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UN official: Unsure chemical weapons completely eliminated from Syria
Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, speaks at a UN Security Council meeting on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction on 21 September 2017 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. [DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images] January 7, 2021 at 10:37 am
The United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said the international community cannot yet have full confidence that Syria s chemical weapons programme has been eliminated.
Speaking before the United Nations Security Council via video‑teleconference on Tuesday, Nakamitsu said outstanding issues related to Syria s initial declaration of its chemical weapons stockpile and programme still cannot be considered accurate and complete , explaining that the assessment by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is susceptible to identified gaps, inco