Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) blames Syria for using nerve gas
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has blamed Syria explicitly for the first time for toxic attacks of 2017.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad’s air force has been accused of using the nerve gas sarin and chlorine three times in 2017.
The attack had killed hundreds of people and caused injuries to many.
The use of chemical weapons is strictly prohibited by international law.
Important value additions:
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
OPCW is an intergovernmental organisation.
It is the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) , which entered into force in 1997.
The Organisation oversees the global endeavour to permanently and verifiably eliminate chemical weapons.
Headquarter of the organisation is at The Hague, Netherlands.
All states who are members of the CWC are automatically members of this organization.
The organisation was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize “for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons with most recent being in Syria civil war”.
