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UN disarmament chief: new Syrian authorities have pledged cooperation with OPCW to resolve chemical-weapons dossier
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Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, told the Security Council that new Syrian authorities have expressed a commitment to cooperate with the OPCW to resolve outstanding issues about Syria’s chemical-weapons program.
Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, told the Security Council that new Syrian authorities have expressed a commitment to cooperate with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to resolve outstanding questions about Syria’s chemical-weapons program.
Nakamitsu said the renewed cooperation provides “an historic opportunity to build a stable and peaceful future for the Syrian people” and to obtain “long overdue clarifications on the full extent and scope of the Syrian chemical weapons program.” She briefed council members drawing on regular contacts between the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and the OPCW Technical Secretariat.
Nakamitsu summarized the technical and documentary history documented by the OPCW: previous Syrian authorities submitted 20 amendments to the…
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