Overview
- Delegates at the OPCW’s 30th Conference in The Hague elected Ukraine with 99 votes, Slovakia with 107, and Slovenia with 122 to serve on the 2026–2028 Executive Council.
- Russia failed to win a seat for the third consecutive election after campaigning to return to the Council from the Eastern European regional group.
- Pakistan was re-elected to the 41-member Executive Council for the 2026–2028 term, its Foreign Office confirmed.
- The Eastern European group fielded five candidates—Armenia, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine—with seats awarded to the three highest vote-getters.
- Russian officials said they met election criteria and separately praised what they called a move to normalize OPCW handling of the Syria chemical dossier, including Qatar’s outreach to a Syrian interim government.