File OPCW: chemical watchdog to receive Nobel Tuesday When the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday its staff will be preparing to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal. In naming the OPCW as the 2013 peace laureate on October 11, the Norwegian Nobel Committee highlighted the organisation's role as a rare example of successful global disarmament. File images of the OPCW headquarters in The Hague.