The 63rd sessionof the Executive Council of the Organizationfor the Prohibitionof ChemicalWeapons (OPCW) openedinTheHague, The Netherlands, on 15thFebruary, 2011.
Fears that theChemicalWeapons Convention will be exploited forthe purpose of conducting economic espionage have only been further reinforced by the nature ofthe appointments to key posts by theOrganizationfortheProhibitionofChemicalWeapons(OPCW).