The 25th general meeting of Bangladesh National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention (BNACWC) was held at the Multipurpose Hall of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) here today.

The BNACWC Chairman and Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division, Lieutenant General S M Kamrul Hasan, presided over the meeting where a total of 43 military and civilian members of BNACWC from various ministries, departments, organizations and forces attended. 

A release of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate stated this in the afternoon.

In the meeting, the importance was attached to the online registration of all activities related to scheduled chemicals and non-scheduled independent organic chemical production institutions with BNACWC to effectively implement the provisions of the International Chemical Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act, 2006, Bangladesh, it said. 

The meeting was told about the seriousness of the recent fire accidents at Mirpur, Gazipur and Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport due to chemical mismanagement in the country while necessary instructions to play effective role were given to all concerned in preventing such accidents. 

Speaking on the occasion, the BNACWC chairman put special emphasis on playing effective role of all concerned, including importers, users, customs and law enforcement agencies to consolidate the county’s overall chemical safety system and take effective measures to deal with chemical accidents, the ISPR added.