Tag: UN Debate on Khan Sheikhoun

NOVANEWS by Alexander Mercouris Analysis — The events at the United Nations Security Council surrounding the joint OPCW-UN-JIM investigation  report (“the report”) into the alleged Khan Sheikhoun chemical weapon attack are not being widely reported. This is unfortunate because they show that international opinion is swinging heavily against the report, which has lost credibility. Here an account of what happened on the two most recent occasions when the UN Security Council discussed this issue is necessary.   On 24th October 2017 the Russians vetoed at the UN Security Council a resolution to extend the OPCW’s mandate in Syria.  They complained that the resolution presented to the UN Security Council to extend the OPCW’s mandate had been brought forward in haste before ...