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Good news: Destruction of Syria's Chemical Weapons
un article par Keith Hindell, UNA UK, London & South East Region
I attach a notice of meeting which will be held in
the UK Parliament in June to describe, explain and
discuss the destruction of Syria's Chemical
Weapons. This meeting is sponsored by the All
Party Parliamentary Groups for the United Nations
and for Global Security and Non-Proliferation and
is organised by the London & South East region of
the United Nations Association.
click on photo to enlarge
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons acting with a mandate from the United
Nations Security Council is removing and
destroying Syria’s stockpile of Chemical Weapons,
their chemical precursors and the production
facilities, in a careful operation lasting months.
It now looks as if this operation will be complete
by the end of that month.
Both the technical and security problems involved
are formidable and require the cooperation of many
nations, including the UK, as well as Syria
itself. This is the first time such weapons have
been deliberately de-activated in the middle of a
war. If completed it will be a remarkable
achievement for the OPCW,for diplomacy and for the
international community.
Consequently it looks as if this will be the only
good news to come out of the Syrian civil war so
far. Previous agreements for bringing in
humanitarian supplies to besieged areas appear to
have collapsed.
I realise that chlorine and other gases are still
being used in barrel bombs and that the Syrian
government may still have some hidden chemical
arsenal but nevertheless if the OPCW completes its
mission safely it will be a success for the
international community.
I suggest therefore you start a discussion about
this topic and use the above poster or part of it as
a means of kicking it off. The United Nations
Association of the UK is at least concerned about
this issue.
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Question(s) liée(s) à cet article:
Can chemical weapons be abolished,
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This discussion question applies to the following articles:
US Strategy for Ridding Syria of Chemical Arms
Parliaments Demand Zero Tolerance on Chemical Weapons
Statement by the OPCW Director-General on the 2013 Nobel Prize for Peace
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