'OPCW - Course'

Prevention & Response
Date: Monday, May 25, 2009

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

First Regional Assistance-and-Protection Course on Chemical-Emergency Response


Start date: 25 May 2009

End date: 29 May 2009

Place: Brasília, Brazil

Description: The course will offer a basic introduction to the use of individual protective equipment, and to monitoring, detection, and decontamination. It will also facilitate the exchange of information and experiences regarding the implementation of Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and will provide a forum for the discussion of future cooperation among States Parties, particularly in regard to the concept of assistance under Article X. The course will include an exercise involving chemical-emergency response (issues such as detection and decontamination); the course will conclude with a practical exercise on command and control, and on how the civil defence operating system can be employed in the event of a chemical emergency.

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