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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 8

1 POLICY-MAKING ORGANS 11

Membership in the Organisation 12

Activities of the Conference of the States Parties 12

Activities of the Executive Council 13

Subsidiary Bodies of the Conference and the Council 13

2 VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES 14

Chemical Demilitarisation 18

Overview of Inspection Activities 20

Technical Support for Verification Activities 22

3 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, ASSISTANCE, PROTECTION, AND IMPLEMENTATION

SUPPORT 23

Protection 24

Assistance 25

Implementation Support 26

4 EXTERNAL RELATIONS 33

5 BUDGETARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 38

6 OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 41

Office of Confidentiality and 8ecurity 42

Health and Safety 43

7 INTERNAL OVERSIGHT 44

8 ANNEXES 46

ANNEX 1 States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 31 December 2002 47

ANNEX 2 States not Party – Signatory States that had not ratified the Chemical Weapons

Convention as at 31 December 2002 48

ANNEX 3 States not Party – States that had neither signed nor acceded to the Chemical Weapons

Convention as at 31 December 2002 48

ANNEX 4 Composition of the Executive Council in 2002, by region 48

ANNEX 5 Status of submission by States Parties of initial declarations and notifications as at 31

December 2002 49

ANNEX 6 Chemical agents declared and destroyed as at 31 December 2002 54

ANNEX 7 Number of States Parties that had declared riot control agents, by type of agent as at 31

December 2002 56

ANNEX 8 Declared and inspectable Schedule 2 Facilities as at 31 December 2002 57

ANNEX 9 Declared and inspectable Schedule 3 Facilities as at 31 December 2002 58

ANNEX 10 Declared and inspectable DOC/PSF Facilities as at 31 December 2002 59

ANNEX 11 Summary of inspections in 2002 61

ANNEX 12 Designated OPCW laboratories as at 31 December 2002 63

ANNEX 13 Conferences and workshops sponsored by the OPCW in 2002 63

ANNEX 14 Internship support programme in 2002 64

ANNEX 15 Research projects funded by the OPCW in 2002 64

ANNEX 16 Research projects co-funded with the International Foundation for Science in 2002 64

ANNEX 17 Assistance and protection measures elected by States Parties under paragraph 7 of

article X as at 31 December 2002 66

ANNEX 18 Contributions to the Voluntary Fund for Assistance as at 31 December 2002 68

ANNEX 19 The financial situation of the OPCW as at 31 December 2002 69

ANNEX 20 International agreements and legal instruments registered by the Technical Secretariat

from 1 January to 31 December 2002 84

ANNEX 21 Declarations by States Parties of national protection programmes, by year in

accordance with article X, paragraph 4 85