What the OPCW Interim Report on Douma Says and What it Does Not Say

... At the same time, the significance of these samples when deciding on whether or not chemical weapons were actually used may be determined through a non-transparent procedure. Now What? Anton Utkin: The End of OPCW-UN mechanism. What Stands Behind the Russian “No”? The decision imposed by the West and empowered the OPCW to assign responsibility for the use of chemical weapons has turned the organization into a platform for active political infighting. The coalition of 24 nations will now have to critically analyse the performance of the FFM inspectors, lest their work be taken as a precedent and, in the absence ...