DISINFO: The OPCW’s IIT is an illegal Western tool
SUMMARY
The so-called Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) was imposed illegally by Western pressure in violation of the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring disinformation narrative aiming to discredit the OPCW.
The OPCW is an independent inter-governmental international organisation with 193 member states - including Russia.
The Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) was formed in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as the voting results for the decision upon which its formation was based were counted at 82 votes in favour and 24 against.
The formation of the IIT was therefore adopted in complete compliance with the relevant standards of the CWC.
In March 2019, the Director-General has accordingly reported that the Secretariat was establishing the IIT with a mandate for identifying the perpetrators of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic.
See similar cases that the formation of the OPCW investigation team was illegal, that OPCW violated chemical weapons convention to serve Western interests, and that the OPCW Ltamenah report was written under Western political pressure; or that the OPCW report on Ltamenah chemical attacks is misinformation; or that the UN’s JIM was disbanded due to unprofessionalism.