Syrian government renews commitment to destroy chemical weapons programme

UN officials have welcomed Syria’s renewed commitment to eliminate the country’s chemical weapons programme developed under the previous regime.

Adedeji Ebo, the officer-in-charge of the UN’s Office for Disarmament Affairs, told the security council earlier this month that ‘the commitment of the new government in Syria to fully and transparently cooperate with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is both welcome and commendable’.