(3) NACWC, set up as an office of Cabinet Secretariat to fulfil obligations under Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in April 2017 under Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000, acts as national focal point for effective bond with Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and other State Parties on matters related to CWC meant for prohibition of development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and their destruction.