Libyan officials and international diplomats monitor the destruction of chemical weapons at a facility in southern Libya.<br/> <br />These were amongst the last chemical weapons in the country's arsenal that were destroyed this week, finally bringing to an end a program that started about 10 years ago.<br/> <br />Libya began dismantling it's poison gas programme in 2004, but the operation stopped during the NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.<br/> <br />Western officials had been concerned the weapons would be discovered by Islamist militias as the country struggles with disorder in the years after the uprising.<br/> <br />Officials later praised the international cooperation on the project.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) AHMET UZUMCU, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE ORGANISATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS (OPCW), SAYING:<br/> <br />"Today we visited the chemical weapons destruction facility at Ruwagha. There we saw first-hand how international cooperation has successfully overcome the cons
