Monaco contributes €10,000 to OPCW missions in Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Tuesday that the government of Monaco contributed €10,000 to its missions in Syria.
The Ambassador of Monaco to the OPCW, Mr Frédéric Labarrère, and the OPCW Director-General, Fernando Arias, held a formal signing ceremony on Sep. 8 at the organization’s headquarters in the Hague, the OPCW reported.
“With this renewed voluntary contribution, Monaco reaffirms its commitment to the strict observance of the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention and its unwavering support to the missions and activities carried out by the OPCW,” said Ambassador Labarrère.
In return the Director-General stated, “Monaco’s longstanding contribution to the OPCW Trust Fund for Syria Missions supports the Organisation in its work on the Syrian chemical weapons dossier and in upholding the norms and principles of the Chemical Weapons Convention.”
In January, the OPCW found the Syrian government responsible for a poison gas attack in 2018 that killed 43 people in the city of Douma, northeast of the Syrian capital of Damascus.
Damascus denies using chemical weapons and insists that it handed over its stockpiles under an agreement made in 2013, prompted by a sarin gas attack that killed 1,400 people in Ghouta, Damascus.
The OPCW’s statement added that this contribution will be used to fully eliminate the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme and to establish facts regarding allegations of using chemical weapons in Syria.