Lecture by H.E. Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter,
Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons(OPCW)
The Tenth Anniversary of the Entry Into Force of the Chemical
Weapons Convention: Overview and remaining issues
CPDNP is pleased to announce the lecture by Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter,
Director General of the OPCW in commemoration of the tenth anniversary
of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Details are
as follows:
Date & Time: 28 August 2007, 14:30-16:00
Location: The Japan Institute of International Affairs
Kasumigaseki Building 11F
3-2-5 kasumigaseki,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo Map
Lecturer: H.E. Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter,
Director General, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Language: English
Admission Fee: Free
Contact: If you would like to attend this lecture, please send an E-mail or Fax to
Ms. Fujita by Friday 24 August with your name and affiliation.
E-mail:yoko.fujita@cpdnp.jp
FAX: 03-3503-7559
Profile of lecturer: H.E. Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General,
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter was born in Argentina on 25 August 1948.
He began his diplomatic career in 1972 and joined the Permanent
Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in 1975. In 1980, he was
appointed Head of Cabinet to the Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy.
Over the next seven years, he was posted to the Permanent Mission of
Argentina to the United Nations. In 1991, he became Director of
Nuclear and Security Affairs. As Director of Nuclear and Security
Affairs and as Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy (1992-1994 and
2002, respectively), he had the primary responsibility for the
formulation and development of Argentine policy concerning non-
proliferation, regional and international peace and security and
terrorism and other related crimes. Ambassador Pfirter actively
participated in the Argentine-Brazilian Nuclear Safeguards Agreement,
the Argentine-Brazilian-IAEA-ABACC ("Quadripartite") Nuclear Safeguard
Agreement, and the Tlatelolco Treaty as a Chief Negotiator. In addition,
he was Director of the Argentinean-Brazilian Agency for the Account and
Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) from 1992 to 1994. He worked as a
Supervisor of the Argentinean Delegations in negotiations with the United
Kingdom concerning the South Atlantic (1992-2000). Ambassador Pfirter
was actively involved with drafting the legislation concerning Argentina’s
adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Argentina’s Regime
for Export of Sensitive Materials. He was also involved with the creation
of the Argentine Space Agency ("Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales"),
of which he became Director in 1993.From 1995 to 2000, he served as Ambassador
of the Argentine Republic to the United Kingdom. During this period he served
as a Member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on International
Security (1994-1996), and President of the General Assembly of the International
Maritime Organisation (1995-1997).Since 2000, he has been involved with
the River Plate Commission as President of the Argentine Delegation. He
also held the posts of Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy (2002), and
the Presidency of the Argentine Commission on the Continental Shelf (Law
of the Sea Convention) concurrently. On 25 July 2002, the Conference of
the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention appointed Ambassador
Pfirter by acclamation as OPCW Director-General for the period from 2002
to 2006. On 10 November 2005, the Tenth Session of the Conference of the
States Parties unanimously approved the renewed appointment of Ambassador
Rogelio Pfirter as OPCW Director General for a second mandate from 2006 to
2010.
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