US Offers to Destroy Part of Syrian Chemical Arsenal – OPCW

BRUSSELS, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - The United States has offered to destroy the most lethal of Syria's chemical weapons on a naval vessel at sea using hydrolysis, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons said Saturday.
Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü announced in a statement to the OPCW Executive Council on Friday that Washington will “contribute a destruction technology, full operational support and financing to neutralize Syria’s priority chemicals, which are to be removed from the country by December 31.”

Üzümcü did not disclose the name of the US ship, but said “a suitable naval vessel is undergoing modifications to support the operations and to accommodate verification activities by the OPCW.”

The OPCW finalized in November a roadmap for destroying Syria’s arsenal of more than 1,000 metric tons of weapons-grade chemicals by mid-2014.
According to the roadmap, the most dangerous, or “priority”, weapons have to be removed from Syria by December 31 and destroyed by April 2014, while the rest is slated for detruction by mid-2014.
Üzümcü said on Saturday that 35 commercial companies have expressed an interest in destroying the less dangerous chemicals declared by the Syrian government, including common industrial ones.
“The companies bidding for participation in the disposal process will be required to comply with all applicable international and national regulations pertaining to safety and the environment,” the OPCW director-general said.
Üzümcü also encouraged governments of the 190 countries-members of the OPCW to contribute funds to the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile.
OPCW earlier said it would unveil its final plan for destroying Syria’s chemical arsenal abroad by December 17.
The plan should define responsibility for each stage of the dismantlement and take into account target dates, safety and security requirements, as well as overall costs, the OPCW said.
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• OPCW: Syriens C-Waffen werden auf US-Schiff vernichtet

Die syrischen C-Waffen, die bis 31. Dezember zur Vernichtung außer Landes zu bringen sind, werden auf einem US-Schiff (MV Cape Ray) entsorgt, heißt es in einer Erklärung der Organisation für ein Verbot der Chemiewaffen (OPCW) am Samstag.

„Der UN-Generaldirektor hat verkündet, dass die USA Hilfe bei der Technologie für die Entsorgung, umfassende operative Unterstützung und Finanzierung für die Neutralisierung der prioritären syrischen chemischen Kampfstoffe angeboten haben, die bis zum 31. Dezember außer Landes gebracht werden müssen“, so die OPCW. Die Vernichtung der syrischen C-Waffen soll dabei auf einem US-Schiff unter Anwendung eines Hydrolyse-Verfahrens geschehen.

Auf dem US-Schiff werden laut der Organisation für ein Verbot der Chemiewaffen bereits die nötigen Geräte installiert.http://de.ria.ru/security_and_military/20131130/267387199.h
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MV Cape Ray