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Wazima Szatmari

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2022-09-29
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2023-07-11
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  1. “At the very least, the OPCW should strengthen its internal practices to stave off any suspicion of a lack of technical rigour and to ensure freedom from political interference in its verification activities. In conclusion, I reiterate that Brazil strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons, anywhere, by anyone, under any circumstances. Any use of such weapons represents a serious threat to international peace and security. Closer cooperation both between Syria and the OPCW and between the OPCW and the United Nations remains our best hope for closing the so-called Syrian chemical file and for preventing and deterring any future use of such weapons.”

    2023-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9372 (2023) · source

  2. “Brazil received with deep concern the most recent report circulated by the Berlin Group 21 in The Hague on the process that led to the publication of the final report of the mission deployed to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in Douma in April 2018. The document raises a host of extremely concerning issues that the OPCW should not ignore if it is to preserve the credibility of its conclusions, regarding not only the Douma incident but all aspects of non-verification missions. We expect the OPCW Director-General and the Secretariat to address the issues raised in the Berlin Group review in a transparent manner, preferably by the next session of the OPCW Executive Council.”

    2023-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9372 (2023) · source

  3. “We hope those renewed contacts will lead to further cooperation between the OPCW and Syria to address all the outstanding issues related to its initial declaration and the violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention in the conflict in Syria. We reiterate that the work of the OPCW in establishing the factual truth regarding those incidents must be carried out with an unequivocal commitment to transparency, impartiality and technical rigour. Only that can provide a basis for the attribution of responsibility by the Security Council as the competent body to deliver on that task. With that in mind, we understand that all instances of investigation and fact- finding deployed by the OPCW should be impervious to any suspicion of political interference.”

    2023-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9372 (2023) · source

  4. “I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs, for his briefing and welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the representatives of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Türkiye. We have carefully read the report dated 23 June by the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (S/2023/484) and have once again found little new information that would merit the Security Council’s attention. We continue to follow the results of the limited in-country activities by members of the Declaration Assessment Team. We welcome the fact that the OPCW Technical Secretariat and the Syrian National Authority have agreed on holding a meeting to discuss matters related to the Syrian chemical file.”

    2023-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9372 (2023) · source

  5. “In the face of the absence of new developments in the Syrian chemical weapons file, allow me once again to reaffirm our traditional positions on the matter. Chemical weapons are utterly incompatible with international humanitarian law, and therefore must have no place in the practices and doctrines of today’s world. The use of such weapons violates international agreements and poses serious threats to international peace and security. Incidents must be addressed with transparency and be subject to thorough and impartial investigations in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.”

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

  6. “At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. I would also like to thank the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for his latest report (see S/2022/658). Once again, we meet in this Chamber in a context where little seems to have changed in the situation on the ground or in the relationship between the Syrian Arab Republic and the organization. It seems by now incontrovertible that the frequency of these meetings has to change. While regular OPCW reports continue to be a valuable tool for monitoring this file, holding monthly meetings with the Council when the reports point to little or no relevant new developments on the ground does not seem efficient in terms of both time and resources.”

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