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News & Events

22nd Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention in Asia

The 22nd Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Asia took place in Uzbekistan from 29 to 31 May 2024 and representing Sri Lanka, Director of the National Authority for Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) under the Ministry of Defence Sri Lanka, Rear Admiral (Dr.) KWARI Ranasinghe, VSV, USP, psc participated for the event. This regional meeting of National Authorities serves as a forum for States Parties to discuss needs, priorities, actions taken, and best practices in relation to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) at the national, subregional, and regional levels. Participants also discussed the capacity-development support provided within the framework of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) programme to strengthen cooperation between Asian regional member states on the Chemical Weapons Convention. During the Programme, the director of the National Authority of Sri Lanka Delivered an informative presentation on the topic of “Preventing Illicit Transfers of Scheduled Chemicals in Sri Lanka” and availed opportunity for productive discussions with regional experts.

Colombo, Sri Lanka
NACWC SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE SECOND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR FIRE FIGHTERS ON CHEMICAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The second capacity-building program for firefighting personnel focusing on chemical emergency management organized by the National Authority for Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) was effectively executed from December 19 to 21, 2023, at the Light House Galley, Colombo & Fire and Rescue Training Academy in Wellawatta. Sixty-two training personnel, representing the Tri- forces, SL Police, Fire brigades, and the Chemicals Industry, participated in the program. In the initial two days of the program, participants were briefed on the theoretical aspects of chemical emergency management by qualified lecturers specializing in the relevant field in Sri Lanka covering the topics of “ Role of first responders during a chemical emergency”, “Dust, Gas & Liquid explosion”, “Identification tools for chemical emergencies”, “Incident command system in chemical emergency management”, “Preventing chemical emergencies through industrial case studies”, “Heat stress management” and “Error and error management”. On the third day of the program, participants engaged in a case study analysis within divided groups and conducted a simulation drill at the Fire and Rescue Academy in Wellawatta. The program concluded with a certificate awarding ceremony, graced by the presence of Mrs. Badrani Jayawardena, Municipal Commissioner of Colombo, and the Divisional Fire Officer of Colombo.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Training Programmes

  • 2023-05-24
Successfully Conducted Capacity building Program for Fire Fighting Personnel on Chemical Emergency Management on 24th-26th May 2023

Capacity Building Program for Fire Fighting Personnel in western province on Chemical Emergency Management Organized by the National Authority for the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention...

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  • 2023-05-19
Capacity building Program for Fire Fighting Personnel on Chemical Emergency Management to be held on 24th-26th May 2023

Sri Lanka Fire Service Department is the most responsible responding agency for responding to chemical emergencies in the country. The success of chemical emergency response activities highly depend...

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  • 2023-05-17
Lecture assistance for SLE CBRN first responders basic course

Lecture assistance was given by the NACWC Staff for the CBRN basic training programme conducted by 14th Engineers regiment at Army Camp Mattegoda on 17 May 23. Sixty five (65) trainees including Offic...

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  • 2023-03-21
Awareness Programme for Scheduled Chemical Users

As a regulatory body, NACWC believes that enhancing the awareness of the regulatory frame-work to the scheduled chemical users is more beneficial during service providing more efficiently and effectiv...

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