The End of OPCW-UN mechanism. What Stands Behind the Russian “No”?
... of JIM’s work are. Background There were two international bodies with regard to alleged use of chemical weapons on the territory of Syria: — Fact-Finding Mission (hereinafter “FFM”), established on the basis of the OPCW authority under the Chemical Weapons Convention (hereinafter “Convention”) on 29 April 2014; — OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (hereinafter “JIM”), established by the Security Council resolution 2235 (2015) on 7 August 2015. The FFM does not have the task of attributing responsibility for the alleged use of chemical weapons. That notion is fixed in several documents, such as OPCW Executive ...