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Dear Readers,
On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 I placed the post:
" Authorization for Use of Military Force in Syria Sep 2013 " and Updated that with article links related to the main story on later date. You can find it here:
( http://for-a-greener-planet.blogspot.nl/2013/09/authorization-for-use-of-military-force.html )
Then came Kerry's slip ( whether on purpose or not ). Asked whether there was anything Assad could do to avoid an attack, Kerry said:
“Sure, he could turn over every bit of his weapons to the international community within the next week, without delay . . . But he isn’t about to.”
see:
( " Russia says it will push Syria to relinquish control of chemical weapons. " By Karen DeYoung and Will Englund, Updated: Monday, September 9, 3:43 PM at Washingtonpost.com,
( http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/john-kerry-in-london-campaigns-for-world-to-support-military-strike-against-syria/2013/09/09/e8ad7a72-193d-11e3-80ac-96205cacb45a_story.html ))
But Russia and Syria did pick up on the challenge.
On 12 September the Director-General of the OPCW Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü received a letter sent by the Syrian Foreign Minister, Mr Walid al-Muallem, informing him of the decision by the Syrian Government to join the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and of the transmission of a legislative decree to the UN Secretary General. See:
( http://www.opcw.org/news/article/opcw-to-review-request-from-syria/ )
And after days of intense negotiations out came the Framework Agreement reached by the Russian Federation and the United States of America in Geneva on 14 September. see (full text):
( " Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons – Annotated commentary ". The Trench.org, on 15 September 2013 by JP Zanders,
( http://www.the-trench.org/framework-for-elimination-of-syrian-chemical-weapons-annotated-commentary/ ))
Then on Friday 27 September 2013 the Organisation for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons states: " The OPCW Executive Council today adopted a historic decision on the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. ".
see for press release:
( http://www.opcw.org/news/article/opcw-executive-council-adopts-historic-decision-on-destruction-of-syria-chemical-weapons/ )
see for the decision full text:
( http://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/EC/M-33/ecm33dec01_e_.pdf )
The same date 27 September 2013 the UN Security Council voted unanimous on the Syrian resolution
" UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that demands the eradication of Syria's chemical weapons but does not threaten automatic punitive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government if it does not comply. "
see:
" U.N. Security Council demands elimination of Syria chemical arms ", Reuters, 28 September 2013,
( http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-security-council-demands-elimination-syria-chemical-002025951.html )
see for the full text of the UN Security Council resolution:
United Nations Security Council, SC/11135, 27 September 2013, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2118 (2013), "Security Council requires Scheduled Destruction of Syria’s Chemical Weapons, ", *Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York*:
( http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/sc11135.doc.htm )
Yes, I am happy with the results sofar and I hope these results are the first step to Peace in Syria !
Ak Malten, Pro Peaceful Energy Use
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