THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 29 (UPI) -- Most of the world's declared stocks of chemical weapons, including sulfur mustard gas and precursor chemicals for sarin, have been destroyed.
Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a statement that his organization had verified that 90 percent of declared chemical weapons stocks have been eliminated -- "a major milestone that shows we are well on the way to ridding the world of chemical weapons."