Zelensky appoints ambassador to Netherlands concurrently as permanent rep of Ukraine to intl Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - decree

16:44, 03.03.2022 1 min read

President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Maksym Kononenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, concurrently as the Permanent Chairman of Ukraine to the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Corresponding decree No. 97/2022 was published on the website of the President's Office. "To appoint Maksym Kononenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in combination," the document says.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is an international organization established with the support of the United Nations on April 29, 1997. The headquarters is located in The Hague (Netherlands).