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Find the news and reports on the OPWC (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons). It is an international organization and the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Its headquarters are located in The Hague, Netherlands. Get the news on history and transformation of the OPWC. Currently, the OPCW is conducting multiple investigations into the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Follow RT on the news on the course of investigation of that matter, as well as other incidents probed by the OPWC.
- Former OPCW director defends Douma whistleblowers as ‘extremely competent’, slams media for creating ‘wall of silence’
The former head of the OPCW has defended the whistleblowers who alleged that it engaged in a cover-up of exonerating evidence in Douma, arguing efforts to silence him prove the dissenters right.Oct 19, 2020 18:38World News - Russia slams ‘disgraceful’ ban on founding OPCW chief speaking at UN Security Council on Syria, PUBLISHES his speech unilateralyAn ex-OPCW chief, sacked under US pressure, has been barred from briefing the UN Security Council about a controversial probe into an alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria. Russia called it a “shame” and published his speech.Oct 6, 2020 19:28Russia & Former Soviet Union
- OPCW should not be a ‘geopolitical tool,’ Russian envoy tells UN Security Council as Germany seeks to involve it in Navalny caseRussia's ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya slammed on Thursday Germany for withholding information about the health of activist Alexey Navalny and condemned Western attempts to politicize chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW.Sep 10, 2020 23:06Russia & Former Soviet Union
- OPCW head FALSELY described Syria whistleblower inspectors to discredit them, new documents showNew documents leaked from the global chemical watchdog show that two inspectors blowing the whistle about the 2018 Douma incident in Syria were right, and the director seeking to discredit them was wrong.May 6, 2020 22:57World News
- OPCW insiders dispute SECOND chemical weapons probe on Syria, blast watchdog for ‘glaring technical weaknesses’A group of current and former OPCW employees have explosively slammed the organization for producing what they say is yet another “procedurally and scientifically flawed” report into alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria.Apr 28, 2020 15:38World News
- ‘False and fabricated’: Syria slams OPCW report blaming it for 2017 chemical weapons attacksThe Syrian government has slammed a new report by the OPCW which directly accuses it of using chemical weapons on civilians. The conclusions of the chemical weapons watchdog are “misleading” and “false and fabricated,” it says.Apr 9, 2020 19:01World News
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