The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and China in a joint statement urged a complete dismantlement of chemical weapons, and voiced concern about the US decision for retaining its chemical weapons capability for a longer time.In their statement issued on the first day of the16th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the NAM member states and China said that existence of chemical weapons seriously threatened the international peace and security. They also voiced their strong commitment to a full and all-out disarmament of the chemical weapons and urged complete implementation of the CWC without any discrimination. commitment to the timely dismantlement of their chemical weapons. The statement came after the US announced that it would not meet the 2012 deadline to dismantle of all chemical weapons. April 29, 2012 has been set as the final deadline for the total eradication of all chemical weapons, but the US, which is the country that has the largest stockpiles of chemical weapons, has officially announced that it would not meet the 2012 deadline and has set 2021 as its target date. In June, the OPCW member states slammed the US and Russia for their refusal to dismantle and annihilate their chemical weapons, and warned that their case would be referred to the UN Security Council and other world bodies if they continued their inaction.