Syria Condemns Use of Chemical Weapons at UN Meeting - Then Murders Syrian Citizens in Gas Attack

In a meeting of the UN body dedicated to chemical weapons disarmament, Syria condemned the use of chemical weapons - on the same day that Syria killed dozens of Syrian citizens in a horrific gas attack. At the April 4, 2017, meeting of the UN Disarmament Commission, a body of the UN General Assembly composed of all UN member states charged with the task of issuing recommendations and guidelines on disarmament issues, Syria hypocritically praised itself for being a signatory to the international treaty against chemical weapons and instead tried to shift focus to France and Israel.

In the words of the UN press release:

"The representative of Syria condemned the use of chemical weapons and all weapons of mass destruction, noting that his country was a signatory to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, and planned to free the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction. Recalling that Syria's efforts to address the issue of chemical weapons and the question of Israel had been opposed by several countries, including France, he said that country's delegate was in no position to make accusations since France had been the first country to provide Israel with a nuclear reactor in the 1950s, and continued to support terrorist groups in Syria."