The US claims that Russia has violated the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) by using chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops. However, the Kremlin has denied the accusations and said that Russia is committed to obligations under international law.
The US accused Russia of using the choking agent chloropicrin, which is banned by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), against Ukrainian troops. It also accused Moscow of scaling up attacks using riot control gas and sanctioned several entities.
The use of chemical weapons dates back to the period of World War I, where an estimated 1,00,000 people were killed by these munitions.
The Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Alexander Shulgin has said that the chemical weapons provocation is being planned by the militants in Idlib province of Syria.
File photo of Venu Rajamony at an OPCW
The demand was made by Ambassador to Holland and Permanent Representative of India to OPCW Venu Rajamony at the 58th Meeting of the Executive Council of the OPCW convened on Monday to discuss allegations regarding use of chemical weapons in Douma, Syria.
The ambassador to the U.N. said Russia has blocked six attempts by the U.N. Security Council to make it easier to investigate the use of chemical weapons.
Warplanes carried out a suspected chemical attack in a town in Syria's northern Idlib province, killing at least 58 people on Tuesday.
The Chairman of Russia's State Commission on Chemical Disarmament Mikhail Babich on Monday indicated that Moscow may completely destroy its chemical weapons this year.
Malaysia ramped up the pressure on Pyongyang today, issuing a statement condemning the use of a banned toxic chemical weapon in the killing of the half brother of North Korea's leader.
Concerned over terror groups acquiring chemical weapons, India has said that international community must take urgent measures and decisive actions to prevent possibility of any future use of such weapons.
Scientists have created a highly breathable material that may act like a second smart skin for soldiers. This uniform is also designed to protect them from hazards like viruses and chemical weapons. According to scientists
The suspected ISIS sympathisers, arrested by the National Investigation Agency last week, were reportedly trying to make chemical weapons (other than bombs) that would release toxic gases.
United Nations: Voicing its commitment to unilateral moratorium on nuclear explosive testing, India has said the goal of complete elimination of nuclear weapons can be achieved by a "global and non-discriminatory" multilateral framework.India's Permanent Representative
New Delhi: World's fears that terrorist group Islamic State may have gotten its hand on chemical weapons have come true. In a recent example of brutality, ISIS launched a chemical attack in a civilian colony
Kurdistan: The United States is investigating whether the Islamic State (ISIS) used chemical weapons, the White House said Thursday, following allegations that ISIS militants deployed chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq.Alistair Baskey, a
New Delhi: The modern use of chemical weapons began with World War I. Such weapons basically consisted of well known commercial chemicals put into standard munitions such as grenades and artillery shells.Nearly 100,000 deaths resulted.
United Nations: UN diplomats say the Security Council has agreed to proposals by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to destroy Syria's chemical weapons by the target of mid-2014. The British and Russian UN ambassadors, who were
New Delhi: Syria is thought to have the world's third-largest stockpile of chemical weapons, after the United States and Russia.On September 14, 2013, the United States and Russia announced an agreement that would lead to
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