In moving UN speech, veteran diplomat confronts OPCW stonewalling and smear tactics on Syria

Pushback with Aaron Maté Support Pushback at Patreon: Returning to the United Nations, veteran German diplomat and former top UN official Hans von Sponeck calls for an end to the stonewalling of accountability for the OPCW s coverup of its April 2018 Douma chemical weapons probe. The manner in which this serious controversy has been handled by OPCW has sought to cover up any serious questioning of the OPCW through stonewalling and unacceptable smear tactics, Sponeck says. The Security Council can not be surprised that there is increasing public pressure for UN leadership to find an unbiased resolution of this troubling Sponeck recently spearheaded a Statement of Concern about the Douma scandal, signed by notable global voices including five former OPCW officials. In his comments, Sponeck reveals that that the OPCW has refused to accept the letter, returning to the sender without comments an unfortunate act of Sponeck i