"CHEMICAL WEAPONS"

The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that “all efforts to organize the next, that is the twenty-fifth, round of consultations” between the Declaration Assessment Team (DAT) and the Syrian National Authority “have been unsuccessful”. UNIFEED

Letter dated 28 August 2023 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2023/637).

The Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) efforts to organize the next round of consultations with Syria continue to be unsuccessful, a senior official of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council, stressing that full cooperation by Damascus is essential to closing its chemical weapons file.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Deputy High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Adedeji Ebo, told the Security Council that the Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “has yet to receive from the Syrian Arab Republic, any declarations or document requested.” UNIFEED

Hybrid press briefing by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States of America and President of the Security Council for the month of August. 

The Deputy High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Adedeji Ebo, said that all efforts by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Technical Secretariat to organize the twenty-fifth round of consultations between the Declaration Assessment Team and the Syrian National Authority continue to be unsuccessful. UNIFEED

Syria’s Chemical Weapons Declaration Still Inaccurate, Unfinished, Top Disarmament Official Tells Security Council, Reiterating Need for Damascus to Fully Cooperate

Threats to International Peace and Security- Security Council

Letter dated 26 April 2023 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2023/297)