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2022-09-29
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  1. “That is the only way to enable the OPCW to provide the necessary assurance that Syria’s chemical weapons programme is verifiably and definitively a thing of the past.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  2. “The Council must push Syria to engage in a serious, urgent and meaningful way with the Technical Secretariat in order to resolve outstanding issues. And the Council must give its unequivocal backing to the OPCW. I would like to take this opportunity to commend the OPCW and Director-General Arias for their professionalism, integrity, technical expertise and flexibility in seeking to assist Syria in meeting its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution 2118 (2013). I would also like to thank and commend High Representative Nakamitsu and her team for their handling of this file. We have been clear over the past two years that it is Syria’s actions, not its words, that are important. Syria must end its prevarication and commit to genuine engagement.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  3. “The issues with Syria’s initial declaration were not disclosed at Syria’s own initiative; rather, it was only when the Technical Secretariat discovered new information that the amendments were made. Most worrisomely, the OPCW has come under sustained attack from Syria and Russia, as they actively attempt to undermine its authority and independence, in an attempt to mask Syria’s culpability. The Council’s reaction in the face of that should not be to reduce the attention it pays to the issue. Regular discussion by the Council is needed to show Syria that its lack of cooperation will not go unanswered. The Council laid out clearly in resolution 2118 (2013) what needs to be done. It must hold Syria to its obligations under that resolution and the Chemical Weapons Convention.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  4. “The number of chemical-weapon attacks attributed to the Syrian authorities by the United Nations and the OPCW has risen to eight, while further incidents remain under investigation by the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission and the Investigation and Identification Team. Moreover, the number of significant issues with Syria’s declarations to the OPCW has risen to 20. New issues have emerged with regard to the movement and alleged destruction of the chlorine cylinders from the Douma incident. Those are issues of real concern that go to the heart of the question the Council still needs to face as to whether Syria continues to use, produce or retain chemical weapons. Let us be clear.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  5. “First, I would like to join others in thanking High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. As Ireland looks back at its term on the Security Council, the lack of progress on the issue of Syrian chemical weapons is a matter of deep regret. If anything, the issue has worsened over that period. Over the past two years, Syria’s cooperation with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has diminished to almost nothing. The last round of consultations with the Declaration Assessment Team (DAT) took place in February 2021. Syria has sought to place conditions on those meetings, including by dictating the composition of the DAT team, in defiance of resolution 2118 (2013).”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  6. “It is only through genuine engagement with the OPCW that it can provide real assurance that its chemical-weapons programme is verifiably and definitively destroyed. Until we see real movement in that direction, it remains essential that the Security Council uphold the international legal norm against chemical weapons by holding Syria to its obligations under resolution 2118 (2013) and the CWC and by supporting the OPCW in its mandated task.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source

  7. “Those areas go to the heart of whether Syria retains, or is looking to reconstitute, its chemical-weapons capacity. Those are issues that the Council cannot, and must not, ignore given their ramifications for the people of Syria and the region. Ireland is resolute that there can be no impunity for the use of chemical weapons. It is essential that Syria end its pretence at cooperation and engage in a serious and meaningful way with the Technical Secretariat. The proposed meeting between Director-General Arias and Foreign Minister Mekdad has been outstanding for almost a year despite the best efforts of the Director- General. That meeting must take place urgently, focusing on achieving concrete outcomes. Syria must take real steps to resolve the outstanding issues urgently and without prevarication.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source

  8. “We remain confident that the Technical Secretariat is carrying out its vital work with the highest degree of professionalism, integrity and impartiality, and we reject any baseless claims to the contrary. The Security Council has given the OPCW a clear mandate to resolve such issues with Syria, and the OPCW should have the full backing of the Council in carrying that out. The importance of that work is made clear by the fact that the OPCW and the United Nations have so far found that, since 2013, the Syrian authorities have used chemical weapons against its citizens on eight occasions, with further instances still being investigated. At the same time, the OPCW has set out 20 significant areas that need to be clarified regarding Syria’s initial declaration.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source

  9. “I would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. Ireland remains deeply concerned about the lack of progress towards the closure of this file. The reason for that stasis is Syria’s failure to cooperate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in a real and meaningful way. Syria continues its efforts to block the twenty-fifth round of consultations with the Declaration Assessment Team and to place conditions on the OPCW’s work, contrary to resolution 2118 (2013) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Equally, Syria continues its deplorable efforts, supported by Russia, to undermine the work and reputation of the OPCW and its investigation teams.”

    2022-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9141 (2022) · source