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SUMMARY:Strengthening National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Conve
 ntion in Africa
DESCRIPTION:INVITATION: Panel Discussion on Strengthening National Implemen
 tation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in Africa\n \n\nYour Excellency
 / Delegate:\n\nYou are cordially invited to attend a dinnertime event on 
 “Strengthening National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
  in Africa” organized by the African Centre for Science and International
  Security (AFRICSIS). This event will take place on the margins of the Chem
 ical Weapons Convention’s “Twenty-Third Conference of States Parties an
 d Fourth Review Conference (CSP-23 and RC-4)”.\n\nDate:         
    Thursday\, 22 November 2018\nTime:            16:00-18
 :00\nLocation:      Africa Room\, World Forum Building\, The Hague\, The
  Netherlands\n\nModerator:      Hubert Foy (AFRICSIS)\nPanelists: 
         Yasemin BALCI (VERTIC)\, Clotilde Sirri (AFRICSIS)\, David Mugi
 sa (Uganda)\n\nThe purpose of this event is to inform national authorities 
 and other stakeholders working in the field of national legislation and imp
 lementation measures about shared challenges and existing opportunities for
  addressing them. The panel discussion\, drawn from AFRICSIS work in the co
 ntinent\, achors on the fact that words on the page\, or even the norms emb
 edded in the Convention itself\, mean little unless we take the necessary s
 teps to not only enact them\, but also to sustain them. A basic obligation 
 of membership in the OPCW is for each State Party to take the steps necessa
 ry to implement the Convention on its own territory — and yet dozens of A
 frican States Parties face significant challenges in adopting the Conventio
 n.\n\nA further troubling challenge is that many States Parties with legisl
 ation and implementation measures in place lack the national authorities wi
 th the essential financial and human resources necessary to monitor the app
 ropriate implementation of the Convention. We must work together to ensure 
 long-term cooperation among national and international actors in order to a
 ssist States Parties that do not have the means to adopt national implement
 ation measures as comprehensively and expediently as possible.\n\nThe event
  will include brief statements/presentations by panelists about their work 
 in Africa\, followed by a 20-minute Q&A session. Dinner will be provided in
  the Pangea Restaurant\, located on the same level as the Africa Room\, ple
 ase see the attached map. The event is sponsored by the Government of the K
 ingdom of the Netherlands.\n\nFor logistics purposes\, may I kindly ask you
  to confirm your participation by sending an email to the event lead Clotil
 de Sirri at csirri@africsis.org\n\nWe hope to see you there on 22 
 November!\n\n\n\nThe report of the site meeting can be found here.
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