| ID | 128080 |
| Title Proper | Plan set to rid Syria of chemical arms |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Horner, Daniel |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The UN Security Council on Sept. 27 unanimously adopted a plan for destroying Syria's chemical arsenal, endorsing a blueprint that the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had approved a few hours earlier. The actions by the 41-member Executive Council, which generally operates by consensus, and the 15-member Security Council establish timelines for the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. The two councils were building on a framework agreement for control and elimination of Syria's arsenal concluded by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sept. 14 after days of intensive bilateral negotiations in Geneva. The two council decisions spell out ways in which the United Nations and the OPCW are to coordinate in overseeing Syria's chemical disarmament. The documents approved by the two councils cite Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which says that the Executive Council should refer compliance issues "of particular gravity and urgency" to the Security Council. The OPCW is the international body that implements the CWC. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol. 43, No.8; October 2013: p.19-21 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol. 43, No.8; October 2013: p.19-21 |
| Key Words | Nuclear Weapons ; Chemical Weapons ; Biological Weapons ; Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC ; United Nations - UN ; Security Council ; United States - US ; United Kingdom - UK ; Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - OPCW ; Enduring Syria ; Syria's Chemical Arms ; Syria's Chemical Arsenal Endorsing ; Arms Control ; International Action ; Disarmament Program ; Syria's Chemical Disarmament ; Overseeing Syria's Chemical Disarmament |