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OPCW Votes to Suspend Syria s Rights

Wednesday, 21 April, 2021 - 11:00 The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is pictured in The Hague. Reuters file photo Asharq Al-Awsat Member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted Wednesday to strip Syria of its rights at the organization in an unprecedented step after a probe blamed Damascus for poison gas attacks. A motion backed by countries including France, Britain and the United States to suspend Syria s rights and privileges obtained the required two-thirds majority in the vote at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In light of this result the draft resolution is adopted, said Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia Trejo, the chairman of the meeting of the OPCW s member states who had gathered at its headquarters in The Hague.

Syria stripped of voting rights by global chemical weapons watchdog

Syria stripped of voting rights by global chemical weapons watchdog The French proposal to suspend Syria s rights and privileges in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons followed repeated reports of government forces using chemical weapons against civilians. (L to R) Syrian ambassador to the Netherlands Bassam Sabbagh, S. Kikot of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin and President of the Russian Foundation for the Study of Democracy Maxim Grigoriev attend a press conference organized by the Russian Embassy on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, on July 12, 2019, in Amsterdam. April 21, 2021 A global chemical weapons watchdog has voted to suspend Syria’s voting rights in the organization, an unprecedented rebuke in response to the regime’s use of poison gas against its own people. 

Watchdog suspends Syria s rights over usage of chemical weapons during civil war

The 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the use of all chemicals on the battlefield Syria was found to have used poison gas during its civil war on multiple occasions by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Wednesday. Due to this, the country has been stripped of its voting rights by member states of the chemical weapons watchdog, immediately revoking the country’s privileges. 46 out of the 193 member countries initiated the proposal on the OPCW’s governing body - the Conference of State Parties which includes countries like United States, France, and Britain. The proposal was passed by 87 votes in favour and 15 against, effectively fulfilling the necessary two-thirds majority of votes. 34 countries were absent during the voting out of the 136 countries that took part. Russia, Syria, and Iran were among the countries to vote against the move.

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