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United Nations S/2018/175 Security Council Distr.: General 10 April 2018 Original: English 18-05671 (E) 110418 *1805671* Russian Federation: draft resolution The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 2319 (2016), 2314 (2016), 2253 (2015), 2235 (2015), 2209 (2015), 2178 (2014), 2118 (2013), 1989 (2011), 1540 (2004) and 1267 (1999), Reaffirming that the use of chemical weapons constitutes a serious violation of international law, and reiterating that those individuals, entities, groups or governments responsible for any use of chemical weapons must be held accountable, Condemning in the strongest terms any use of chemical weapons and toxic chemicals as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic and elsewhere, and expressing grave concern that civilians continue to be killed and injured by chemical weapons and toxic chemicals as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic and beyond, Expressing further alarm that chemical weapons have been used in Syria and beyond by non-State actors and that the so-called Islamic State (also known as ISIL or Da’esh), the Al Nusrah Front and other non-State actors used or have shown obvious intent to develop, acquire, manufacture, possess, transport, transfer, or use chemical weapons, Reaffirming that no party should use, develop, produce, acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer chemical weapons, Noting that additional allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria are being investigated by the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and stressing the imperative for the FFM not to do so in a remote mode, which does not allow to ensure the necessary quality of the investigation, Stressing the importance, as part of any investigation, of considering all possible leads and scenarios without exception, respecting the chains of custody to preserve the integrity of material evidence as well as conducting timely on-site visits, including collecting and analysing samples, as appropriate, whenever security conditions allow, Recalling that the FFM is not mandated to reach conclusions about attributing responsibility for chemical weapons use, Recalling further the Decision of the OPCW Executive Council EC-86/Dec.9 dated 13 October 2017, which encouraged States Parties to share, according to their national laws and as appropriate, information related to cases of developing, producing, acquiring, stockpiling, retaining, transferring, or using chemical weapons by non-State actors, as well as domestic investigations conducted with regard t