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Jan 27, 2023 β€’ 4 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Today's @OPCW report confirms Assad regime responsible for the chemical weapons attack on #Douma #Syria on April 7, 2018.

This illegal chlorine attack - that killed dozens of men, women, and children, and severely injured hundreds more - is part of a pattern πŸ‘‡ This is the 9th instance of chemical weapons use independently attributed to the Assad regime by UN & OPCW mechanisms.

Since 2013, the Assad Regime has failed to fully declare & destroy its chemical weapons programme and cooperate with @OPCW.
Aug 16, 2021 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 6 min read
UN Security Council meets this morning for an emergency session on #Afghanistan

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³ @antonioguterres & SRSG Lyons @UNAMAnews will provide briefings on the rapidly evolving situation

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§@JamesKariuki_UN will be in the chair for the UK

▢️ Watch live at 10am media.un.org/en/asset/k1n/k… Ahead of #UNSC emergency session on #Afghanistan, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡³ @antonioguterres calls on the Taliban to ensure that international humanitarian law and the rights and freedoms of all people are respected and protected.

news.un.org/en/story/2021/…