The OPCW’s mission is to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention to achieve their vision of a world free of chemical weapons and the threat of their use, and in which chemistry is used for peace, progress, and prosperity. The OPCW has conducted Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) and Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) in Syria. The FFM's were tasked with determined whether toxic chemicals were used as weapons, while the IIT was tasked with identifying the perpetrators of specific incidents.