الوثيقة S/2016/85/ تقرير الأمين العام رقم 28 لتنفيذ قرارات مجلس الأمن حول سوريا

I have the honour to transmit herewith the twenty-eighth monthly report of the

Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

(OPCW), submitted pursuant to paragraph 12 of Security Council resolution 2118

(2013) (see annex). The present report covers the period from 22 December 2015 to

22 January 2016.

With respect to the destruction of chemical weapons production facilities, the

status as of December 2015 remains unchanged, with one hangar yet to be

destroyed. This is due to its continued inaccessibility as a result of the prevailing

security situation. I take note of the note by the Director General to the OPCW

Executive Council (enclosure I), in which he provides an overview of the status of

all 27 chemical weapons production facilities that have been declared by the Syrian

Arab Republic since the time of its accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Since my last letter, dated 29 December 2015 (S/2015/1049), the destruction of

all chemicals declared by the Syrian Arab Republic has been completed. I welcome

this important milestone towards the full implementation of resolution 2118 (2013).

As of the end of this reporting period, the OPCW Declaration Assessment

Team was deployed for its fourteenth visit to the Syrian Arab Republic. I take note

of the reference by the Director General, in his note to the Executive Council, of the

briefing that was given by the Team to the States parties to the Chemical Weapons

Convention on 14 January 2016 and of the potential new issues raised by the Team.

In accordance with the decision of the OPCW Executive Council of 4 February

2015, the OPCW Director General transmitted the most recent report of the OPCW

fact-finding mission on 25 January 2016, and it is attached herewith (enclosure II).

I note that, in view of its recommendation of further investigation, the fact-finding

mission will shortly be conducting a mission to the Syrian Arab Republic to take

forward its enquiry.

Pursuant to resolution 2235 (2015), the first report of the OPCW-United

Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism is expected 90 days after my announcement

that the Mechanism is fully operational, which happened on 13 November 2015.

I understand that the first report will be submitted on 12 February 2016, after which

the Security Council will take it up for consideration.

[Original: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish]

I have the honour to transmit to you my report entitled “Progress in the

elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme” prepared in accordance

with the relevant provisions of OPCW Executive Council decision EC-M-33/DEC.1,

and Security Council resolution 2118 (2013), both dated 27 September 2013, for

transmission to the Security Council. My report covers the period from

22 December 2015 to 22 January 2016 and also covers the reporting requirements of

Executive Council decision EC-M-34/DEC.1, dated 15 November 2013. Please also

find attached the bravo report of the Fact-Finding Mission