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Assad Again Caught Using Chemical Weapons April 29, 2021 Destruction is seen around the Udai hospital following airstrikes on the town of Saraqeb in Syrias northwestern province of Idlib, Jan. 29, 2018. Syrian troops had been advancing on Idlib as part of a fierce offensive launched in late December with Russi Share share Print “The Assad regime is responsible for innumerable atrocities, some of which rise to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity." Embed share The URL has been c...

MEDIA NOTE APRIL 22, 2021 On April 21, 2021 in The Hague, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Conference of the State Parties adopted a historic decision in response to the Assad regime’s continued use and possession of chemical weapons in violation of its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and its failure to complete the measures set out in the OPCW Executive Council’s July 2020 decision. This decision fulfills the recommendation made by the...

Saturday, 24 April, 2021 - 05:00 Women walk in a neighborhood heavily damaged by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria, on March 12, 2020. (AP) Washington - Muath Alamri The US State Department welcomed on Thursday the historic decision by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in response to Bashar Assad’s regime’s continued use and possession of chemical weapons in violation of its obligations under the Chemica...

April 22, 2021 12:32:40 pm Syria was stripped of its voting rights on Wednesday at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), after recent findings evidenced their use of poisonous gas throughout the nation’s civil war. A two-thirds majority of nations voted to strip Syria’s Bashar al Assad regime of its rights and privileges as a member of the organization, including the right to vote at OPCW conferences. The OPCW, as the monitoring body for the 1997 Chemical Weapons ...

3 Share (AGENPARL) – gio 22 aprile 2021 You are subscribed to Collected Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. 04/22/2021 06:43 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson On April 21, 2021 in The Hague, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Conference of the State Parties adopted a historic decision in response to the Assad regime’s continued use and possession of chemical weapons in violation...

EU Welcomes Chemical Weapons Watchdog Decision On Syria Global chemical watchdog suspends rights, privileges of Bashar al Assad regime, including right to vote at organization. The European Union on Wednesday welcomed the global chemical watchdogs decision to suspend rights and privileges of Syrias Bashar al-Assad regime, urging it to reveal its chemical weapons program. "The European Union welcomes the Decision adopted today by the 25...

A chemical weapons watchdog agreed Wednesday to revoke Syrias voting and election rights over its use of such munitions on its own people.

Date Time Share Conference of States Parties adopts Decision to suspend certain rights and privileges of Syrian Arab Republic under CWC The Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) yesterday adopted a Decision to suspend certain rights and privileges of the Syrian Arab Republic under the Convention pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article XII of the Convention. The Decision, co-sponsored by 46 Member States (Albania, Australia, Austria, Be...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – 22 April 2021 – The Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) yesterday adopted a Decision to suspend certain rights and privileges of the Syrian Arab Republic under the Convention pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article XII of the Convention. The Decision, co-sponsored by 46 Member States (Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Es...

04/21/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/21/2021 12:57 Chemical Weapons Convention: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on suspending Syrian voting rights and privileges The European Union welcomes the Decision adopted today by the 25th Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) suspending the voting rights and privileges of the Syrian Arab Republic due to its failure to comply with the Convention. The Decision is a st...