| ID | 132783 |
| Title Proper | Questions on Syrian chemical arms persist |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Horner, Daniel |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Efforts to resolve several issues arising from Syria's chemical weapons program appear to be moving slowly, even as the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons material aboard a U.S. ship in the Mediterranean Sea began this month.
Officials from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and some of its key member states have highlighted the need for Syria to destroy its chemical weapons production facilities and resolve questions about its declaration of its arsenal last year.
For months, Robert Mikulak, the U.S. ambassador to the OPCW, has been castigating Syria for its failure to destroy its 12 remaining former chemical weapons production facilities. Destruction of such facilities is a required step under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which Syria joined last fall. Under a timetable for chemical weapons destruction approved by the OPCW Executive Council last November, that task was to be completed by March 15. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.6; Jul-Aug.2014: p.29-30 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.6; Jul-Aug.2014: p.29-30 |
| Key Words | Syria ; Syrian Chemical Weapons - SCW ; Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC ; Chemical Weapons Destruction - CDC ; Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - OPCW ; United States ; Nuclear Arsenal ; Chemical Arsenal ; Conventional Arms Control - CAC ; Arms Control Treaty - ACT ; International Negotiation ; Disarmament ; International Organization - IO ; International Relations - IR ; International Cooperation - IC |