Abstract
ON APRIL 21, THE ORGANIZATION for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will begin meeting in special session to consider the ouster of Jose M. Bustani, its director-general. It will be the first time this body, which monitors chemical weapons under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), has held such a meeting. The meeting was requested by the U.S. The U.S. charges Bustani with gross mismanagement of OPCW and has quietly been trying to get him to resign since January. When Bustani publicly refused, OPCWs 41-member governing board, the Executive Council, met in The Hague and on March 22 issued a vote of no-confidence in his leadership. Despite the council's vote, Bustani, a Brazilian diplomat with the rank of ambassador, remained adamant in his refusal to step down. He claimed he was defending a fundamental principle. My position as a director of an international organization should be immune to political interference and not ...
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