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STORY: UN / SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS
TRT: 02:02
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 FEBRUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
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2. Wide shot, the Head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria Virginia Gamba at the microphone
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Gamba, Head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria:
“We are looking at seven potential cases. We still are analysing some material the rest of this week, but then the potential cases will be finalised by the first week in March, so we can start the in depth investigation.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Gamba, Head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria:
“Our mandate starts where a fact finding mission of the OPCW has concluded that a toxic substance was used as a weapon. And the case you mentioned of 2013 has not been concluded by the FFM report yet. So, we can only take on board what has been reported as concluded.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Gamba, Head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria:
“We are getting good cooperation. We have been in Damascus in December. We are in constant exchange of information, not just with the Syrian Arab Republic, but also with about 20 or so member states, both from the region and internationally that cooperate with our investigation. We have so far had full cooperation.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Gamba, Head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria:
“Any use of toxic substances weapons by anybody anywhere under any circumstances is totally abhorrent, and I would like to assure individuals, groups, entities, or governments that minimally are thinking in that direction or have thought in that direction, that these acts will be identified and that they will be held accountable for their actions.”
10. Zoom out, Gamba walks away
The head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria today (22 Feb) said that preliminary work on “seven potential cases” is nearly concluded and an “in depth investigation” can begin in March.
Asked about other potential cases not included in the first report of the body, Virginia Gamba said the Mechanism’s mandate starts once a fact finding mission (FFM) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has concluded that a toxic substance was used as a weapon.
She said that a suspected case from 2013 “has not been concluded by the FFM report yet. So, we can only take on board what has been reported as concluded.”
The official remarked that the Mechanism is “getting good cooperation” from parties in Syria.
She said “we are in constant exchange of information, not just with the Syrian Arab Republic, but also with about 20 or so member states, both from the region and internationally that cooperate with our investigation.”
The next phase of the work of the Mechanism will include: the detailed analysis of all information obtained, including from Member States and other sources; the finalization of the list of cases for investigation on the basis of all information obtained; and the conduct of the investigation, including field visits as necessary, in order to identify the individuals, entities, groups or governments who were perpetrators, organizers, sponsors or otherwise involved in the use of chemicals as weapons.
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