Syria stripped of rights at chemical weapons watchdog
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21/04/2021 - 13:53 A handout image shows smoke above buildings following what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus in August 2013 Ammar al-Arbini SHAAM NEWS NETWORK/AFP/File 3 min
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The global chemical weapons watchdog agreed Wednesday to strip Syria of its voting rights in an unprecedented punishment after a probe blamed Damascus for poison gas attacks.
Syria will also be banned from holding any offices at the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) over its repeated use of toxic arms against civilians.
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FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is pictured in The Hague, Netherlands, October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Syria on Wednesday was stripped of its voting rights by member states at the global chemical weapons watchdog after its forces were found to have repeatedly used poison gas during the civil war.
A majority of nations voting at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) supported a decision to immediately revoke Syria’s privileges at the agency.
The proposal was initiated by 46 out of 193 member countries on the OPCW’s governing Conference of States Parties, including Britain, France and the United States. It passed by 87 votes in favour to 15 against, meeting the required two-thirds majority of votes. There were 34 abstentions out of 136 countries taking part.
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Chemical weapons body strips Syria of its voting rights
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Syria was today stripped of its voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog by member states after its forces were found to have repeatedly used poison gas during the civil war,
Reuters reported.
A majority of nations voting at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) supported a decision to immediately revoke Syria s privileges at the agency.
The Russian envoy to the OPCW, Alexander Shulgin, had criticised steps to take such a move against the Syrian regime. The accusations against Syria are far-fetched, he claimed. They are motivated by a geopolitical plot of those countries which are promoting their selfish agenda on the Syrian issue.