Discurso do Representante Permanente, Embaixador Sérgio França Danese, em consultas do Conselho de Segurança sobre Armas Químicas - 08 de agosto de 2023 (texto em inglês)
Statement by Permanent Representative, Ambassador Sérgio França Danese, at the UNSC Consultations on the Middle East (Syria) – [CW]
August 8th, 2023
Madam President,
I thank the Deputy to the High-Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo, and Dr. Mohamad Katoub for their briefings today.
Once again, we have read the latest OPCW Director-General’s report and found little new information that would merit the attention of this Council. We reiterate that the frequency of these meetings could be adjusted in order to allow the UNSC to dedicate more intensely to other matters of higher urgency.
Nevertheless, I must say that we are encouraged by the recent contacts between members of the OPCW Secretariat and representatives of the Syrian Arab Republic in Beirut, on 22 and 23 June 2023. We welcome Syria's commitments to implementing its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and we hope these initial contacts may permit the resumption of consultations at a higher level in the near future.
Dialogue, closer cooperation between Syria and the OPCW and continued in full compliance by Syria remain our best hopes for closing this file.
Madam President,
Having said that, Brazil reaffirms that chemical weapons are utterly incompatible with international humanitarian law and, therefore, must have no place in the practices and doctrines of today's world.
The production, storage and use of such weapons violate international agreements and pose serious threats to international peace and security.
Brazil strongly condemns the development, the storage and the use of chemical weapons, anywhere, by anyone, under any circumstances. Incidents must be addressed with transparency and be subject to thorough and impartial investigations, in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and international law.
I thank you.