Ahmet Uzumcu (1st, L), Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), attends a hearing on transfering Syria's chemical weapons before Italian Parliament's Commissions of Foreign Affairs and Defence in Rome, Italy, on Jan. 16, 2014. The transfer of some 500 tons of Syria's chemical agents will take place in Italian port of Gioia Tauro, said the announcement that was made during the hearing on Thursday. (Xinhua/Xu Nizhi)