The End of OPCW-UN mechanism. What Stands Behind the Russian “No”?
... casted three vetoes in a row to put an end to the OPCW-UN mechanism that Russia had initiated together with the United States. This article is a contribution to the analysis of 7 th JIM report in an effort to understand how reasonable or groundless the Russian accusations of JIM’s work are. Background There were two international bodies with regard to alleged use of chemical weapons on the territory of Syria: — Fact-Finding Mission (hereinafter “FFM”), established on the basis of the OPCW authority under the Chemical Weapons Convention (hereinafter “Convention”) on 29 April 2014; — OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (hereinafter “JIM”), established by the Security Council resolution 2235 (2015) on 7 August 2015. The FFM ...