There are still discrepancies over the Syria chemical weapons declaration nearly eight years on.
The United Nations Security Council has heard new evidence in longstanding international efforts to eradicate Syria’s chemical weapons programme, including the results of an investigation into the possible of use of chlorine gas in the city of Saraqib in 2018.
Izuni Nakamitsu the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, updated members on recent developments in the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Syria.
Those efforts were first mandated by the Council in resolution 2118 (2013), which explicitly called for the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons programme.
Friday, 7 May 2021, 8:54 am
The Security
Council heard new evidence in longstanding international
efforts to eradicate Syria’s chemical weapons programme on
Thursday, including the results of an investigation into the
possible of use of chlorine gas in the city of Saraqib in
2018, as the UN’s top disarmament official provided her
regular briefing to ambassadors.
Izumi
Nakamitsu, the United Nations High Representative for
Disarmament Affairs, updated members on recent developments
in the work of the Organisation for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Syria. Those
efforts were first mandated by the Council in resolution
2118 (2013), which explicitly called for the destruction