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#CSP26 | 26th session of the @OPCW Conference of States Parties
General debate – Statement by France
#NoToChemicalWeapons
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General debate – Statement by France
#NoToChemicalWeapons
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If the Syrian chemical dossier remains at the very core of the #OPCW concerns, more than 9 years after Syria's accession to the Convention, it is precisely because chemical weapons have continued being used by one of its Member States.
Far from being exemplary in the past, #Syria's lack of cooperation since the adoption of C-25/DEC. In April 2021 is now blatant and shows a deliberate desire to obstruct the OPCW's work.
#CSP26 | 26ème session de la Conférence des Etats parties de l’#OIAC
@OPCW @lvassy
Débat général – Déclaration de la France
#NoToChemicalWeapons
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@OPCW @lvassy
Débat général – Déclaration de la France
#NoToChemicalWeapons
bit.ly/3liDYJo
At the @Europarl_EN 15/04/2021 meeting of @EP_Defence, the chair @NathalieLoiseau smeared as 'fake news' questions from @wallacemick and @ClareDalyME re the @opcw's controversial #Douma investigation @Ce_Moll @Nic_Koenig @danielfiott. @NathalieLoiseau 'fake news' claim is false:-
1) In fact UK journalist @ClarkeMicah first reported in 2019 the fact that the original interim report had been secretly doctored to suggest Syrian gov. guilt without the knowledge of the Douma inspectors:- hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2019/11/new-se…
2) The @couragefound in 2019, which heard testimony from an OPCW person, reported serious procedural and scientific irregularities relating to manipulation of chemistry, toxicology, ballistics and witness testimony:- couragefound.org/2019/10/opcw-p…
(1/8) On 7 April 2018, #Douma was the site of a horrific #chemicalweapons attack. Victims, including children, died from exposure to toxic chemicals. We remember the victims of this war crime & will seek accountability for CW use in #Syria.
(2/8) In March 2019, the OPCW’s Fact-Finding Mission confirmed the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon. The Investigation and Identification Team will continue to work to identify the perpetrators of this CW attack. 👉opcw.org/sites/default/…
(3/8) Since then, an incorrect theory has surfaced regarding the conclusions of the FFM’s report. This fringe theory stems from incomplete leaked information. It is simply false.
(1/12) #OTD in 2017, an air strike hit the town of #KhanShaykhun in #Syria, releasing large amounts of the nerve agent #sarin. It killed dozens of people, including children, and injured hundreds. Today, we remember the victims of this #warcrime.
(2/12) The OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism concluded with confidence that the sarin identified in samples taken from Khan Shaykhun had most likely been made with a precursor from the original Syrian stockpile. 👉 documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
(3/12) On April 8 2020, the #OPCW Investigation & Identification Team released its report into 3 #chemicalweapons attacks in #Ltamenah on March 24, 25 & 30, 2017. It concluded with confidence that individuals from the Syrian Air Force perpetrated them. 👉 opcw.org/sites/default/…
@ats_eoph @SOToxicology The 25th Conference of State Parties #CSP25 of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons @OPCW started today in The Hague. Will #CSP25 address the escalation of #teargas use world-wide ?
Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, riot control agents, including tear gas and pepper weapons, are categorized as chemical weapons. The CWC bans the use of riot control agents in warfare, but allows their use by member states for domestic law enforcement.
While member states are required to declare which types of riot control agents they use, the CWC does not list any rules or limitations on their domestic use, leaving this to member states.
Strange mask protocol at @OPCW #CSP25 - apparently only compulsory when using the microphone. Here is DG Arias addressing conference with unmasked person just behind. 
The session seems to have reopened with a new mask protocol in place (Before & after). Another suggestion pertaining to safety:
1) Let the #CSP25 hear from ex-DG Bustani about the threats to his family from the USA.
2) Let's hear those who went to Douma about what they found.
1) Let the #CSP25 hear from ex-DG Bustani about the threats to his family from the USA.
2) Let's hear those who went to Douma about what they found.
Today sees the start of The Twenty-Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties #CSP25
We will once again see science & the reports of the OPCW's own scientists ( wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…) being ridden over roughshod in the interests of the US/UK led war party.
We will once again see science & the reports of the OPCW's own scientists ( wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/doc…) being ridden over roughshod in the interests of the US/UK led war party.
Consensus will be abandoned as the US, UK & allies, (a minority of the world's population but a majority of the states in the OPCW) use the #CSP25 for geo-political goals, based on the suppression of the scientific evidence of their own complicity in Syrian chemical attacks.
The focus of the US/UK group will be condemnation of Syria & Russia & pretence the OPCW Technical Secretariat remains a credible body after the Douma cover-up. Russia will argue for a return to consensus & the banning of white phosphorus as a weapon.
