There is no respect to the Mandate

Russia imposed a veto on the resolution of the Security Council on extending the mandate of the joint mechanism of OPCHO-ONO to investigate cases of the use of chemical weapons in Syria (SMR), the UN news center reports . 11 countries voted for the draft resolution introduced by the United States. China and Kazakhstan abstained, Bolivia and Russia voted against.

Before the vote, the Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya invited members of the Security Council to postpone the meeting on November 7, when, in accordance with the plans, members of the Council "will discuss the Syrian dossier." In addition, the SMR report according to the results of investigations of the incident on April 4 in the Syrian city of Khan-Sheikhun using chemical weapons will be presented in the Council of People's Commissars on October 26. According to the Russian diplomat, the decision to extend the work must be made "calmly and balanced, and not under unprecedented pressure", which some members of the Council "try to refuse" to Russia.

"The United States wants to vote according to the draft resolution on the SCR today. The SMR mandate should be extended today and as soon as possible. Moreover, on an unstable basis. There is no time to wait," said US representative Michelle Sissonon. Russia's procedural proposal was put to the vote and rejected by eight votes against four

After that, Nebenzya took the word again. "There is no provenia of the air strike, but those that are sewn with white threads. This is too obvious. Then you need to hide the ends into the water and get out of an awkward situation without loss of face. How to do it? It is very simple. After all, there is Russia, it is to blame for everything. So what can be done to carry out the coverage of the Cover? You can throw a resolution a few days before the release of the SMC 26 October, despite the fact that there is no urgent need, ”the Russian diplomat said.

Nebenzya recalled that the mandate of SMR is expiring on November 17. “The time for its extension is quite enough,” said the representative of Russia. “Moreover, when the issue of extending the SMR will be discussed in the council, we will insist on changing and correcting its mandate in order to ensure the very professionalism and objectivity that we are all baking about.”

When the American project was put up for voting, Russia applied the right to veto. In this regard, the United States and Great Britain expressed regret. Sissona called on members of the council "to once again consider this most important issue and vote for the extension of the SMR mandate."

On September 6, the UN Independent International Commission on the investigation of human rights crimes in Syria published a report in which she came to the conclusion that the Syrian authorities are worth the use of Zarin in Khan-Sheikhun. According to the report, the regime of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad used chemical weapons from March to July this year at least seven times.

On October 14, the director of the Russian Foreign Department for non-proliferation and control of weapons, Mikhail Ulyanov at a briefing at the UN for the Syrian Chemical Dossier, said that Russia was more and more inclined to the incident in Khan-Sheikhun . “We believe that the SMR should work out all the versions, including aviation. At the same time, we expect that the version of the staging nature of this incident will be carefully studied, to which, to be honest, we are inclined more and more,” Ulyanov said.

The Russian diplomat also stated that the children shown in the photographs from Khan-Sheikhun were not injured from Zarin, but from psychotropic substances. “Take a look, the pupils allegedly affected from the dawn to the limit, while in the case of the use of Zarin, they had to narrow to the size of the point,” said Ulyanov. “Who poisoned the children with drugs to raise a degree of emotions around the chemical incident?”

On May 1, Human Rights Watch Human Rights has issued a report on chemical attacks in Syria. The document provides evidence of the involvement of the Syrian government forces in the April attack on Khan Sheikhun. Invited HRW experts studied photos of the funnel at the scene of the explosion and found that the city bombs of the CAB-500 or Kab-250, developed for use with Zarin, were dumped into the city. In addition, human rights activists determined the signs of Himatima using Zarin, interviewing the witnesses of the event and studying the photos of the victims.

In addition, the report provides information about three more cases of the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. Human rights activists managed to establish the names of 64 victims of Himatak, which took place on December 11 and 12, 2016 in the east of the city of Hama, located near Khan Sheikhun. Another attack was recorded on March 30 in the north of Hama. As a result of this attack, no one died, but there were victims, including among the civilians.

The attack on Khan Sheikhun was committed on April 4 . Bombs with Zarin, as well as presumably chlorine, were thrown into the city. As a result of the raid, more than 80 people died, including children.

Damascus said that Assad’s aircraft did not use chemical weapons, but bombed the rebels for the production of chemical shells and a warehouse of ready -made weapons. At such an explanation of events in Khan-Sheikhun, they also insisted in Moscow. However, the international community is sure that Assada aircraft made a chemical attack.

On the night of April 7, the United States fired at the Ash-Shayrat base with winged missiles , destroying it almost completely. It was the most stringent US action in Syria for all six years of the war, continuing in the Middle Eastern country.

On April 12, Russia imposed a veto on the draft resolution of the UN Security Council condemning a raid on Khan-Sheikhun and the demand for Assad to promote an international investigation of this crime.