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S/2017/564 17-10997 5/6 (a) As the destruction of the remaining aircraft hangar was completed on 6 June 2017 in the presence of OPCW inspectors, the Secretariat has now verified the destruction of 25 of the 27 chemical weapons production facilities (CWPFs) declared by the Syrian Arab Republic. The condition of the two stationary above ground facilities remains to be verified. (b) On 16 June 2017, the Syrian Arab Republic submitted to the Council its forty-third monthly report (EC-85/P/NAT.4, dated 19 June 2017) regarding activities on its territory related to the destruction of its CWPFs, as required by paragraph 19 of EC-M-34/DEC.1. Progress in the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons by States Parties hosting destruction activities 7. As reported previously, all of the chemicals declared by the Syrian Arab Republic that were removed from its territory in 2014 have now been destroyed. Activities carried out by the Secretariat with respect to Executive Council decisions EC-81/DEC.4 and EC-83/DEC.5 8. Further to what has been reported on previous occasions with regard to the Syrian Arab Republic’s declaration, the Secretariat continued its review of the documents submitted by the Syrian Arab Republic on 18 May 2017, in accordance with Council decision EC-81/DEC.4 and paragraph 6 of Council decision EC-83/DEC.5. While the newly submitted documents provide a number of details on some of the outstanding issues, in the majority of cases this information fails to clarify, beyond doubt, any of these issues. In a note verbale dated 1 June 2017, the Secretariat reiterated its request to the Syrian Arab Republic to renew efforts and identify documents and other relevant information that would better assist in clarifying outstanding issues. The precise date of the high-level consultations between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Secretariat, as well as a date for interviews with certain individuals involved in decision-making roles within the Syrian chemical weapons programme, remains under consideration. 9. In accordance with paragraph 11 of Council decision EC-83/DEC.5, the first inspections at the Barzah and Jamrayah facilities of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) took place from 26 February to 5 March 2017. A report on these inspections was issued by the Director-General on 2 June 2017 (EC-85/DG.16). As mentioned in this report, the Secretariat has commenced planning for the second inspections of the Barzah and Jamrayah SSRC facilities, to be conducted in the second half of 2017. Other activities carried out by the Secretariat with respect to the Syrian Arab Republic 10. An amendment to the tripartite agreement between the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the OPCW, and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, and an amendment to the contribution agreement between the OPCW and UNOPS have been now signed and have entered into force. These amendments will extend until the end of December 2017 the support provided by UNOPS to the OPCW Mission in the Syrian Arab Republic, and ensure that the necessary administrative and logistical support is provided to the OPCW-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). 11. As requested by the Council at its Seventy Fifth Session (paragraph 7.12 of EC-75/2, dated 7 March 2014), the Secretariat, on behalf of the Director-General, has continued to brief States Parties in The Hague on its activities