THE HAGUE (Thomson Financial) - Albania has become the first country to verifiably destroy its stock of chemical weapons, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced from its headquarters in The Hague today.
The southeastern European nation -- one of 182 states which has signed on to the Chemical Weapons Convention -- got rid of 16.7 tonnes of toxic weaponry, the OPCW said in a statement.
The 10-year-old convention calls for members 'to act with a view to achieving effective progress towards' disarmament of chemical weapons by 2012.(AFX News)
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