Chemical weapons in Syria: Letter to The Times and The Guardian

摘要

We are extremely concerned about the continuing use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in Syria and the suffering it causes for an already traumatised people (see 'Assad used gas weapons, UN confirms', The Times, 26 August). Any use of chemical weapons, whatever the toxic chemical used, is illegal under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and international customary law. Some 192 countries have signed up to this convention including Syria.