netherlands, on 25 November 2024.

The Director General of the Indian Chemical Council, D. Sothi Selvam, received the award.

29th Session of the CSP of the OPCW

• The award was conferred on the Indian Chemical Council during the 29th Session of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). 
• The 29th session of the CSP is being held from  25-29 November 2024 at the Hague, Netherlands.
• The Conference of the States Parties (CSP) meets annually at the Hague to oversee the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, promote the Convention’s objectives, and review compliance with the treaty. 
• The CSP includes all 193 countries that are members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

About  Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 

• The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was established in 1997 under the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention was signed in 1992 and came into force in 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament held in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 3, 1992.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention is the first international treaty that seeks to eliminate a weapon of mass destruction. 
• The convention completely prohibits production, stockpiling, transfer and use of chemical weapons in the world.
• The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was established to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Members: 193 countries have signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. 

As of date, Angola, South Sudan, Egypt and North Korea have not signed the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands.

Indian Chemical Council

A group of Indian industrialists established the Indian Chemical Council in 1938 as the Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association.

It is the apex national body of Indian companies in the business of  Organic and inorganic Chemicals, Plastics, Petrochemicals, Petroleum Refineries, Dyestuffs and dye intermediates, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Specialty Chemicals, and Paints.

Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Director General: D. Sothi Selvam