Tag: CVDCS
Finland EC-94 National Statement to the OPCW
Statement by Finland Ambassador Päivi Kaukoranta Permanent Representative of Finland to the OPCW Ninety-Fourth Session of the Executive Council of the OPCW. The Hague, 7…
94nd session of the Executive Council of the OPCW
Statement by Ambassador Peter Wilson, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical…
Estonia highlighted the IIT report
Estonia highlighted the report of the OPCW on the use of chemical weapons in Syria at a UN Security Council meeting Yesterday 12 May,…
Syria Informal Interactive Dialogue on Chemical Weapons
Syria: Informal Interactive Dialogue on Chemical Weapons Tomorrow (12 May), Security Council members are expected to hold an Informal Interactive Dialogue (IID) on chemical weapons…
Ukraine Statement of the IIT report
Foreign Ministry comment on Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare April 29 marks the World Remembrance Day for all Victims of Chemical…
Did These Syrian Generals Watch A Chemical Attack?
By Bellingcat: Last week, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released the first report of the Investigation and Identification Team (IIT). It examined three…
Australian Statement of the IIT report
Release of the first OPCW report attributing chemical weapons use in Syria The Australian Government welcomes the release on 8 April 2020 of the Office…
Syria: inspectors say sarin used as Ban Ki-moon says gas attacks were ‘war crime’
The United Nations denounced a “war crime” in Syria when a “chilling” investigation found that sarin nerve gas was used against “civilians including children” in…
UN Chief Wants Syrian Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destroyed
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a news conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Sept. 9, 2013. UNITED NATIONS—U.N. Secretary-General Ban…
Chemical Weapons in Syria: Enough to Justify the Use of Force?
By Ashley Deeks Now that the United States has acknowledged – with a modest level of confidence – that the Syrian government has used chemical…