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Allowing the use of
chemical
weapons to go unpunished not only could reverse one of the few promising developments in the Syrian conflict; it also threatens to undermine international norms on the use of toxic gas and nerve agents, increasing the possibility that they will be used in terrorist attacks.
In October 2013, following Syria’s accession to the
Chemical
Weapons Convention, a joint mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical
Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations was tasked with eliminating the country’s
chemical
arsenal and production facilities.
Less than a year later, the mission accomplished what no military intervention could have achieved; the strategic threat from Syria’s
chemical
weapons was effectively eliminated.
Work to clarify certain aspects of the government’s initial declaration about its weapons program is ongoing; but 1,300 metric tons of
chemical
weapons, including sulfur mustard and precursors for deadly nerve agents, have been accounted for and destroyed under the watchful eyes of OPCW inspectors.
Since 1997, 192 countries have agreed to be bound by its provisions, and 91% of the world’s declared
chemical
weapons have been destroyed.
The continued use of
chemical
weapons in the Syrian conflict is not only causing terrible suffering among the country’s civilian population; it also risks eroding the convention’s credibility.
A fact-finding mission established by the OPCW in April 2014 found “compelling confirmation” that a toxic
chemical
– most likely chlorine gas – was used “systematically and repeatedly” as a weapon in villages in northern Syria.
It was on the basis of these findings that the UN Security Council agreed in August 2015 to create a joint investigative mechanism of the OPCW and the UN and task it with identifying those responsible for the use of
chemical
weapons in the conflict.
The perpetrators of
chemical
attacks must be held to account, whoever they are.
Once those responsible for the use of
chemical
weapons have been identified, the international community must ensure that they are prosecuted, in order to send a clear signal about the inviolability of the global ban.
Persistent allegations that non-state actors are using
chemical
weapons in Syria and northern Iraq are of particular concern, as they raise the possibility of toxic chemicals being used in terrorist attacks.
A conventional attack against a
chemical
facility is another potentially devastating risk – one that is not beyond the capabilities of a well-funded terrorist group.
Failure to punish their use in the Syrian civil war risks undermining the regime that has brought us to the threshold of a
chemical
weapons-free world.
Now, with Obama’s decision to send arms as well, his “red line” in Syria – the use of
chemical
weapons – could well create a legacy as damaging to the region as that of the Sykes-Picot “line in the sand” proved to be.
Its panels do not assess whether a
chemical
will cause cancer – only if it is capable of causing cancer.
He suddenly saw the desirability of getting rid of his
chemical
weapons.
The US public sharply rejected Obama’s planned missile strikes to punish Assad for the repeated use of
chemical
weapons, and a recent Pew poll indicates that a majority of Americans believe that the US “should mind its own business internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own.”
Policymakers shut down energy-intensive factories in the heavy
chemical
industry, promoted innovation, and took steps to address air and water pollution.
More recently, the US called for regime change in Syria, but then did little to bring it about, even after government forces, ignoring American warnings, repeatedly used
chemical
weapons.
Especially in China’s massive interior, rapid urbanization requires high output from steel mills,
chemical
refineries, and coal-fired electricity plants, leading to the dangerously high levels of air pollution that have become synonymous with Chinese-style development.
While companies like Monsanto argue that pesticides are necessary to ensure food security, the consequences of
chemical
exposure to workers like Tomasi – whose body was left twisted and mangled after years of handling chemicals without protection – reveal the human cost of their use.
Despite already-high and rising energy prices, Europe’s
chemical
industry has grown at about the same rate as the rest of the economy since 1995.
Today, EU
chemical
companies specialize in high-value products, and Europe exports much more of them than it imports.
Indeed, new investment in
chemical
plants has grown only slowly for years now.
Europe’s
chemical
industry has halved its greenhouse-gas emissions compared to 1990, while increasing output by 20%.
In a pilot study on specific
chemical
products for the European Climate Foundation, experts from McKinsey identified the potential for a further 50-75% reduction in CO2 emissions.
This will also help European producers capture new markets in emerging countries, which will increasingly demand the high-value
chemical
products that Europe already produces competitively.
Since then, we have learnt all too unambiguously that Saddam is obsessed with procuring weapons of mass destruction -
chemical
and biological warheads as well as atomic bombs and the missiles to deliver them.
After that war, UN inspectors found and destroyed huge amounts of
chemical
and biological warheads as well as facilities to produce nuclear weapons.
Saddam's
chemical
and biological arms, and his determination to get nuclear weapons, are a threat to the world.
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