John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is pleased to learn that the Norwegian Nobel
Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 to the Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its extensive efforts
to eliminate chemical weapons.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the
implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), based at The
Hague, Netherlands. It was founded in 1997 to implement the convention
for prohibiting the production, storage and proliferation of chemical
weaponry.
Scientists and inspectors from the OPCW have published various aspects
of their work with Wiley. This includes chapters on the
OPCW Central Analytical Database, the use of mobile
laboratories and details of on-site investigations by inspection
teams in Chemical
Weapons Convention Chemicals Analysis: Sample Collection, Preparation
and Analytical Methods. An overview of international
efforts to locate and destroy chemical weaponry was presented in the Annals
of the New York Academy of Sciences.
To celebrate the achievements of the Nobel winners, Wiley will be making
a selection of content from this year’s winners of Nobel Prizes free to
access until the end of the year. Please visit the Nobel
Prize page on Wiley Online Library for more information and to
access content, which will be updated throughout the award period.
