In March this year, a new website for a group set up by two former diplomats and an Ivy League academic concerned about the activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) blinked into life.
The Berlin Group 21 (BG21), read a “Statement of Concern” that graced the site’s landing page, had “deep concern” about an OPCW investigation into a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma in 2018 that killed more than 40 civilians. Signatories included prominent journalists, academics, a former US Congresswoman and presidential candidate as well as a former head of Britain’s Royal Navy.
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France contributes €1M to OPCW’s Trust Fund for Syria Missions
The Government of France is contributing €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 Assessment Team (DAT) and the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM).
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
UN: Assad Regime Hides Undeclared Chemical Warfare Agent
Posted by Scott Lucas | May 8, 2021 |
The UN’s head of disarmament, Izumi Nakamitsu (pictured), has reported the discovery of an undeclared chemical warfare agent at an Assad regime site in Syria.
Nakamitsu told a Security Council meeting Thursday of the finding. She did not name the agent, which was detected in samples obtained by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
But the official explained that that the presence “inside storage containers of large volume at a previously declared chemical weapons facility may imply undeclared production activities”.
After its sarin attacks near Damascus in August 2013, killing more than 1,400 people, Russia pressed the Assad regime to join the Chemical Weapons Convention to prevent Western military intervention. The regime has declared that it completed the handover of chemical stocks and destruction of facilities, but UN inspectors continue to find undeclar
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