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UN: Assad Regime Hides Undeclared Chemical Warfare Agent
Posted by Scott Lucas | May 8, 2021 |
The UN’s head of disarmament, Izumi Nakamitsu (pictured), has reported the discovery of an undeclared chemical warfare agent at an Assad regime site in Syria.
Nakamitsu told a Security Council meeting Thursday of the finding. She did not name the agent, which was detected in samples obtained by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
But the official explained that that the presence “inside storage containers of large volume at a previously declared chemical weapons facility may imply undeclared production activities”.
After its sarin attacks near Damascus in August 2013, killing more than 1,400 people, Russia pressed the Assad regime to join the Chemical Weapons Convention to prevent Western military intervention. The regime has declared that it completed the handover of chemical stocks and destruction of facilities, but UN inspectors continue to find undeclar
Iran calls for Israel to join Chemical Weapons Convention, criticises resolution against Syria
A logo of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. [Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images] May 8, 2021 at 11:12 am
Iran s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Majid Takht Ravanchi has called for compelling Israel to join the Chemical Weapons Convention.
On Friday, the
Islamic Republic News Agency (
IRNA) quoted Ravanchi s speech during the meeting of the UN Security Council on chemical weapons in Syria on Thursday. Ravanchi, in his speech, declared that the actions taken based on political goals had weakened the capabilities and status of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).