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PARIS The French government has contributed 1 million euros ($1.2 million) towards supporting the activities of the Trust Fund for Syria Missions at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said the OPCW on Monday.
The voluntary contribution was formalized on May 7 by the Permanent Representative of the French Republic to the OPCW, Luis Vassy, and the OPCW’s Director-General, Fernando Arias, at the OPCW’s headquarters in The Hague, it added.
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May 10, 2021 at 2:01 pm
France has contributed â¬1 million ($1.2 million) towards supporting the activities of the Trust Fund for Syria Missions at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Â
Reuters reported the OPCW saying today.
The voluntary contribution was formalised on Friday by the Permanent Representative of the French Republic to the OPCW, Luis Vassy, and the OPCW s Director-General, Fernando Arias, at the OPCW s headquarters in The Hague, it added.
Last month Syria was stripped of its voting rights by member states at the OPCW global chemical weapons watchdog after its forces were found to have repeatedly used poison gas during the civil war which erupted in 2011 following the government crackdown on peaceful protests calling for a change in regim
05/10/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/10/2021 01:24
France contributes â¬1M to OPCWâs Trust Fund for Syria Missions
H.E. Mr Luis Vassy, Permanent Representative of the French Republic to the OPCW, and H.E. Mr Fernando Arias, Director-General of the OPCW
THE HAGUE, Netherlands-10 May 2021-The Government of France is contributing â¬1M toward supporting the activities of the Trust Fund for Syria Missions at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The Fund supports the Organisation s special missions and contingency operations related specifically to the Syrian Arab Republic. France s new contribution aims to assist in full elimination of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme and clarification of facts related to the alleged use of chemical weapons, in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and relevant decisions of the policy-making organs of the OPCW. The contribution will support the work of the Declaration Assessme
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