OPCW institutional documents

These references on this page are for documents generated by the OPCW institutionally and are taken from the cataloguing system for the Sussex Harvard Information Bank (SHIB) and connected resources. For contributions to meetings, etc, see https://shib-temp.cbw-events.org.uk/opcw-input/ [NOTE: this linked page will not be public until coding is finished].

A brief note on cataloguing nomenclature is provided below the list of documents. A fuller guide to the structure is in preparation. Registered users will be able to search the catalogue in more detail once the database is further developed.

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PLEASE NOTE: the cataloguing system is under development and does not yet contain all relevant references from the holdings in the collections. There may also be a delay between documents being published and being included here.

The main pages for documents on the OPCW website are:

There are also pages for documents from:

Total Records Found: 2306, showing 25 per page
Title 2012-0120 {OPCW} PR — OPCW Inspectors Verify Newly Declared Chemical Weapons Materials in Libya
Sides 2
Title 2011-1206 {OPCW} [BWC] [RC] plenary statement
Sides 13
Title 2011-1202 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DEC.16 Universality of the CWC and the Further Implementation of the Universality Action Plan
Sides 3
Weblink https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-16/en/c16dec16_e_.pdf
Title 2011-1202 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DEC.14 Amendment of Rule 54 CSP RoP
Sides 1
Weblink https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-16/en/c16dec14_e_.pdf
Title 2011-1202 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DEC.12 Programme and Budget of the OPCW for 2012
Sides 115
Weblink https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-16/en/c16dec12_e_.pdf
Title 2011-1202 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-5 Report of CSP-16
Sides 12
Title 2011-1201 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DEC.11 Final Extended Deadline of 29 April 2012
Sides 6
Weblink https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-16/en/c16dec11_e_.pdf
Title 2011-1201 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DEC.10 Components agreed framework full implementation Article XI
Sides 5
Weblink https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-16/en/c16dec10_e_.pdf
Title 2011-1130 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DEC.9 Future Implementation of the Tenure Policy of the OPCW
Sides 1
Weblink https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-16/en/c16dec09_e_.pdf
Title 2011-1130 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DEC.5 Renewal of Appointment of the External Auditor of the OPCW
Sides 1
Weblink https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-16/en/c16dec05_e_.pdf
Title 2011-1129 {OPCW} Directory – section 2 Permanent Representatives
Sides 193
Title 2011-1128 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-DG.18 DG opening statement
Sides 24
Title 2011-1123 {OPCW} [SAB] SAB-17-1 Report of the 17th session of the Scientific Advisory Board
Sides 36
Title 2011-1111 {OPCW} PR — DDG Addresses Meeting of OPCW Permanent Representations in Brussels
Sides 3
Title 2011-1104 {OPCW} PR — OPCW Inspectors Return to Libya
Sides 3
Title 2011-1028 {OPCW} PR — OPCW Launches Challenge Inspection Exercise 2011
Sides 2
Title 2011-1005 {OPCW} [CSP] C-16-2 Report of the Executive Council … 2010-2011
Sides 26
Title 2011-1005 {OPCW}
Sides 26
Title 2011-0923 {OPCW} PR — OPCW Ambassadors Meet to Discuss Future Priorities
Sides 2
Title 2011-0908 {OPCW} [TS] S-961-2011
Sides 8
Title 2011-0729 {OPCW} [TS] S-954-2011
Sides 10
Title 2011-0725 {OPCW} [DG] S-951-2011 Report of the Advisory Panel on Future Priorities
Sides 30
Title 2011-0630 {OPCW} [TS] S-943-2011
Sides 7
Title 2011-0621 {OPCW} PR — Regional Workshop on Electronic Declarations Tool for NAs -EDNA- in Asia
Sides 3
Title 2011-0620 {OPCW} PR — Third Sub-regional Training Course for Customs Officials … Kenya
Sides 3

The cataloguing nomenclature is based around generating a title field that embodies enough information for a user to identify any document through a string of characters. The title field, at the basic level, contains three key elements — a date code, a source code and the document title.

  • Date code = the form 2003-0901 which represents 1 September 2003, for example.
  • Source code = a code or codes in brackets, e.g, {OPCW}. When an entity has a document reference system, this will be reflected in the title field between the source code and the document title. As many IT systems cannot handle “/” characters in many contexts, these are replaced by “-” in the title field such that document S/2425/2025 is rendered as S-2425-2025 in the catalogue, for example.
  • Document title = fairly self explanatory but may be abbreviated for space.

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