10-12 April 2000
Croatia and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW co-host a regional workshop on the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The workshop provides a framework within which government officials and representatives of the chemical industry from 23 countries are able to discuss and share their practical experiences implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention.
--OPCW Annual Report on Activities in 2000, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 2001, p.70.

20 April 2000
Yugoslavia accedes to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
--Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements <http://disarmament2.un.org/ TreatyStatus.nsf>.

May 2000
Croatia declares the existence of a National Protective Program to the OPCW. These types of programs generally conduct research on the effects of CW agents and techniques for reducing or eliminating the negative effects that these can have on military operations and civil populations. There is no evidence suggesting that Croatia currently conducts research on CW agents.
--OPCW Annual Report on Activities in 2002, C-8/5, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 22 October 2003, p. 81, <http://www.opcw.org/docs/c805.pdf>.

12 May 2000
Slovenia begins a two-year term on the Executive Council of the OPCW. This body is responsible for general decision-making and oversight of the operations of the OPCW and its Technical Secretariat.
--Report of the Fourth Session of the Conference of the States Parties C-IV/6, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 2 July 1999, p. 13, <http://www.opcw.org/html/global/ c_series/csp4/civ_6.html> as amended by Corrigendum to the Report of the Fourth Session of the Conference of the States Parties C-IV/6/Corr. 2, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 5 January 2000, <http://www.opcw.org/html/global/
c_series/csp4/civ_6c1.html>.

20 May 2000
The Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force for Yugoslavia.
--Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements <http://disarmament2.un.org/TreatyStatus.nsf>.

18 July 2000
Speaking to the Yugoslavian press JNA spokesman Colonel Svetozar Radisic denounces "false accusations" that the FRY "is deliberately selling components for the production of chemical weapons to Iraq."
--VJ Spokesman Denies FRY Developing Atom Bomb, Helping Iraq With Chemical Weapons, 18 July 2000, BETA, Open Source Center Document EUP20000718000184.

5 October 2000
The Yugoslavian government is overthrown by a popular uprising following a disputed election result removing Slobodan Milosevic from power.

April 2001
Slovenia declares the existence of a National Protective Program to the OPCW. These types of programs generally involve research on the effects of CW agents and techniques for reducing or eliminating the negative effects that these can have on military operations and civil populations. There is no evidence of Slovenia engaging in research on CW agents directly, so this program appears to be more focused on developing and maintaining an ability to respond to an attack utilizing equipment purchased from abroad.
--OPCW Annual Report on Activities in 2002, C-8/5, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 22 October 2003, p. 82,
<http://www.opcw.org/docs/c805.pdf>.

22-27 April 2001
Croatia hosts the seventh CBMTS session, "Industry II: Science, Medicine and Anti-Terrorism Measures: The First World Congress on Chemical and Biological Terrorism," in Dubrovnik. The event attracts around 177 participants from 42 countries. There is also an exercise staged by units of the Croatian Interior Ministry and Army.
--The CBW Conventions Bulletin, No. 52 June 2001, p. 55; website of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Non-Proliferation, Disarmament and Arms Control Policies in the Republic of Croatia, <http://www.mvp.hr/eng/
1-3-05-multilateralni-04en.htm>.

12 May 2001
Croatia begins a two-year term on the Executive Council of the OPCW. This body is responsible for general decision-making and oversight of the operations of the OPCW and its Technical Secretariat.
--Report of the Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties C-V/6, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 19 May 2000, p. 10, <http://www.opcw.org/html/global/
c_series/csp5/cv_6.html>.

Spring 2001
The Slovenian Ministry of Defense purchases a batch of protective masks sufficient to equip 30,000 soldiers.
--Igor Mekina, "Slovenia and its Army: Expansion as Business," AIM Press, 25 August 2001, <http://www.aimpress.ch/dyn/
trae/archive/data/200108/ 10825-001-trae-lju.htm>.

December 2001
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia declares the existence of a National Protective Program to the OPCW. This program conducts research on the effects of CW agents and techniques for reducing or eliminating the negative effects that these can have on military operations and civil populations.
--OPCW Annual Report on Activities in 2002, C-8/5, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 22 October 2003, p. 81,
<http://www.opcw.org/docs/c805.pdf>.

28 June 2002
The Executive Council of the OPCW adopts a decision (EC-29/DEC.2) approving a facility agreement with Yugoslavia for a Chemical Weapons Production Facility (CWPF). This facility will most likely be the former CWPF located in Potoci or those elements of its equipment stored on the premises of the TRAYAL Corporation in the town of Krusevac.
--Report of the Executive Council on the Performance of its Activities (24 February 2001 - 16 July 2002) C-7/2, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 3 October 2002, p. 15, <http://www.opcw.org/html/global/
c_series/csp7/c7_2.html>.

August 2002
Croatia declares the existence of a National Protective Program to the OPCW. These types of programs generally conduct research on the effects of CW agents and techniques for reducing or eliminating the negative effects that these can have on military operations and civil populations. There is evidence suggesting that Croatia conducts small scale research on CW agents for defensive purposes.
--OPCW Annual Report on Activities in 2002 C-8/5, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 22 October 2003, p. 81, <http://www.opcw.org/docs/c805.pdf>; Danko Škare, Božica Radić, Ana Lucić, Maja Peraica, Ana-Marija Domijan, Sanja Milković-Kraus, Vlasta Bradamante, Ivan Jukić, "Adamantyl tenocyclidines - adjuvant therapy in poisoning with organophosphorus compounds and carbamates," Archives of Toxicology, Vol 76 (3), pp. 173-177.

10-14 September 2002
The OPCW, in collaboration with the Government of Croatia, conducts the first exercise on the delivery of assistance (ASSISTEX I) in Zadar, Croatia. The exercise's purpose is to evaluate the level of alertness of the OPCW in dealing with a scenario where assistance is required because a state party has been exposed to a chemical weapons attack. Approximately 15 states parties, 300 personnel, and 100 metric tons of equipment are involved in executing this planned exercise.
--First Exercise on Delivery of Assistance by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Commences, Press release #56, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 10 September 2002, <http://www.opcw.org/html/global/
press_releases/2k2/PR56_2002.html>.

18 September 2002
The Executive Council of the OPCW adopts a decision approving a facility agreement with Yugoslavia for a Schedule 1 Protective Purposes Facility. This agreement addresses research activities involving CW agents at the Military Medical Academy (VMA) or the Military Technical Institute (VTI) associated with Yugoslavia's national protective purposes program.
--Thirtieth Session of the Executive Council Concludes, Press release #58, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 18 September 2002, <http://www.opcw.org/html/global/
press_releases/2k2/PR58_2002.html>.

22 October 2002
Discussing Yugoslavia's past involvement with chemical weapons, Ambassador Prvoslav Davinic, Chairman of the National Authority for the Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, states that all chemical weapons activities conducted in the past were solely for defensive purposes. Davinic says: "Yugoslavia never produced any chemical weapons. Substances that existed in our factories were used for experiments only. They were used in research on defending the population against chemical warfare. One cannot develop an efficient gas mask without knowing what are the threats its user can face." It is also noted that 126 containers holding [precursor] chemicals previously acquired for use in Yugoslavia's chemical weapons-related activities are currently stored in a 20 by 40 meter field fenced with barbed wire in the town of Krusevac. [Subsequent information indicates that this field is part of Trayal Corporation's facilities.]
--Vesna Peric Zimonjic, "Politics - Yugoslavia: Chemical Weapons Material to be Destroyed," IPS-Inter Press Service, 22 October 2002,
<http://web.lexis-nexis.com>.

9 November 2002
In an interview following the end of the Moscow theatre siege, Mr. Branko Bogdanovic, a publicist and research assistant with the Serbian MUP Interior Ministry details the chemical agent holdings of Yugoslav security forces. He notes the possession of a range of CS hand grenades, CS sprayers and chemical aerosol canisters. Mr. Bogdanovic also notes that "the munitions are manufactured in Serbia, and that at one time the Security Institute was involved in [their] production."
--"Expert details chemical weapons in Serbian police, yugoslav army arsenals," Politika, 9 November 2002, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>.

3 December 2002
The International Crisis Group releases a report entitled Arming Saddam?: The Yugoslav Connection which includes a series of allegations regarding Yugoslavian support of chemical weapons programs in Iraq in the 1990s and up to 2002. The report also repeats past claims regarding Yugoslavia's own chemical weapons program and suggests that unaccounted for Yugoslavian CW stocks may have leaked out into the international arms market.
--Arming Saddam?: The Yugoslav Connection, Balkans Report No. 136, (Belgrade/Brussels: The International Crisis Group, 3 December 2002).

17 February 2003
Serbian television reports that "British experts" have visited the Miloje Blagojevic chemical factory in the town of Lucani to investigate reports that chemical weapons are being produced. The visiting experts tour the production facilities, receive chemical formulas, and take photographs.
--"British experts inspect Serbian chemical plant for manufacture of illicit agents," BBC Monitoring Service, 18 February 2003, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>.

June 2003
Foreign military attaches are invited to view an exercise by elements of the Army of the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro's NBC unit at the Ravnjak training ground near Krusevac, Serbia.
--B. Stojkovic, "In Line with Global Achievements," Vojska, 5 June 2003, p. 18. Translation provided by FBIS as Military Attaches Watch Display by S-M Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Units, FBIS document EUP20030606000634.

7 August 2003
The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina reaches agreement with the United States on the fulfillment of its obligations under Article V para. 8 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This provision requires Bosnia and Herzegovina to destroy the remaining buildings and facilities of the chemical weapons production facility (CWPF) formerly operated by the Yugoslavian government in the village of Potoci. The destruction will be financially supported by the US government and carried out by a U.S. company, CDI Inc.
--"FBIH govt. accepts memorandum on discussion on chemical weapons," ONASA News Agency, 7 August 2003, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>.

6-12 September 2003
Croatia hosts the Second World Congress on Chemical, Biological, Radiological Terrorism, comprising the ninth in the series of ASA (Applied Science and Analysis, Inc.) Chemical and Biological Medical Treatment Symposia, and the third of the CBMTS-Industry meetings (Industry III). Participants - 210 professionals from 35 countries - explore the scientific, medical, and policy aspects of chemical, biological, and radiological terrorism and consider the effects of terrorism on the community and individuals, military and civilian, and on the infrastructure of government.
--The CBW Conventions Bulletin, No. 62 (December 2003), p. 36-37.

15-30 September 2003
OPCW inspectors visit Serbia to observe and verify the destruction of equipment previously used for chemical weapons production purposes. The equipment is stored on the premises of the TRAYAL Corporation. Physical destruction of the equipment is conducted by the Technical and Maintenance Bureau from Cacak, under the supervision of the OPCW and in the presence of Defense Minister Boris Tadic, chief of the General Staff Branko Krga. The destruction process is financially assisted by the US Department of State Fund for Nonproliferation and Disarmament.
--News archive of the Serbian and Montenegrin Armed Forces, 26 September 2003,<http://www.vj.yu/english/
en_aktuelno/ vesti/septembar2003/
v0926-e.htm>; "Serbia-Montenegro completes destruction of dual-use chemical industry equipment," BBC Monitoring Service, 17 October 2003, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>.

8 January 2004
In Potoci, outside the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav chemical weapons production facility is dismantled in the presence of representatives from the US Embassy in Sarajevo, the Armed Forces of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation Defense Ministry, and the Foreign Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The demolition is financially supported by the US government.
--The CBW Conventions Bulletin, No. 63 (March 2004), p. 39.

26 March 2004
In his opening statement to the thirty-sixth session of the OPCW Executive Council, the OPCW Director-General notes that a destruction certificate has been issued to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the chemical weapons production facility formerly operated by the Yugoslavian government in the village of Potoci.
--The CBW Conventions Bulletin, No. 64 (June 2004), p. 2.

30 March 2004
Slovenia joins NATO. NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer states that Slovenia needs to work to develop niche capabilities that would be of particular use to the organization. These capabilities could include Special Forces and defense against nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
--"Slovenia's Efforts Must Continue, NATO Official Says," BBC Monitoring Service, 31 March 2004, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>.

27-28 April 2004
In Sarajevo the OPCW conducts a training course for personnel of Bosnia and Herzegovina's National Authority, the State Coordination Body for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The initial draft of Bosnia and Herzegovina's CWC implementing legislation is also reviewed.
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 2 (June 2004), p. 28.

7 May 2004
The Croatian Foreign Minister, H.E. Dr. Miomir Žužul, visits the headquarters of the OPCW in The Hague. Dr. Žužul meets with the OPCW Director-General, Mr. Rogelio Pfirter and discusses issues such as the threat of chemical terrorism and progress in the destruction of chemical weapons arsenals.
--Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia Visits the OPCW, Press release #18, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 7 May 2004, <http://www.opcw.org/html/
global/press_releases/2k4/ PR18_2004.html>.

12 May 2004
The Federation of Serbia and Montenegro begins a two-year term on the Executive Council of the OPCW. This body is responsible for general decision-making and oversight of the operations of the OPCW and its Technical Secretariat.
--Report of the Eighth Session of the Conference of the States Parties C-8/7, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 24 October 2003, p. 7, <http://www.opcw.org/docs/c807.pdf>.

17-19 May 2004
The Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Center (RACVIAC) hosts the C-5 Chemical Weapons Convention Seminar at the RACVIAC facility in Rakitje, Croatia. Twenty military and civilian personnel from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYROM, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey and Slovenia attended the course. The course focused on the basic provisions of the CWC, and the implementation of Article X of the convention in a regional context.
--Chemical Weapons Convention Seminar 05/2004, RACVIAC, http://www.racviac.org/index/index.asp?id=../
ArmsControl/cwc.asp&title=CWC&
main=0&parent=ARCHIVE.

27 May 2004
The Serbian government's privatization agency announces that it has begun the process of selling the Prva Iskra chemical complex. The first two plants within the complex to be sold are Prva Iskra-LAB and Prva Iskra-PAM, both of which are involved in the manufacture of detergents. The Serbia government is seeking at least 15.4 million euro for the two plants which have not been operated since the complex was bombed by NATO forces in March 1999. The other 11 plants in the complex will be sold once this initial sale has been completed
--"Serbia Offers For Sale Two Idle Chemical Plants," See News, 27 May 2004, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com>.

29 May 2004
The "Blue Road" joint military exercise ends. This exercise involving armed forces units of the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro and Romania is intended to further the development and application of NATO standards by these two militaries. Among other activities, one exercise focused on responding to a terrorist attack using chemical and biological weapons in the Bor region.
--Zvonimir Pesic, "Joint Action with Friends," Vojska, 3 June 2004, p. 10. Translation provided by FBIS as Report Writes about 'Blue Road 2004' Joint Military Exercise With S-M, Romania, Article ID EUP20040610000237.

7 June 2004
The United Kingdom releases its annual report on the application of strategic export controls in 2003. The report notes the approval of exports of "toxic chemical precursors" to Croatia. The specific chemicals are not specified. The report also notes exports of NBC protective equipment and components for NBC protective equipment to Slovenia.
--United Kingdom Strategic Export Controls, Annual Report 2003 (June 2004), pp. 105 and 354, <http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/
kfile/ Full_Report_03.pdf>.

7-10 June 2004
Slovenia is welcomed as a new member of the Australia Group at the organization's 2004 plenary meeting. The Australia Group is an organization made up of governments that coordinate export control policy related to chemical and biological materials and production equipment.
--"Media Release: 2004 Australia Group Plenary," Australia Group website, <http://www.australiagroup.net/
en/releases/press_2004_06.htm>.

5-9 July 2004
The Federation of Serbia and Montenegro and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW jointly host a "Basic Course on Assistance and Protection against Chemical Weapons" in the town of Krusevac. The focus of the training is on how to plan for the protection of civilian populations against chemical weapons attack.
--Invitation to Participate in the First International Basic Course on Assistance and Protection, Krusevac, Serbia and Montenegro, 5 - 9 July 2004 S/420/2004, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 4 May 2004, <http://www.opcw.org/docs/s420_2004.pdf>.

28 July 2004
The United Kingdom releases its quarterly report on Strategic Export Controls, covering the period 1 January to 31 March 2004. The report is the first in a new series of quarterly reports on strategic export controls and notes the issuing of licenses for the export of "chemical agent detection equipment" and other related components to the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
--Strategic Export Controls: Quarterly Report - January to March 2004, (July 2004), p. 97, <http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/
strategicexportcontrols2004janmarreportu.pdf>.

14 September 2004
In the Hague, the Netherlands, H.E. Ambassador Tea Petrin, is formally installed as the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 4 (December 2004), p. 38.

17 September 2004
The Defense Ministry of the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro issues a statement denying speculation that the Military Medical Academy (MMA) is to be privatized in the near future as part of the ongoing reorganization of the Defense Ministry and General Staff.
--Defence Ministry PR Department Announcement, 17 September 2004, website of the Serbia and Montenegro Ministry of Defense, <http://www.mod.gov.yu/
english/saopstenja-e.htm>.

28 September 2004
On the occasion of the official day of the nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) units, the Serbian and Montenegrin Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Branko Krga issues a statement congratulating the units on the performance of their duties over the past year.
--General Branko Krga, Greeting to the members of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) units, 27 September 2004, website of the Serbia and Montenegro Ministry of Defense, <http://www.mod.gov.yu/english/
aktivnosti_VSCG-e.htm>.

17-29 October 2004
Slovenia's Radiological, Chemical and Biological defense unit takes part in the Golden Mask international military exercise in Münster, Germany. The purpose of the exercise is to test the unit's ability to operate with similar units from other NATO countries.
--Slovene News Agency Weekly Schedule of Events for 13-19 September 2004, 12 September 2004, Translation provided by FBIS, Article ID EUP20040913000061.

29 November 2004
In his statement to the Ninth Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague, the Croatian delegate notes that Croatia has "started the procedure of incorporating the provisions of Article VII of the Convention into Croatian Criminal Code, and we shall see to it that we meet our commitments by the deadline set, that is until November 2005."
--Statement of the delegation of the Republic of Croatia to the Ninth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 29 November 2004, <http://www.opcw.org/docs/csp9/croatia.pdf>.

29 November 2004
At the Ninth Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague, Dusanka Divjak-Tomic, Head of the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro's National Authority for the implementation of the CWC delivers a national statement. Ms Divjak-Tomic notes that the Federation's primary goal for the coming year is the passage of CWC implementing legislation. She also notes plans to host two international courses in protection against chemical weapons in 2005.
--Statement by Dusanka Divjak-Tomic Head of the Delegation and Head of the National Authority, 29 November 2004, <http://www.opcw.org/docs/csp9/
serbiamontenegro.pdf>.

January to July 2005
Slovenia contributes a 25 member decontamination platoon to NATO's Multinational Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Battalion for the fourth rotation of NATO's rapid-reaction forces (January-July 2005).
--"NATO Accession Will Not Complete the Work," Slovenia News, No. 4, 27 January 2004, <http://slonews.sta.si/index.php? id=1840&s=70>.

14 January 2005
The U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) releases a report that describes Serbia as having a "known" chemical weapons capability. Although the system of categorization in the report appears somewhat inconsistent "known" appears to be applied to countries that are in possession of active CW programs or are possess stockpiles of chemical weapons currently being destroyed under OPCW supervision. The implication of the report is that Serbia continues to maintain an active offensive CW program or retains stocks of chemical weapons grouping Serbia with North Korea, Russia, Syria and the United States. Curiously India which is still in the process of destroying its stocks of chemical weapons is listed as "has had" implying the its CW program is terminated and that all chemical weapons have been eliminated.

[The CRS report appears to be in error as all remaining CW facilities and process equipment in Serbia and Bosnia were reported destroyed in late 2003; see entry for 15-30 September 2003. Given the other inconsistencies noted this CRS report should not be regarded as a reliable source for information on the status of CW programs.]
--Sharon A. Squassoni, CRS Report for Congress: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends, 14 January 2005, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL30699.pdf.

28 January 2005
The United Kingdom releases its third quarterly report on Strategic Export Controls, covering the period 1 July to 30 September 2004. The report notes the issuing of licenses for the export to Bosnia and Herzegovina of "civil NBC protection clothing."
-- Strategic Export Controls: Quarterly Report - July to September 2004, (January 2005), p. 19, <http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/
kfile/strategicexportcontrolsjulsep2004.pdf>.

28 January 2005
The United Kingdom releases its third quarterly report on Strategic Export Controls, covering the period 1 July to 30 September 2004. The report notes the issuing of licenses for the export to Croatia of "NBC respirators, components for NBC respirators, NBC clothing, NBC decontamination equipment, chemical agent detection equipment, [and] components for NBC respirators."
-- Strategic Export Controls: Quarterly Report - July to September 2004, (January 2005), p. 36, <http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/
strategicexportcontrolsjulsep2004.pdf>.

25 February 2005
H.E. Mr Tomislav Vidosˇevic´, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, visits the headquarters of the OPCW in The Hague. http://www.opcw.org/docs/
publications/cdq_mar2005.pdf.

10-15 April 2005
A representative from Serbia and Montenegro attends the "Civil-Defense Training Course on Protection Against Chemical Weapons" at the Institute of Civil Protection in Slovenská Lupca, Slovakia. The object of the course is to assist OPCW Member States in their efforts to establish a basic protection capability against the use or threat of chemical weapons. The course provided basic training to specialists and experts who would be associated with the training of civilians in their home countries in protection against chemical weapons.
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 2 (June 2005), p. 24.

2 May 2005
H.E. Mr Vuk Drasković, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro, visited the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. Foreign Minister Drasković and Director-General Pfirter discussed the OPCW's Action Plan on national implementation. They also discussed Serbia and Montenegro's support for OPCW assistance and protection activities, which includes hosting both the second international basic course on assistance and protection, in Kruševac, Serbia and Montenegro from 25 to 29 July 2005, and the advanced protection training course that will take place from 7 to 11 November 2005. Foreign Minister Draskovic indicated his expectation that the additional CWC implementation legislation currently under consideration by the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro will be approved before the next Conference of the States Parties (CSP) to the CWC, to be held from 7 to 11 November 2005.
--Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro Visits OPCW, Press release #17, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 3 May 2005, <http://www.opcw.org/html/global/
press_releases/2005/PR17_2005.html>.

6-10 June 2005
The first of two national capacity building courses intended to train Bosnian personnel responsible for civil protection in readiness and responses against a possible chemical threat is conducted in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The course in National Protection is jointly coordinated by the Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRSA) and the OPCW and handles technical management of protective resources and emergency procedures.
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 2 (June 2005), p. 31.

8-10 June 2005
The Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Center (RACVIAC) hosts the second C-5 Chemical Weapons Convention Seminar at the RACVIAC facility in Rakitje, Croatia. Eighteen participants from Albania (3), Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Croatia (1), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(2), Romania (3), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (2), Turkey (1) and RACVIAC (1) attended the seminar. The seminar focused on explaining the procedures for challenge inspections and investigations of alleged use as well as discussions and exercises related to practical implementation concerns for the participating nations.
--Chemical Weapons Convention Course 05/2005, RACVIAC http://www.racviac.org/index/
index.asp?id=../ArmsControl/
cwc.asp&title=CWC& main=0&parent=ARCHIVE.

20-23 June 2005
The second of two national capacity building courses intended to train Bosnian personnel responsible for civil protection in readiness and responses against a possible chemical threat is conducted in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This follow-up Assistance and Protection Course focuses on the theoretical aspects of chemical weapons response and emergency procedure and standards as set out in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 2 (June 2005), p. 31.

25-29 July 2005
The Federation of Serbia and Montenegro and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW jointly host the "Second International Basic Course on Assistance and Protection" [against Chemical Weapons] in the town of Krusevac, Serbia Montenegro. The course provided training on planning and establishing a support team for the protection of civilian populations against chemical weapons; mounting rescue operations in contaminated areas; responding to incidents involving chemical-warfare agents; using individual and collective protective equipment; using monitoring, detection, and decontamination techniques; and taking samples. Twenty people participated in the course including a representative from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 3 (September 2005), p. 26.

12 October 2005
The Serbia-Montenegro Council of Ministers adopts the Bill on the implementation of the convention banning the development, production, storage, and use of chemical weapons and the destruction of the same. It is forwarded to the parliament for urgent consideration and adoption.
--Beta Monitor: South-East European Economic Review, No. 202, 17 October 2005, p. 15.

22 October 2005
The Serbia-Montenegro (SCG) [S-M] parliament adopts the Law on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction. This law is adopted as part of Serbia-Montenegro's efforts to fulfill its obligations under Article VII of the CWC.
--Statement on behalf of Serbia and Montenegro to the Tenth Session of the Conference of the State Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 7 November 2005, p. 3, http://www.opcw.org/docs/
csp/csp10/en/serbia-montenegro.pdf.

7 November 2005
H.E. Mr. Alexander Popovic, Minister of Technology of Serbia and Montenegro, attends the Tenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. Minister Popovic addresses the Conference, reaffirming Serbia and Montenegro's unwavering support for the aims and goals of the chemical weapons ban. Minister Popovic informs the Conference that Serbia and Montenegro has recently adopted legislation that will allow the CWC to be enforced at the national level. At the same time, he noted that both the Serbian and Montenegrin Parliaments will soon adopt detailed regulations pertaining to the chemicals listed in the Convention.
--Technology Minister of Serbia and Montenegro Meets OPCW Director-General and Addresses Chemical Weapons Ban Conference, Press Release #66, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 9 November 2005, <http://www.opcw.org/html/ global/
press_releases/2005/PR66_2005.html>.

7-9 February 2006
The Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Center (RACVIAC) hosts the third C-5 Chemical Weapons Convention Seminar at the RACVIAC facility in Rakitje, Croatia.
-- Chemical Weapons Convention Seminar 03/2006, RACVIAC, http://www.racviac.org/index/index.asp?id=../
ArmsControl/cwc.asp&title=CWC& main=0&parent=ARCHIVE.

3 June 2006
The Federation of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved. Montenegro gains its independence completing the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia.

10-14 July 2006
The Republic of Serbia and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW jointly host the "Third International Basic Course on Assistance and Protection" [against Chemical Weapons] in the town of Krusevac, Serbia Montenegro. The course was attended by representatives from eighteen OPCW member states and is provided annually by Serbia in fulfillment of its Article X obligations under the CWC. The course provided training on planning and establishing a support team for the protection of civilian populations against chemical weapons; mounting rescue operations in contaminated areas; responding to incidents involving chemical-warfare agents; using individual and collective protective equipment; using monitoring, detection, and decontamination techniques; and taking samples. The Director of the OPCW International Cooperation and Assistance Division, Mr John Makhubalo also attended the event and visited a number of facilities associated with Serbia's defensive CW program including the National Poison Control Centre (NPCC).
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 3 (September 2006), p. 26; Third International Basic Course on Assistance and Protection Held in Serbia, Press Release #45, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 10 August 2006, http://www.opcw.org/pressreleases/
2006/PR45_2006.html.

23 October 2006
Montenegro deposits its instrument of succession to the Chemical Weapons Convention with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Convention will enter into force for Montenegro as of 3 June 2006, the date of the nation's independence.
--Montenegro joins the Chemical Weapons Convention, Press Release #86, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 22 November 2006, http://www.opcw.org/pressreleases/
2006/PR86_2006.html.

14-15 April 2007
Croatia hosts the sub-regional workshop for customs authorities in South-Eastern Europe on the technical aspects of the Chemical Weapons Convention's (CWC) transfers regime in the town of Cavtat. The workshop, organized by the OPCW, is attended by forty-two representatives from twenty OPCW State Parties including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. The workshop insight into the practical implementation of the Convention's transfer regime. Preventing or detecting illicit transfers of scheduled chemicals was a focus of attention at the workshop.
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 2 (June 2007), p. 39.

16-20 April 2007
The Fourth World Congress on Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism, hosted by the Republic of Croatia, takes place inCavtat, Croatia. The event was jointly organized by the OPCW, the NGO ASA Inc. and the government of Croatia. "The congress was attended by over 200 government officials, scientists, medical and public health specialists, industry representatives, experts in crisis management and representatives of NGO's from over 40 countries were assembled. Their discussions focussed on scientific, medical and policy aspects of [CBR] terrorism to ensure effective preparedness in response to a crisis."
--Chemical Disarmament Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 2 (June 2007), p. 39.

11-15 June 2007
The Republic of Serbia and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW jointly host a basic practical training course on chemical weapons response. The course is offered as part of a new chemical weapons response capacity-building initiative specifically targeted at North African member states. States benefiting from the program are Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. In addition to the contributions of the OPCW and Republic of Serbia the initiative is supported by the European Union (EU), through its third Joint Action in support of OPCW activities.
--Chemical Weapons Response Capacity-Building Training Course for North African Member States Conducted in Kruševac, Serbia, Press Release #72, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 6 July 2007, http://www.opcw.org/pressreleases/
2007/PR72_2007.html.

18-22 June 2007
The Republic of Serbia and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW jointly host an advanced practical training course on chemical weapons response for North African OPCW member states. The course follows on from a basic course offered in the previous week.
--Chemical Weapons Response Capacity-Building Training Course for North African Member States Conducted in Kruševac, Serbia, Press Release #72, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 6 July 2007, http://www.opcw.org/pressreleases/
2007/PR72_2007.html.

19 July 2007
The Republic of Montenegro establishes an OPCW National Authority as required under Article VII of the CWC.
--Montenegro Establishes OPCW National Authority, Press Release #75, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 6 July 2007, http://www.opcw.org/pressreleases/
2007/PR75_2007.html.

September 2007
At the South East Europe Clearing House Initiative Meeting, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, support is expressed for the establishment of a regional centre in Serbia to educate and train the personnel of member states in the field of Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defence.
--Statement by Ambassador Bratislav Djordjevic, Head of the National Authority of the Republic of Serbia for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 6 November 2007, p. 3, http://www.opcw.org/docs/
csp/csp12/en/Serbia.pdf.

12-23 November 2007
The Serbian government hosts a training course for OPCW inspectorate medical personnel. The clinical placement program provided the OPCW Inspectorate's medical staff with advanced training in dealing with the effects of toxic chemicals that can be used as chemical weapons, such as organophosphates.
--The Republic of Serbia Hosts Clinical Placement Program with the OPCW, Press Release #132, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 30 November 2007, http://www.opcw.org/pressreleases/
2007/PR123_2007.html.

3-14 December 2007
The Serbian government hosts a training course on how to conduct toxic entries for 33 OPCW inspectors.
--Toxic Chemicals Training Course Held in the Republic of Serbia, Press Release #01, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 16 January 2008, http://www.opcw.org/pressreleases/
2008/PR01_2008.html.

Updated March, 2008