The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and more than 40 international and national scientific chemical societies from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North America have condemned recently the use of toxic chemicals, especially chlorine, as weapons.
“This show of support reveals that the global norm against the use of chemical weapons remains firm,” declared the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü.
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) outlaws the use of any toxic chemical as a weapon and requires its 192 States Parties to take all necessary measures to ensure that such substances are not used for prohibited purposes.
Notes of Support and Letters to the OPCW:
Letter from International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
Joint Letter from the American Chemical Society and American Chemistry Council
Letter from Cefic regarding the use of chlorine and other chemicals as a chemical weapon
