Years Xxx 2021 | 8

Beyond Syria, 2021 marked the 8th anniversary of Syria’s accession to the CWC, but also the year:

In 2021, the global chemical weapons taboo was weaker than in 2013, not stronger. 8 years xxx 2021

From a narrow technical perspective, the OPCW verifiably destroyed all chemical weapons declared by the Damascus regime. Facilities were dismantled. Precursors were removed. For a moment in 2014-2015, the chemical threat from Syria seemed neutralized. Beyond Syria, 2021 marked the 8th anniversary of

On September 14, 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced a framework for the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons. By October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) began overseeing the destruction of Syria’s declared stockpiles. By mid-2014, the OPCW announced that all declared chemical agents — over 1,300 metric tons — had been removed or destroyed. In 2021, the global chemical weapons taboo was

At the time, it was hailed as a diplomatic triumph. President Obama called it “an important achievement.” But skeptics warned that the deal did not address undeclared stockpiles, and that Syria’s declaration might be incomplete.