Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 2021: Here’s all you need to know 

Chemical weapons were produced and used on a large scale during World Wars. Several people became victims due to the usage of these weapons leading to the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to eliminate the threat of chemical weapons and promote peace, security and multilateralism in the world. Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is an annual event held on November 30, every year since 2005.

Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare: History

During the last day of the United Nations’ Tenth Session of the Conference of the State Party, the members recognised the Day of Remembrance as a “tribute to the Victims of Chemical Warfare.”

The suggestion to make the day memorable was done by the Director-General of the Secretariat, Rogelio Pfirter. In 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force on April 29 and was supposed to be chosen as the date for the event’s celebration. Today, April 29 is known as the International Day for the Foundation of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

The Chemical Weapons Convention also known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction is said to be an arms control treaty, looked upon by an intergovernmental organization from the Hague called Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.