The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council approved a statement, yesterday, that claims that Syria did not fully declare its chemical weapons stockpile in 2013, hiding some of it instead, and giving Damascus 90 days to come clear, or the agency will take further action. The evidence that Syria allegedly did not fully declare? Why, the fake-news reported earlier by the OECD that Syria used chemical weapons against their own people — a lie disproven even by a team of the OPCW itself, who were the only ones who actually went to the scene of the ostensible chemical weapons attack, but whose report was dismissed by the Executive Board
The statement is further evidence of what Moscow has been fighting: The corruption of the OPCW for the purposes of facilitating political objectives against certain states.
“The decision expresses the deep concern of the Council that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arab Republic, by direct implication, establishes that the Syrian Arab Republic failed to declare and destroy all of its chemical weapons and chemical weapons production facilities, and demands that the Syrian Arab Republic immediately cease all use of chemical weapons,” the statement says.
The council is demanding that Damascus 1) “declare to the Secretariat the facilities where the chemical weapons, including precursors, munitions, and devices, used in the 24, 25, and 30 March 2017 attacks were developed, produced, stockpiled, and operationally stored for delivery"; 2) “declare to the Secretariat all of the chemical weapons it currently possesses, including sarin, sarin precursors, and chlorine that is not intended for purposes not prohibited under the Convention, as well as chemical weapons production facilities and other related facilities"; and 3) “resolve all of the outstanding issues regarding its initial declaration of its chemical weapons stockpile and program.”
The Director General is to report to the council in 100 days on Syria’s response to these demands. If Syria “fails to redress the situation by completing the measures set out in the decision,” the Director General is “to recommend to the Conference to adopt a decision at its next session which undertakes appropriate action.” Such action could include referring Syria to the UN Security Council.
