The use of chemical warfare and small-scale strategic bombing were both outlawed by the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, and both proved to be of limited effectiveness though they captured the public imagination.
We reiterate our deepest concerns regarding the use of chemical weapons in Syria and reaffirm our strong condemnation of the use of chemical weapons anywhere, at any time, by anyone, under any circumstances.
The summit's participants“[r]eaffirmed their strongest opposition to the use of chemical weapons by any party in Syria and called for strict compliance by all parties with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction”.
And the decision I had to take was, given Saddam's history, given his use of chemical weapons, given the over 1 million people whose deaths he caused, given 10 years of breaking UN resolutions, could we take the risk of this man reconstituting his weapons programme?
He went on to highlight the facts that the use of chemical weapons has expanded Russia's roles in the Syrian conflict, in particular, and that the Islamic State cites Russia as one of its biggest enemies rather than the United States.
The Director-General and the State Secretary discussed issues related to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention(CWC), concentrating on OPCW's activities in Syria and efforts to counter the threat of non-State actor use of chemical weapons.
UK Permanent Representative to the OPCW Peter Wilson said that London and its allies would work to update the sanctions for the use of chemical weapons, aggression in cyberspace and the violation of human rights.
As Amnesty International has been repeatedly calling for, the UN Security Council should also refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court to ensure accountability for the use of chemical weapons and all other war crimes and crimes against humanity.
On the same theme of insisting on credible accountability, the UN Security Council now needs to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court to ensure accountability for the use of chemical weapons and all other war crimes and crimes against humanity.
While Western-dominated“international” institutions will likely not accept any evidence provided by the Syrian government- the Syrian government's narrative emerges as a far more logical explanation for the last 6 years of conflict and accusations made regarding chemical weapon use.
And the decision I had to take was, given Saddam's history, given his use of chemical weapons, given the over one million people whose deaths he had caused, given 10 years of breaking UN resolutions, could we take the risk of this man reconstituting his weapons programmes or is that a risk that it would be irresponsible to take?
Considering less and less serious certain crimes, such as, indeed, the use of chemical weapons, because seen with a view to normalizing the problem, can cause the loss of effectiveness of the fear of international sanctions and, therefore, give way to a system general with less and less rules, because those in force do not ensure the guarantee of repression and punishment of the perpetrators of crimes.
That said, even if Trump's retaliation, as is very likely, it is not credible that the Syrian regime may be close to the end; for the US it is important to return to play the role of the past, as a nation capable of exercising the figure of the world gendarme, able to punish those who transgress to precise rules, such as the use of chemical weapons, also in projection of the reports that they want to establish with North Korea.
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