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<p>Following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2118, and on becoming
a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention, Syria produced a declaration of
its chemical weapons programme. Those chemical weapons declared by Syria have been
removed from Syria for secure destruction. As part of this international effort, in
May 2015 the UK completed the destruction of 200 tonnes of precursor chemicals from
Syria. However, industrial chemicals such as chlorine are still being used as weapons
in Syria, in breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention and UN Security Council resolutions,
including resolution 2118. We strongly condemn such breaches. The UK, along with international
partners, remains committed to ensuring that those responsible are held to account.
UN Security Council Resolution 2235, adopted in August 2015, creates an international
mechanism tasked with identifying the people responsible for these appalling acts.
The Syrian regime also has serious questions to answer in respect of its weapon programmes
declaration, and cannot be considered to be in full compliance with its Chemical Weapons
Convention and UN Security Council obligations before it has done so satisfactorily.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is urgently seeking answers
from the Syrian regime.</p>
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