MENACS members participated in a Middle East Chemical Weapons Task Force. The Task Force comprised of policy and technical experts from ten countries in the Middle East, convening in 2016-17 to discuss chemical weapons acquisition and use in the region and to identify next steps to more effectively address this threat. The Task Force reached agreement on a joint statement and a list of 47 different potential regional capacity building and cooperative steps to prevent, detect, and respond to chemical weapons acquisition and use in the region. The full report of the Task Force is available below.