International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons
Ambassador Robert Wood, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, participated in an information meeting Wednesday morning February 28 of the “International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons” sponsored by the Permanent Mission of France and moderated by Ambassador Alice Guitton, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament. The “International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons,” initiated by France, represents a political commitment by participating countries to hold to account those responsible for the use of chemical weapons. “No one should think they can use chemical weapons and get away with it,” Ambassador Wood told the meeting. “Sadly, the trend in chemical weapons use by State and non-State actors is increasing, not decreasing. The Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons remains the most serious violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in the treaty’s twenty-year history.”
Following the meeting, Ambassador Wood took questions from the media.
Read the full text of the Ambassador’s statement at the information meeting: https\://geneva.usmission.gov/2018/02/28/international-partnership-against-impunity-for-the-use-of-chemical-weapons/