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Declaration on the disaster with Flight MH17

31 July 2014

We, members of the International Committee for Humanitarian Intervention (ICH), are saddened and appalled by the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17th this year, and the terrible events that followed.

We wish the relatives, close family and friends of the 298 victims all the strength they need in coping with this loss. Among the victims were 196 Dutch passengers, and that has hit the Netherlands particularly hard. The dignified handling by the Dutch people with the loss has gained admiration around the world.

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Why especially intervention against the use of Chemical Weapons? –

Why especially intervention against the use of Chemical Weapons? –

The case Syria

We believe that a military intervention should have taken place against the large-scale rocket attack with the nerve agent Sarin on 21 August 2013 against the (then) rebel-held Ghouta area of Damascus.

This chemical attack killed and maimed hundreds of people, mainly civilians. The highest estimate from the United States government speaks of 1,429 fatalities, including 426 children.

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DECLARATION ON SYRIA AND CHEMICAL ARMS, 30-10-2013

 

 International Committee for Humanitarian Intervention

This declaration is being sent, amongst others, to the Dutch and Belgian ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence, and to the specialists on these policy-areas  in the Dutch and Belgian parliaments, and to those of the European Parliament.

Honourable Lady/Sir,

We welcome the dismantling and destruction of Syria’s stockpiles of chemical weapons by mid-2014, jointly undertaken by the United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) according to UN Security Council Resolution 2118 (27 September 2013), primarily negotiated by the United States and Russia. We also welcome the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the OPCW for its efforts to rid the world of chemical weapons.

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