investigation had ever taken place now later we heard about how the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons for the joint investigative. began investigating the attack came up with a report but throughout their investigation at no point did they ever actually visit the site of the chemical attack in shaikh on the time that the joint investigative luck and as it came out with its report the russian envoy was quite quite critical of the work by the gem. of the u.s. and the u.k. continued to manipulate the opinion of the u.n. security council and of the international community they deliberately refused to listen to us and they twist words in our stance the fools the state that it was worse or that close the joint investigative mechanism and they forget to mention that it was russia that proposed the resolution to enhance this mechanism and its impartiality but they blocked it we proposed this resolution because the previous joint investigative mechanism discredited itself by its mendacious report which would fail to withstand the least scrutiny so who blocked this resolution the u.s. and the u

security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports accusing the syrian government of being behind the chemical attacks including one of the deadliest in cancer in april last year however their conclusions were made despite experts not actually visiting the site where the mission's mandate did expire last year and russia is now proposing fixes to the floors it saw in the previous one in particular moscow insists independent experts must collect samples for testing directly from those attack sites the previous mechanism mainly relied on eyewitness accounts of moscow to see no problem with this method staying among the we are several experts for their views on the issue. i don't know why russia would have any interest at all in allowing assad to use gas as we can see from this incident and ones before every time it's used it's used to attack russia so it's just ridiculous instead of reaching the solution what tell us and should have done rather than saying that russia is ultimately responsible just creating yet again a

lost when you know some countries are still trying to force the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or to put the blame on damascus they do not understand that in doing so they are undermining your thora city of this respected organization. yeah a lot of to and fro here dave a lot of blaming each other do you see any way out of this standoff after that. well no not unless there's a will to get to the bottom of it but i mean what i what i guess i would say is that the u.s. reputation on these charges of gas is by sight i have no idea what happened here but i would say that in the all the incidents from two thousand and thirteen through two thousand and seventeen and right up to this one the u.s. has reputation for integrity on the last investigations has been completely in the trash. because they've been making claims that turn out to be. you know at least questionable and sometimes bogus. on. tracing it to a side and the second thing that i find troubling is that it makes no sense for assad to be doing this and finally to blame the russians. it doesn't make sense because it's not in

some countries are still trying to force your organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons put the blame on the muskets they did not understand that in doing so the on the mind of your foresee of this respected organization. this came after secretary tillerson accused assad of perpetrating a chemical attack that supposedly happened on monday let's take a quick look. conducted. rochelle truly bears responsibility for the victims in this and countless others targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria well the problem is it hasn't even been confirmed that attacks even happen let alone who's responsible and there are only two sources saying this and both are notoriously pro rebel number one the syrian observatory for human rights which is comprised of one person based in the u.k. number two the white house so it's safe to say that the u.s. is ascribing blame based solely on online sources and the o.p.c. w. takes months to conduct a thorough investigation so how was the u.s. able to gather all of this information just one day after the alleged attack but go

the assad regime cannot be tolerated later we heard about how the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons formed the joint investigative knocking isn't. began investigating the attack came up with a report but throughout their investigation at no point did they ever actually lose at the site of the chemical attack in conflict and this has been pointed out by russia so much focus is going to blinding the syrian government without much evidence. the russian foreign minister also pointed out that the west has turned a blind eye to chemical attacks by terrorists in syria while leveling the same accusation and damascus in twenty sixteen western backed militants reportedly used poison gas on several occasions in their attacks on government held areas in aleppo . our current oh. yes. ok we'll. look at that would. be. worth i think that these kinds of weapons could be just self meaning i do not think you know i don't like nuclear weapons there doesn't need to be part of government sponsored it's not difficult getting the bizarro material we incentivize to use that would be friends with the intern

back in twenty fifteen by the un security council long with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they threw up several reports of keys in the syrian government of carrying out chemical attacks it included one of the deadly stephen county q in april last year however experts did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions the mandate for the joint team's investigation is now expired and moscow just requests that changes should be made in particular the site visit should be part of any future investigation so the samples could be taken directly it also underlined the importance of eyewitness accounts which have been heavily relied upon in the past by the un rick stirling from the syria solidarity movement points out the timing of the new chemical attack allegations just come right ahead of expected peace talks we've seen that in the past day or to be or to mean that negotiations would start it would be so climb up an atrocity and again it's what we're seeing out happened here so it's really sad the the it looks like there's a possibility of building the c

security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports accusing the syrian government of carrying out chemical attacks it included one of the deadliest and can check in in april last year however i suppose did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions the mandate for the joint teams investigation has now expired in moscow requests changes should be made particularly the site visits should be part of any future investigation so that samples can be taken directly it also underlined the importance of eyewitness accounts which have been have been reliant upon in the past by the un extending from the syrian solidarity movement points out that the timing of the new chemical attack allegations comes right ahead of expected peace talks we're seeing that in the past day or two before geneva negotiations would start it would be so flame up an atrocity and that again is what we're seeing happen happen here so it's really the the it looks like there's a possibility of ending the conflict in syria but evidently t

established in twenty fifteen by the un security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports accusing the syrian government of carrying out chemical attacks it included one in one of the deadliest that was in ship could in april last year we've talked about a lot however experts did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions well the monday to for the joint teams investigation has now expired on moscow wants changes made and as i mentioned a new body set up one of russia's demands is that site visit should be part of any future investigation so that samples can be taken directly it's also underlined the importance of i witness accounts which have been heavily relied upon in the past by the un ok let's discuss this a little bit further bring shapira huston ali into the program. as a political analyst and commentator good to have you back why do you think the u.s. has dismissed russia's call for a new investigation into chemical attacks in syria and i will put it to you given that the work clear flaws in the report on the

established in twenty fifteen by the un security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports accusing the syrian government of chemical attacks it included one of the deadliest encounters in april last year however experts did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions well the monday to for the joint teams investigation has now expired on moscow wants changes made a new body set up one of russia's the moms is that site visit should. part of any future investigation so that some polls can be taken directly it also underlined the importance of eyewitness accounts which have been heavily relied upon in the past by the un we heard from security and political analyst or martin a shelby about the dispute he believes the u.s. is deliberately trying to create difficulties for russia and of upcoming syrian peace talks in sochi this is the instigation i think by the americans because the timing is very interesting next week there's a conference in sochi and then sochi is a conference where the russian government is pushing forwa

established in twenty fifteen by the un security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and together they drew up several reports accusing the syrian government of carrying out chemical attacks and it also included one of the deadliest in qana she coun in april last year however experts did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions the mandate for the joint team's investigation has now expired a moscow requests that changes should now be made particularly the site. as it should be part of anything to investigations have samples can be taken directly it also underlined the importance of eyewitness accounts to which have been heavily relied upon in the past by the when we're extending from the serious solidarity movement does point out that the timing of the new chemical attack allegations come right ahead of expected pace talks we've seen that in the past day or two before geneva negotiations would start there would be so flame up an atrocity and that again is what we're seeing happen happen here so it's really sad the the it looks like there's a possi

it cannot be tolerated later we heard about how the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons for the joint investigative lock and. began investigating it talking about the report but throughout the investigation at no point did the really look at the site of a chemical a talking consul current and this has been pointed out by russia that so much focus is going to blinding the syrian government without much other. analysts cause this issue further let's cross live now to max abrams assistant professor of political science at northeastern university in boston max thank you very much indeed for joining us from boston well as we heard terrorists in syria have learned to produce chemical weapons how sophisticated can these pay well know one of the main difference between nuclear weapons you can. have many more. manufacture and deploy chemical weapons or or you know a wide variety of different types of chemical weapons that could be used but we've seen you know i'm a bit out of your serum dowse for example or chlorine i'm not you know i'm an expert on job but chlorine you know is m

the assad regime cannot be tolerated later we heard about how the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons formed a joint investigative mark and. began investigating the attack came up with a report but throughout their investigation at no point did they ever actually lose at the site of a chemical attack in clamshell can this me being piled up by russia so much focus is going to blinding the syrian government without much evidence. the russian foreign minister also pointed out that the west has turned a blind eye to chemical attacks by terrorists in syria while leveling the same accusation damascus in twenty sixteen western backed militants reportedly used poison gas on several occasions in their attacks on government held areas in aleppo . the lists. of the and i think there are these kinds of work that owns or could be just so many i do not think you know i like nuclear weapons there doesn't need to be a lot of government sponsored it's not difficult getting into those our own material so we incentivize to use that of the first third or the international community are more or less defin

established in twenty fifteen by the un security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports of keys in the syrian government of being behind the chemical attacks including one of the deadliest in. in april of twenty seventeen however conclusions were made despite no experts actually visiting the site the missions mandate has now expired so let's take a look then at what russia is proposing for the next one moscow is calling for experts to actually visit the sites of alleged attacks to collect samples in this new mechanism the previous mission relied mostly on the eyewitness interviews and russia isn't opposed to interviews being used as a means to collect information we are several experts for their views on the issue i don't know why russia would have any interest at all in allowing assad to use us as we can see from this incident and ones before every time it's used it's used to attack russia so it's just ridiculous instead of reaching the solution what tell us and should have done rather than saying that russia is ultimately responsib

investigative mechanism it is russia that has gone to great lengths at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague to prevent the assad regime from being held accountable for its actions regrettably it has been russia that has repeatedly in this council wielded its veto despite clear conclusions from an impartial independent expert investigation set up by the council itself that the syrian regime have repeatedly used chemical weapons. now they were referring to the chemical attack last april in the city of can shake in syria now let's recall how after that attack took place without any investigation before any evidence had been gathered just then the next day we heard western leaders immediately blaming the syrian government for the attack we then saw the joint investigative mechanism come back with results and it turned out in their entire investigation they never actually visited the site of the chemical attack all kinds of all kinds of statements were made and this is been pointed out by russia that so much focus is going to blaming the syrian government without much evidence let's

security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports to accusing the syrian government of carrying out chemical attacks and included one of the deadliest two in concert in april last year however experts did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions well that is something that moscow says should change for future investigations and also underline the importance to have eyewitness accounts which have been heavily relied upon. in the past by the un rick sterling from the syria solidarity movement is suspicious though that these latest allegations against russia come just before expected peace talks we're seeing that in the past day or two before geneva negotiations would start there would be so flame up an atrocity and that again is what we're seeing happen happen here so it's really sad the the it looks like there's a possibility of ending the conflict in syria but evidently there are some forces that just want to prolong it and keep it going it's really sad and just one five zero point it's pretty

you can visit some countries are still trying to force you are going to zation for the prohibition of chemical weapons put the blame on damascus they do not understand that in doing so the on the mind of your foresee of this respected organization. this came after secretary tillerson accused assad of perpetrating a chemical attack that supposedly happened on monday whoever conducted the attack russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims in the us and countless other syrian targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria probably as it hasn't even been confirmed that these attacks even happened let alone who is responsible and there are only two sources saying this and both are notoriously pro-rebel this whole blame russia game continued at the security council on that same nikki haley's statements were more about russia than anything else she even accused russia of killing the joint investigative mechanism but at the meeting russia said that the joint investigative mechanism became a political tool and called for an impartial investigation into all cases of chemical wea

near that exhaust with some countries are still trying to force the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or to put the blame on damascus they do not understand that in doing so they are undermining your thora city of this respected organization. this came after secretary tillerson accused assad of perpetrating a suspected chemical attack that supposedly happened on monday problem is it hasn't even been confirmed that these attacks even happened let's take a look at what tillerson had to say. whoever conducted the attack rochelle truly bears responsibility for the victims and he and countless other syrian targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria. there are only two sources that have even claimed this happened the syrian observatory for human rights which is comprised of one person based in the u.k. and the white helmets and it safe to say that the u.s. is ascribing blame based solely on online sources but russia also said at the security council that the joint investigative mess mechanism became a political tool and called for an impartial investigation into al

established in twenty fifteen by the un security council along with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons together they drew up several reports accusing the syrian government of carrying out chemical attacks it included one of the deadliest in can chicken in april last year however experts did not actually visit the site before reaching their conclusions the mandate for the joint teams investigation has now expired and moscow requests changes should be made particularly that site visits should be part of any future investigations so that samples can be taken directly it also underlined the importance of i witness accounts which have been heavily relied upon in the past by the un rick stirling from the serious solidarity movement points out that the timing of the new chemical attack allegations comes right ahead of expected peace talks well we're going to bring in live now and i should be a security and political analyst welcome to the program. let's start with why you think the u.s. has dismissed russia's call for a new investigation into chemical attacks in syria given that there were cl

. >> narrator: the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons confmed the findings about whatim jong-nam. >> vx is a nerve agent. it's actually the most powerful nerve agent that's knowno date. it's about ten times more powerful than sarin, about 3 times more powerful than mustard gas, and about 5,000 times mor potent than chlorine, so it's really toxic. it takes about ten milligrams to kill an average adult person. now, ten milligrams is just a fraction of a drop, so it doesn't take very much. it looks like a horrible way to die. you basically suffocate, you-you convulse, you're jerking aroundn it pleasant at all. >> why use a chemical vx nerve agent, in a public international airport? so manthings could have gone wrong. one of the ladies could have kind of just done it wrong with somebody else, just by tripping. so many accidental possibilities. >> you needed something that would kill him, but that you would have the lag time or the delay in the death that would allow the north koreans to get out of the country. if you slit his throat, you, one, can't do it in a public place

of washington's commitments under a chemical disarmament convention jacqueline viggo has the story. back in the ninety's both the u.s. and russia signed the chemical weapons convention arms control treaty and that pact prohibits the use deployment and stockpiling of chemical weapons and yet a statement from the russian fence ministry has highlighted the fact that the us has yet to meet its obligations with that according to the statement the u.s. still has around ten percent of its chemical weapons arsenal and that it's kept combat ready meanwhile russia was already able to say last september that it had destroyed all of its chemical weapons and that was done of schedule president putin held that as a historic moment whereas the u.s. has repeatedly pushed back their deadline using an excuse that putin found to be rather lacking. russia and the u.s. with the largest possesses of chemical weapons but now only the united states is unfortunately they do not fulfill their obligations regarding deadlines to destroy the chemical weapons the terms of destruction have been postponed three times already including of the pretext of a lack of sufficient budget funds now the idea that they simply lacked funding really is

of washington's commitments and disarmament convention jaclyn very good as mine. back in the ninety's both the u.s. and russia signed the chemical weapons convention arms control treaty and that pact prohibits the use deployment and stockpiling of chemical weapons and yet a statement from the russian fence ministry has highlighted the fact that the us has yet to meet its obligations with that according to the statement the us still has around ten percent of its chemical weapons arsenal and that it's kept combat ready meanwhile russia was already able to say last september that it had destroyed all of its chemical weapons and that was done of schedule president putin held that as a historic moment whereas the u.s. has repeatedly pushed back their deadline using an excuse that putin found to be rather lacking. russia and the u.s. with just possesses of chemical weapons but now only the united states is unfortunately they do not fulfill their obligations regarding deadlines to destroy their chemical weapons the terms of destruction have been postponed three times already including of the pretext of a lack of sufficient budget funds now the idea that they simply lacked funding really is hard to