Netherlands-OPCW/Power Expansion
Hague, Netherlands - June 26, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Special meeting of Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in progress
2. Various of Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaking
3. Various of special meeting of OPCW in progress
FILE: Hague, Netherlands - April (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of OPCW headquarters
Member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) voted on Wednesday in Hague in favor of a controversial Britain-led proposal to expand the power of the global chemical watchdog to not only identify the use of chemical weapons, but also assign blame.
The special meeting, stretching Tuesday to Thursday, was held on the demands of eleven member states.
On the second day of their meeting, member states adopted the UK-drafted decision by a vote of 82 in favor and 24 against.
The OPCW has 193 members. According to the OPCW rules, a two-third majority of the members present, minus abstention, is needed to adopt the proposal.
Backed by countries like France, Germany and the United States, such an expansion of power of the OPCW is opposed by countries like Russia, Syria, Pakistan and Algeria. They believe that attribution of responsibility goes beyond the mandate of the OPCW.
The member states will continue to discuss on the usage of the power.
The OPCW was founded in 1997 as the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force that year to prohibit the use of chemical weapons and require their destruction. In previous investigations of alleged use of chemical weapons, the OPCW fact-finding-missions only had a say on whether and what chemical weapons have been used.
Netherlands-OPCW/Power Expansion
Dateline : June 26, 2018/File
Location : Hague,Netherlands
Duration : 1'33
Hague, Netherlands - June 26, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Special meeting of Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in progress
2. Various of Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaking
3. Various of special meeting of OPCW in progress
FILE: Hague, Netherlands - April (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of OPCW headquarters
Member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) voted on Wednesday in Hague in favor of a controversial Britain-led proposal to expand the power of the global chemical watchdog to not only identify the use of chemical weapons, but also assign blame.
The special meeting, stretching Tuesday to Thursday, was held on the demands of eleven member states.
On the second day of their meeting, member states adopted the UK-drafted decision by a vote of 82 in favor and 24 against.
The OPCW has 193 members. According to the OPCW rules, a two-third majority of the members present, minus abstention, is needed to adopt the proposal.
Backed by countries like France, Germany and the United States, such an expansion of power of the OPCW is opposed by countries like Russia, Syria, Pakistan and Algeria. They believe that attribution of responsibility goes beyond the mandate of the OPCW.
The member states will continue to discuss on the usage of the power.
The OPCW was founded in 1997 as the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force that year to prohibit the use of chemical weapons and require their destruction. In previous investigations of alleged use of chemical weapons, the OPCW fact-finding-missions only had a say on whether and what chemical weapons have been used.
ID : 8084114
Published : 2018-06-28 07:23
Last Modified : 2018-06-28 16:19:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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