The Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (CWC) supplements the Geneva Protocol of 1925. In order to exclude any use of chemical weapons it prohibits any possession of chemical weapons and installs a strict verification system. In the Review Conference States Parties pledged to increase their efforts to this end. When this momentum shall be kept, existing shortcomings are to be overcome. This relates to the following subjects: infringements into independence and integrity of the Technical Secretariat (TS); living up to the undertakings of the States Parties as defined in the Conventions text; adaptation of the verification system to changes in science and technology; scrapping the recently adopted tenure policy of 7 years maximum for staff and inspectors and, instead, ensure that the TS will retain its experienced people; public accountability of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) concerning results in the endeavour to exclude completely the use of chemical weapons; strengthening the effectiveness and transparency of work of the political organs of the OPCW, especially the Executive Council; enhancing co-operation between States Parties especially in the destruction of CW stocks.