Sri Lanka will host the Fifth Regional Basic Training Course on Emergency Response to Chemical Incidents for States Parties in Asia from 06th to 10th February 2017, in Colombo.
It is jointly organized by the Government of Sri Lanka with the assistance of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The objective of the Program is to provide participants adequate training on civil defense, civil protection, and decontamination operations in contaminated areas and counter- measures in the event of incidents involving chemical warfare agents or toxic industrial chemicals.
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