On 11 October , the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the OPCW had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for " extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons " . In the announcement , the OPCW and the Chemical Weapons Convention were praised . The committee further indicated how " Recent events in Syria , where chemical weapons have again been put to use , have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons . ” In the year ending September 2014 , the OPCW had overseen the destruction of some 97 percent of Syria 's declared chemical weapons
Recent events
Ghouta chemical attack
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons