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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 07 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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07 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations:
“The situation left by the previous Syrian authorities is extremely worrying. Therefore, I am encouraged that the new authorities have expressed their desire and commitment to embark on a new chapter of cooperation with the OPCW to close the outstanding issues.”
4. Med shot, Syrian Ambassador
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations:
“I am further encouraged by the statement made by the caretaker Foreign Minister on Wednesday at this week’s session of the OPCW Executive Council, in which he emphasized the new authorities’ commitment to destroying any remains of the chemical weapons programme developed under the previous authorities, bring justice to the victims, and ensure Syria’s compliance with international law.”
6. Med shot, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations:
“I am pleased to note that, as a result of the renewed commitment, the new Syrian authorities and the OPCW Technical Secretariat have already begun to work towards these goals. In the coming days, a team of technical experts from the OPCW Technical Secretariat will be deployed to Damascus to work on establishing the OPCW’s permanent physical presence in Syria and start jointly planning deployments to chemical weapons sites.”
8. Med shot, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations:
“That said, the work ahead will not be easy. The new reality, while presenting an opportunity to chart a new course for Syria, also presents significant challenges amidst significant humanitarian, security and recovery needs in the country. In order to accomplish all the tasks needed to rid Syria of all chemical weapons, the OPCW Technical Secretariat and the new authorities in Syria will require strong support and additional resources from the international community.”
10. Med shot, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusay Abdul Jabbar al-Dahha, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
“The Syrian Arab Republic is keen to adopt a new foreign policy grounded on international law and the Charter, and to honour its obligations under international legal instruments it had acceded to. The Syrian Arab Republic thus reiterates its unwavering commitment to cooperate with the OPCW.”
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13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusay Abdul Jabbar al-Dahha, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
“To this end, the Syrian government has opened a new chapter with the OPCW, one marked by openness, transparency and constructive cooperation, which helps resolve all outstanding issues, ensure the full elimination of any potential chemical weapons, and close this file once and for all.”
14. Med shot, Syrian Ambassador
UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said, “The situation left by the previous Syrian authorities is extremely worrying. Therefore, I am encouraged that the new authorities have expressed their desire and commitment to embark on a new chapter of cooperation with the OPCW to close the outstanding issues.”
Addressing the Security Council today (7 Mar), Nakamitsu said, “I am further encouraged by the statement made by the caretaker Foreign Minister on Wednesday at this week’s session of the OPCW Executive Council, in which he emphasized the new authorities’ commitment to destroying any remains of the chemical weapons programme developed under the previous authorities, bring justice to the victims, and ensure Syria’s compliance with international law.”
She also said, “I am pleased to note that, as a result of the renewed commitment, the new Syrian authorities and the OPCW Technical Secretariat have already begun to work towards these goals. In the coming days, a team of technical experts from the OPCW Technical Secretariat will be deployed to Damascus to work on establishing the OPCW’s permanent physical presence in Syria and start jointly planning deployments to chemical weapons sites.”
She highlighted, “That said, the work ahead will not be easy. The new reality, while presenting an opportunity to chart a new course for Syria, also presents significant challenges amidst significant humanitarian, security and recovery needs in the country. In order to accomplish all the tasks needed to rid Syria of all chemical weapons, the OPCW Technical Secretariat and the new authorities in Syria will require strong support and additional resources from the international community.”
Qusay Abdul Jabbar al-Dahha, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations said that its country is “keen to adopt a new foreign policy grounded on international law and the Charter, and to honour its obligations under international legal instruments it had acceded to. The Syrian Arab Republic thus reiterates its unwavering commitment to cooperate with the OPCW.”
To this end, he continued, “the Syrian government has opened a new chapter with the OPCW, one marked by openness, transparency and constructive cooperation, which helps resolve all outstanding issues, ensure the full elimination of any potential chemical weapons, and close this file once and for all.”
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