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The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the U.N. Security Council that its experts have investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded that in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used.
Fernando Arias called it “a disturbing reality” that eight years after Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention, which bans the production or use of such weapons, many questions remain about its initial declaration of its weapons, stockpiles and precursors and its ongoing program.
He said Thursday that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will be taking up a new issue at its next consultations with Syria “the presence of a new chemical weapons agent found in samples collected in large storage containers in September 2020.”
The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog says its experts have investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and determined that in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used
Syria definitely committed chemical weapons attacks, UN told
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] June 4, 2021 at 1:13 pm
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has informed the UN Security Council that out of 77 incidents of chemical attacks blamed on the Syrian regime that it has investigated, 17 were likely or definitely found to have involved the illegal substances.
Describing the uncertainty over Syria s continued chemical weapons programme and its suspected stockpile as a disturbing reality, the head of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, revealed that the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad is still suspected of committing 17 chemical attacks against its civilian population.
UNITED NATIONS The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the U.N. Security Council that its experts have investigated 77 allegations against Syria, and concluded that in 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used. Fernando Arias called it “a disturbing reality” that eight years after Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention,…
Fernando Arias called it “a disturbing reality” that many questions remain about its initial declaration of its weapons, stockpiles and precursors and its ongoing programme.