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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW.1

1. POLICY-MAKING ORGANS.5

Membership of the Organisation .5

Activities of the Conference of the States Parties .5

Activities of the Executive Council .6

Subsidiary bodies of the Conference and the Council.7

2. DESTRUCTION ACTIVITIES8

3. VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES.11

Declarations .11

Transfers of scheduled chemicals 19

Inspections .20

Technical support for verification activities 26

4. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, PROTECTION, AND ASSISTANCE.30

5. INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS36

6. OTHER IMPLEMENTATION-RELATED MATTERS.39

7. INTERNAL OVERSIGHT .44

ANNEXES

Annex 1 List of States Parties to the Convention (as of 31 December 1998)45

Annex 2 Signatory States which had not yet ratified the Convention (as of 31 December 1998) 46

Annex 3 Composition of the Executive Council during 1998 .47

Annex 4 Initial declarations/notifications and other information provided by States Parties to the

Secretariat after EIF 48

Annex 5 Summary of inspections in 1998 .53

Annex 6 Invoices issued to States Parties under Articles IV and V of the Convention.54

Annex 7 International agreements registered in 199855

Annex 8 List of designated laboratories, as of 31 December 1998 .59

Annex 9 Voluntary Fund for Assistance as of 31 December 1998 60

Annex 10 Twelve experts assisting States Parties to prepare declarations 61

Annex 11 Official visits by the Director-General and the Deputy Director-General in 1998 .62

Annex 12 Regional seminars co-hosted by the Secretariat in 1998 .63

Annex 13 The financial situation as of 31 December 1998, reflected in six appendices64