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UN's chemical weapons watchdog highjacked by politics, says Russia

<span style="color: #222222;">Russia's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia today charged that the UN's chemical weapons watchdog had been hijacked by politics and its mandate derailed after Moscow put forward a draft Security Council resolution on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).<br />'' <br />'' Western diplomats fear the proposed Russian measure is aimed at weakening the OPCW, which has been at the forefront of efforts to shed light on chemical attacks in Syria.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The draft resolution states that the Security Council is the only international body that can impose measures on countries that violate the Chemical Weapons Convention.</span><br />

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