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TAGS: PARM PREL CWC
SUBJECT: CWC:  WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL  SESSION, 
JULY 14-17, 2009 (EC-57) 
 
REF: A. THE HAGUE 437 
     ¶B. THE HAGUE 402 STATE 72671 
 
(U) This is CWC-45-09 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶1. (SBU) The 57th session of the Executive Council 
(EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of 
Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successfully concluded, and 
on schedule, with a full day devoted to the 
presentations by the candidates for Director 
General (July 15) and major agreement in the 
Council by the end of the week supporting the 
Chairperson on his next steps for the selection of 
the new Director-General.  A large number of 
routine business items were completed.  The U.S. 
request to remove from the agenda notes on 
technical changes to facility agreements that did 
not require Council approval resulted in future 
procedures that will prevent other delegations from 
continually deferring such agenda items from one 
session to the next.  The issue of U.S. and UK 
recovered chemical weapons in Iraq was discussed 
under Any Other Business, with agreement to a 
British proposal for consultations "at an 
appropriate time" about a future similar 
circumstance, rather than an open-ended working 
group as suggested by South Africa. 
 
¶2.  (U) This cable follows the summary overview of 
EC-57 in Ref A, and details the plenary meetings of 
the Council with the issues discussed roughly in 
the order of the agenda.  A list of approved, noted 
and deferred items is at the end of this cable. 
The DG candidates' presentations will be reported 
separately, as will the informal meeting on 
destruction issues July 13, and meetings on the 
margins of the Council session. 
 
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DIRECTOR GENERAL'S STATEMENT 
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¶3. (U) The new Chairperson of the Executive 
Council, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico), 
formally convened the 57th session of the EC on 
July 14.  The four new vice-chairpersons briefed 
the Council on the progress of the various clusters 
since the previous session:  Ambassador Pieter de 
Savornin Lohman (Netherlands) on chemical weapons 
destruction issues, Ambassador Abuelgasim Idris 
(Sudan) on the industry cluster of issues,  Dr. 
Hassan Vejdani (Iran) on administrative and 
financial matters, and Ambassador Kirill Gevorgian 
(Russia) on legal, organizational, and other 
issues.  Of note, Idris expressed his desire to 
have a decision on low concentration thresholds for 
Schedule 2A/2A* chemicals this year, and the 
Iranian Vice Chairperson welcomed new facilitator 
Nikolas Granger (U.S.), as well as new budget 
facilitators Francisco Aguilar (Costa Rica) and 
Martin Strub (Switzerland)).  Facilitator Annie 
Mari (France) then reported on the Open-Ended 
Working Group on Terrorism and presented a national 
paper at the conclusion of her service at OPCW. 
Lomonaco, who oversees the OEWG on Terrorism, 
introduced the new facilitator, Mike Byers 
(Australia). 
 
¶4.  Following the adoption of the agenda, Director- 
General Pfirter delivered his detailed opening 
statement covering OPCW activity since the last 
Council pertaining to chemical demilitarization, 
verification, international cooperation and 
 
assistance, implementation of Article VII, 
universality, external relations, and 
administrative and financial matters. 
 
Highlights included: 
- An update on the status of destruction efforts in 
the United States and Russian Federation, including 
a description of the current activities at each of 
the CWDF's in each of the two States Parties. 
- A report on his recent trip to the United States, 
which included the Executive Council 
representatives' visit to Pueblo and Umatilla, and 
his meetings with senior politicians and U.S. 
Government officials in Washington.  Pfirter noted 
and commended the firm assurances by U.S. officials 
of the strong support of the U.S. for the CWC and 
OPCW. 
- The DG noted Libya's expected request (before the 
October EC) for an extension of its destruction 
deadline and the importance of taking prompt 
action. 
- The Technical Secretariat (TS) is planning a 
meeting in Baghdad between the TS and the Iraqi 
National Authority to finalize plans for the 
initial verification visit to the Al-Muthanna and 
Falluja storage sites. 
- A workshop on matters concerning Other Chemical 
Production Facilities (OCPF) will be held November 
25-26, 2009, in The Hague under the chairmanship of 
Ambassador Medeiros (Brazil). 
- The third OPCW exercise on the delivery of 
assistance (ASSISTEX III) will be held in Tunis, 
Tunisia on October 11-15, 2010.  The DG highlighted 
several courses that took place since the last 
Council in the area of international cooperation 
and assistance. 
- On Article VII, 180 States Parties have now met 
their obligation to notify the OPCW of their 
designation of a National Authority.  Mexico's 
implementing legislation recently entered into 
force, bringing the number of States Parties with 
legislation covering all key areas to 85. 
- Regarding universality, the Technical Secretariat 
conducted a "technical goodwill" mission to Israel. 
Egypt has agreed in principle to a similar event. 
There is no substantive progress to report 
regarding Myanmar or North Korea. 
-- He proposed a new Challenge Inspection exercise 
for 2010 and encouraged regions that have not 
hosted such an exercise to volunteer to host it. 
-- Stressing the need for member states to pay 
their assessments in full and on-time, the 
Technical Secretariat has received sixty-two 
percent of annual State Party payments as of May 
31, 2009. 
- The DG unveiled the Draft 2010 Program and Budget 
the week prior to the Council.  He repeated key 
points in this formal meeting of the EC.  The 
budget encompasses EUR 74.5 million, which 
represents zero nominal growth compared to 2009. 
Notable shifts in funding include a 5.6% increase 
in International Cooperation and Assistance, much 
of which would go to the Africa Program.  Member 
contributions are forecast to decrease by 0.4 
percent. 
 
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GENERAL DEBATE 
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¶5. (U) Following the DG's statement, the general 
debate featured many recurring topics, including 
congratulatory notes for the Bahamas (the 188th 
State Party), continued efforts for complete 
universality, and full implementation of Article 
XI.  Many statements touched on the selection 
process for a new Director-General and the CW 
destruction timelines in light of recent 
developments among possessor states, though 
statements generally fell into two different camps 
on these two issues. 
 
¶6. (U) The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and China, 
and the Africa Group in joint statements and in 
national statements by members of both groups 
continued to support a more regulated process for 
selection of the DG, with the African statement 
expressing concern over the lack of a formal 
procedure.  The European Union, Latin American 
Group (GRULAC), U.S., Japan and Russia supported 
the ongoing open selection process under the EC 
Chairperson, with the U.S. noting that there is no 
need to develop new rules for a process that 
already is underway. 
 
¶7. (U) Many States Parties addressed the looming 
2012 destruction deadline and the status of 
possessor states' progress in meeting that goal. 
Taking a positive tone, Japan expressed 
appreciation for the strong commitment of the 
United States, while the EU stated that possessor 
states should be mindful of their obligations and 
make every effort to complete destruction on time. 
The U.S. provided an overview of its destruction 
accomplishments to date and its expectation to 
destroy 90 percent of its stockpile by the 2012 
deadline, as well as the Obama Administration's 
efforts to review options to accelerate 
destruction. 
 
¶8. (U) Calling for realism, Brazil indicated that 
the Council should promote a multilateral 
discussion on the feasibility of the final 2012 
deadline and charge the Chairman with engaging 
interested delegations on the debate. Iran 
underscored that preserving the integrity of the 
Treaty should not be limited to just transparency 
visits but that the Council should play a key role 
as the guardian of the Convention.  The South 
African Ambassador (on behalf of the Africa Group) 
expressed concern at the large quantity of CW that 
has yet to be destroyed and said that careful 
consideration should be given to how the OPCW will 
manage the inability of member states to meet the 
2012 deadline.  Furthermore, he remarked that it is 
essential that no action be taken to undermine the 
Convention, and that any solution would by 
necessity need to "maintain pressure" on those 
States that have yet to meet the destruction 
deadline.  Taking full advantage of its relatively 
new status as a non-possessor state, India offered 
to share its experience in destruction technologies 
with the remaining possessor states and expressed 
appreciation for the "enormity of the magnitude" of 
the U.S. destruction obligations, having recently 
met its own destruction goals ahead of schedule. 
 
¶9. (U) Industry-related issues surfaced in a number 
of statements, particularly discussions of 
verification of Other Chemical Production 
Facilities (OCPF).   The EU supported strengthening 
the industry regime through better focused 
inspections and noted that the Convention needs to 
take economic, scientific and technological 
developments into account.  Regarding low 
concentrations of Schedule 2A/2A* chemicals, Japan 
stressed that a logical sequence is essential in 
determining a threshold, but noted that it is 
flexible in the interest of consensus building. The 
U.S., on the other hand, commented that a political 
compromise is unlikely to equate with any state's 
current threshold.  On OPCFs, Brazil noted, that 
the current proposed OPCF site selection changes 
would result in a substantial qualitative 
improvement in the capacity of the TS to select 
more relevant OCPF sites for inspections.  China 
called for industry verification to be reasonably 
distributed according to the levels of risk of 
facilities, while taking full account of equitable 
geographical distribution.  China's statement 
continued that the 2008 trial methodology 
concentrated inspections in certain regions of the 
world.  Iran highlighted the need for detailed 
information on the performance of the interim 
methodology saying the current information was 
insufficient. 
 
¶10.  (U) The majority of India's statement was 
devoted to two technical industry issues: additions 
to the OPCW's chemical analytical database (OCAD) 
and the two proposals regarding the enhancement of 
OCPF declarations.  India borrowed heavily from its 
non-paper on the inclusion of non-Scheduled 
chemicals in the OCAD in its critique of OCAD 
additions, and stressed concerns with the TS use of 
voluntary State Party submissions of additional 
declaration data. 
 
¶11. (U) Serbia announced that it held a course on 
Article X Assistance and Protection, noting the 
course was a practical tool to exchange views and 
assess state needs.  Brazil announced the First 
Regional Assistance and Protection course on 
chemical-Emergency Response took place successfully 
in Brasilia 24-29 May 2009, including 13 States and 
included the TS.  Iran called for adequate 
resources to be provided to the OPCW to enable it 
to respond to States Parties requesting assistance 
and protection against chemical weapons. Saudi 
Arabia and Sri Lanka noted the contribution the CWC 
makes in combating terrorism especially in the 
context of enhancing international cooperation for 
peaceful purposes. Nigeria noted the need for the 
OPCW to rise to the challenge of terrorism and to 
be prepared to assist States Parties in the event 
of an attack, and cited the importance of the 
assistance program such as ASSISTEX 3 scheduled for 
October 2010 in Tunisia. Bosnia and Herzegovina 
stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 
OPCW held a seminar on non-proliferation and 
indicated that its intention was to take a holistic 
approach to WMD nonproliferation and Counter 
Terrorism. 
 
¶12. (U) Iran opened with a strong description of 
Iraqi bombing of Sardasht in 1987 and noted its 
reference was to serve to strengthen the Members' 
will to pursue Organizational goals efficiently. 
Iraq replied that CW was used against many martyrs 
in Iraq in Halabja and that event was a motivation 
for joining the CWC.  Iraq also noted that it would 
provide the TS with its destruction plan soon. 
 
¶13. (U) A few States Parties commented on the U.S. 
and UK destruction of recovered CW in Iraq.  The 
Russian Federation reserved the right to return to 
the issue, while the Africa Group commented that 
the negotiators of the Convention had not foreseen 
such a circumstance.  South Africa (through the 
African Group statement) called for the Council, 
U.S. and UK to develop agreed procedures that would 
apply to such a situation in the future.  (Del 
note: This was discussed further under "Any Other 
Business" -- see below.) 
 
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VERIFICATION PLANS AND FACILITY AGREEMENTS 
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¶14. (SBU)  On July 14, Iran tried to defer the 
three TS notes regarding technical changes to 
fourteen U.S. facility agreements for CWDFs, 
Schedule 1 facilities and CWSFs.  The U.S. 
countered that the agreements did not require 
Council action but were submitted for its 
information as a transparency measure.  When the 
agenda item came up again on July 16, the U.S. Rep 
requested removal of the items from the agenda; 
Iran objected as they had not received instructions 
from Tehran.  South Africa expressed concerns that 
the move by the U.S. might set a poor precedent 
while the DG noted that no action was required by 
the Council.  Germany suggested in future practice 
that the TS list such agenda items as being 
submitted for information only. After an hour of 
debate, Chile expressed frustration and made a 
formal request for the Secretariat to provide the 
cost per minute of EC debate including overhead. 
When compromise report language was suggested by 
Ireland, Iran joined the Council in recording the 
U.S. request to remove these items from the agenda 
for the next session of the Council. 
 
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CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION 
FACILITIES 
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¶15. (SBU)  South Africa requested discussion of the 
TS guidelines on continued verification for 
converted chemical weapons production facilities 
ten years after the DG's certification of their 
conversion before consideration of a draft decision 
on the matter.  Dutch Ambassador Lohman, Vice- 
Chairman for the issue, offered to meet with 
interested delegations. 
 
¶16. (SBU)   The UK requested deferral of the CWPF 
at Portreath, due to new information on the 
facility that would shortly be reported to the TS. 
Lohman held one discussion with a handful of 
delegations, but both items were deferred to the 
next session of the Council. (Del comment:  The UK 
delegate said later that Russian objections are 
focused on cost, while the UK wants each facility 
to be considered on a case-by-case basis rather 
than the "one size fits all" approach of the TS 
guidelines). 
 
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DESTRUCTION DEADLINES AND EC VISIT TO THE U.S. 
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¶17. (SBU) During the discussion of the 90-day 
destruction reports, India questioned that local 
laws could trump an international convention and 
offered its willingness to share its heel 
technology to assist in chemical demilitarization 
activities. Iran requested deferral of the US 90- 
day report to the next EC, to which the U.S. 
responded that the U.S. report should be considered 
with all other 90-day reports.  Delrep noted that 
the report was simply providing progress on 
destruction during the reporting period and should 
be noted during the current session.  Later, the 
Iranian delegate approached Delrep to ask whether 
the "chapeau" language used for the 90-day reports 
in previous Council sessions (emphasizing "the 
timely commencement of destruction activities at 
all chemical weapons destruction facilities") was 
acceptable.  With that language, Iran agreed to 
note the U.S. report with all of the others. 
 
¶18. (SBU) When the report on the Executive Council 
visit came up for discussion on July 14, South 
Africa noted that it did not have any issue noting 
the report but that it would like to insert report 
language in the final EC report.  There was no 
further discussion and the Chairperson gaveled 
through the agenda item noting the report.  Iran 
then indicated it misunderstood the Chairperson's 
intention.  Lomonaco held to the Council's action 
as completed, to note the report when it was 
gaveled through.  When Chile and Costa Rica 
objected to reopening the item, the U.S. offered to 
meet with any delegation that had questions 
concerning the U.S. destruction program.  After 
repeated push-back from the Iranian delegation on 
what had occurred procedurally, the Secretariat, in 
a highly unusual move, indicated it would revisit 
the video recordings to ensure that the Chairman 
had indeed posed the question of whether the 
Council wanted to note the report--  the first 
"instant replay" in historical memory at the OPCW. 
 
¶19. (SBU)  On the final day of the Council (July 
17), Iran requested and took the floor to return to 
the adoption of the report of the Visit to the 
Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plan, 
Colorado and the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal 
Facility, Oregon.  The Iranian delegate reiterated 
that he had been confused by the proceedings 
earlier in the week and that there was insufficient 
time to review the document.   Chairperson Lomonaco 
inquired as to whether the parties that had 
objected would withdraw their objections.  Chile 
withdrew its objection.  Costa Rica was absent 
(reportedly by design).  Lomonaco then asked the 
Council for any other objections.  When no 
objections were made, he re-opened the agenda item 
on the EC visit report, and Iran requested deferral 
to the next session.  That also found no 
objections, although it eliminated the possibility 
of South Africa's report language, which that 
delegation had been working actively in the 
corridors. 
 
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ARTICLE XI 
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¶20. (U) The Council welcomed Chen Kai (China) as 
the new facilitator for Article XI issues.  During 
the final review of the report for EC-57, Cuba 
offered report language on the agenda for Article 
XI and its 2008 proposal for a workshop.  The UK 
raised an objection to new material being brought 
into the final report that had not been discussed, 
with the U.S. adding concern about decisions being 
taken through report language rather than agreed in 
plenary debate.  Cuba explained that the suggested 
language came from past EC reports and from a 
number of statements in the General Debate.  The EC 
agreed to the language being added to the report. 
 
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DESIGNATED LABORATORIES 
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¶21. (U)  France raised questions about the contents 
of the TS Note on Designated Laboratories.  Russia 
requested that the document be deferred.  The 
United States stated that, although the document 
raises some practical questions, it could be noted. 
There was a lengthy discourse between Iran and the 
Technical Secretariat on how the procedures for 
off-site analysis of samples were established. 
Iran stated that even though they do not have a 
national laboratory, they would be interested in 
contributing to the development of procedures.  TS 
Verification Director Reeps stated that only 
designated labs can participate.  In this instance, 
those that participated in the last proficiency 
test coordinated on the document.  Although the TS 
is currently seeking comments on the document, the 
TS can only accept comments from certified labs. 
The TS document was ultimately deferred. 
 
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS 
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¶22. (U) Most of the routine administrative reports 
were noted.  However, Iran and South Africa raised 
objections to the DG's report on implementation of 
the tenure policy in 2008.  Both delegations stated 
that additional information had previously been 
requested in the report that had not been added. 
The Director General himself responded with a long 
oration about the regulatory framework under which 
he operates in providing the information, as well 
as privacy concerns for the staff.  He stated that, 
unless the Conference of States Parties decides to 
have information on nationalities of staff included 
in published reports, he would not provide it. 
Delegations could request privately statistics on 
staff that they were interested in.  The Convention 
itself emphasizes the qualifications of staff and 
does not instruct the DG to hire based on country 
of origin, although geographical diversity is 
considered.  The DG advised countries that would 
like to have more of their nationals working at the 
OPCW to encourage qualified applicants to apply. 
 
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DATES FOR 2010 COUNCIL MEETINGS 
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¶23. (U) China requested that the dates for EC-59 in 
February 2010 be moved due to the Chinese New Year 
holiday.  The U.S. supported the request.  Approved 
dates for the 2010 Executive Council sessions are: 
 
EC-59  February 23-36 
EC-60  April 20-23 
EC-61  June 29-July 2 
EC-62  October 5-8. 
 
It was noted that CSP-15 will take place November 
29 to December 3, 2010. 
 
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SELECTION OF A NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL 
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¶24. (SBU)  On Thursday afternoon (July 16), 
following the candidates' presentations the day 
before, Chairperson Lomonaco opened the discussion 
of the selection of a new Director-General stating 
that he had conducted extensive consultations with 
States Parties and regional groups and had taken 
into consideration their ideas and written 
proposals.  He then distributed his personal 
statement on next steps toward finding a consensus 
candidate.  Lomonaco's "road map" includes a period 
of reflection during the summer break for 
delegations and their capitals to evaluate the 
various meetings with the candidates, including 
their presentations to the EC, and to assess the 
candidates' qualifications and priorities for the 
position.  Beginning in September, Lomonaco will 
consult actively with delegations to determine 
preferences and to start narrowing down the field 
of candidates.  He announced that he would be 
available in The Hague as early as August 4 to meet 
with interested delegations. 
 
¶25. (SBU)  Lomonaco will use a series of 
consultations, "confessional meetings" and, as 
appropriate, straw polls, to identify trends to 
 
discuss with the candidates or their 
representatives.  This would allow candidates to 
reassess their standing, with a view to some 
withdrawing.  He would use voting as a last resort, 
either in informal balloting to reduce the number 
of candidates, or a formal vote in the Council as 
the final stage of the process if no consensus 
candidate emerges. 
 
¶26. (U) Lomonaco hoped that his statement would be 
noted, but said that Council action was not 
necessary, as this was his personal statement. 
Eighteen States Parties from the Western, Eastern 
European, African and Asian regions took the floor, 
thanking the Chairperson, welcoming his emphasis on 
seeking consensus, and supporting his road map. 
South Africa, Russia, China and Pakistan indicated 
that they wished to study the statement before 
noting it, and Lomonaco agreed to allow a short 
discussion of the agenda item the next morning. 
 
¶27. (U) On the final day of the session, the South 
African Ambassador agreed to noted the 
Chairperson's statement.  Nigeria also expressed 
support for the statement.  With no further 
comments, the Council noted the statement. 
 
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS -- RECOVERED CW IN IRAQ 
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¶28. (SBU)  Following South Africa's statement in 
the General Debate on the chemical weapons 
destroyed in Iraq prior to its accession to the 
CWC, both the UK and U.S. delegations held 
bilateral discussions with South African Ambassador 
Peter Goosen.  Goosen said he wished to work toward 
filling the "gap" in the Convention for future such 
instances, since the CWC does not cover situations 
of conflict in a non-member State.  He also made 
clear that he thought there should be a working 
group on the issue. 
 
¶29. (SBU) The UK decided to make a statement under 
"Any Other Business" and the U.S. followed suit. 
The two delegations met together with the South 
African delegation on July 17 to discuss possible 
report language.  In an effort to fend off the 
South African proposal for a working group, the UK 
offered milder report language on "consultations, 
as appropriate." South Africa intervened to say 
that such consultations should begin as soon as 
possible, but that South Africa would not be 
available to chair the effort.  Clearly not 
catching the future orientation and theoretical 
bent of the British language, Russia noted that 
they were still carefully monitoring the 
destruction of recovered rounds in Iraq by the U.S. 
and UK and that further information on the matter 
would be needed. 
 
¶30. (U) Iran requested written copies of the U.S. 
and UK statements to the Council before agreeing to 
the report language on the matter. 
 
¶31. (U) The Council session ended at 1300 hours, a 
record in recent memory. 
 
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ITEMS APPROVED 
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¶32. (U) The following agenda items were approved: 
 
EC-57/DEC/CRP.5 - amendments to the verification 
plan for destruction at Maradykovsky, Russian 
Federation. 
 
EC-57/DEC/CRP.2 - amendments to the verification 
plan for destruction at Ruwagha and Rabta, Libya. 
 
EC-57/DEC/CRP.4 - modifications to the facility 
agreement with the Russian Federation regarding on- 
site inspections at Maradykovsky. 
 
EC-57/DEC/CRP.6 - revisions to the specifications 
for two items of approved inspection equipment. 
 
EC-57/DEC/CRP.3 - removal of data recommended for 
removal from the Central Analytical Database. 
 
EC-56/DG.3 - note by the Director-General on the 
reclassification of posts. 
 
EC-57/S/7 - appointment of Mr. Ali Gholampour 
(Iran)  to the Advisory Body on Administrative 
Affairs. 
 
EC-57/DG.7 - report by the Director-General on the 
credentials of representatives of members of the 
Council. 
 
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ITEMS DEFERRED 
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¶33. (U) The following documents were deferred: 
 
EC-57/DEC/CRP.1 - proposal for general guidelines 
on the nature of continued verification measures at 
converted chemical weapons production facilities. 
 
EC-53/S/1 and EC-53/DEC/CRP.1 - verification for 
Portreath, UK, certification of conversion and 
draft decisions (withdrawn from consideration by 
the Council for revision). 
 
EC-57/12 - report on the visit to Pueblo and 
Umatilla. 
 
EC-57/S/3 - content of the assistance and 
protection databank and its use. 
 
EC-53/S/5 and EC-53/DG.11 - characteristics of 
plant sites in other chemical production facility 
declarations and enhancement of declarations. 
 
EC-55/DG.8 - report by the Director-General on site 
selection methodology. 
 
S/773/2009 - note by the secretariat on electronic 
submission of annual declarations. 
 
EC-57/DG.5 - note by the Director-General regarding 
off-site analysis and confidentiality. 
 
EC-57/CRP.1 - draft report of the OPCW for 2008 
 
EC/57/S/1 - note by the secretariat on the 
continued inclusion of derivatives in the Central 
Analytical Database. 
 
EC-57/DG.4 - report by the Director-General on the 
implementation of the policy on tenure. 
 
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ITEMS NOTED 
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¶34. (U) The Council noted the following documents: 
 
EC-57/DEC/CRP.4 - modifications to the facility 
agreement with Libya regarding on-site inspections. 
EC-57/NAT.1 - Libya national paper on status of 
destruction obligations. 
 
EC-57/NAT.2 - U.S. national paper on status of 
destruction obligations. 
 
EC-57/HP/NAT.2 - India national paper on status of 
destruction obligations. 
 
EC-57/P/NAT.1 - Russia national paper on status of 
destruction obligations. 
 
EC-57/NAT.4 - China national paper on status of 
chemical weapons abandoned by Japan. 
 
EC-57/NAT.3 - Japan national paper on current 
status of abandoned chemical weapons projects in 
China. 
 
EC-57/HP/DG.1 - 2008 Verification Implementation 
Report and chairperson's summary of consultations. 
 
EC-55/DG.13 - Director General's report on the 
status of implementation of Article XI. 
 
EC-57/DG.8 - report by the Director-General on 
timely submission of declarations. 
 
EC-56/DG.6 C-14/DG.3 - report of the office of 
internal oversight. 
 
EC-54/DG.14 - note by the Director-General on a 
long-term mechanism for the management of risks 
associated with currency exchange rates. 
 
EC-57/DG.12 - report by the Director- General on 
the introduction of International Public Sector 
Accounting Standards. 
 
EC-57/DG.1 - report of the Security Audit Team V. 
 
ABAF-26/1 - report of the Advisory Body on 
Administrative and Financial Matters. 
 
SAB-13/1 - report of the thirteenth session of the 
Scientific Advisory Board 
 
EC-57/DG.14 C-14/DG.5 - note by the Director- 
General in response to the report of the Scientific 
Advisory Board. 
 
¶35. (U) BEIK SENDS. 
GALLAGHER