Russia Vetoes UNSC Resolution on Extending UN-OPCW Mandate in Syria

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UNITED NATIONS-  Moscow vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to renew the mandate for a UN mission investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Ahead of the vote, Russia suggested postponing the discussion, but its proposal was rejected, RT reported.

The current mandate for UN and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) representatives to work in Syria expires on November 17. Washington has prepared a document to prolong the mandate, which was supported by 11 votes on Tuesday. Two UNSC members – Russia and Bolivia – voted against the document, while China and Kazakhstan abstained.

 The Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said that the US draft resolution aimed at demonizing Russia’s role in Syria, according to the Syrian News Agency SANA.

He renewed his country’s rejection of the US accusations against the Syrian government of using chemical weapons in Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun without conducting any investigation, adding that the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) didn’t issue any convincing report and the fact-finding committee proved its disability by not visiting the site where the alleged chemical weapons was used.

Later this week, the UN-OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism is scheduled to deliver a report on the alleged chemical weapon attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun on April 4. Russia proposed hearing the mission’s findings before voting on a new document. However, Washington insisted the Security Council votes on the new mandate before a report is presented.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the US demands for the prolongation of the probe “look at the very least strange.”

“It is necessary to act in accordance with an established practice, when a UN structure’s report is first studied, and then a question on a mandate’s prolongation is discussed,” the ministry said in a statement on Monday, condemning the “hyped up hysteria” on the issue.

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