The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is a significant component of the global governance structure and considered a gold standard international body with 193 member states and scientific divisions expected to adhere rigorously to objectivity and political neutrality. However, OPCW's reputation has recently been tarnished. Dissenting scientists from within the organization have raised serious questions about the integrity of an OPCW fact-finding mission (FFM) investigating the alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria on April 7, 2018. The OPCW FFMs are tainted in three ways: (1) they rely upon information provided via intermediaries connected to states that are belligerents in the war in Syria; (2) the organizational structure of an FFM excludes scientific and verification divisions of the OPCW; and (3) control of FFMs is held by a bureaucratic office staffed by career diplomats who are from states involved with the Syrian war. Furthermore, officials involved with the Douma FFM investigation report the following anomalies: (a) an original interim report was secretly altered in order to make an unsubstantiated suggestion that an alleged attack had occurred; (b) A U.S. delegation was allowed to brief the FFM, an action prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention; and (c) formal attempts by the inspectors to obtain transparency and dialog was rejected by the OPCW. Meanwhile, the United States and its allies have dismissed questions as Russian “disinformation” or as a “conspiracy theory.” Overall, analysis of the alleged Douma attack and the OPCW's FFM supports the thesis that key international organizations have been effectively captured, or at the very least heavily influenced, by particular states that assume their own impartiality. This shortcoming poses a risk to international peace and security.

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化学武器的腐败政治

禁止化学武器组织 (OPCW) 是全球治理结构的重要组成部分，被视为黄金标准国际机构，拥有 193 个成员国和科学部门，预计将严格遵守客观性和政治中立。然而，禁化武组织的声誉最近受到损害。该组织内部持不同意见的科学家对该组织调查 2018 年 4 月 7 日叙利亚杜马化学袭击事件的实况调查团 (FFM) 的公正性提出了严重质疑。禁化武组织实况调查团在三个方面受到污染：(1)他们依赖通过与叙利亚战争交战国有关的中间人提供的信息；(2) 实况调查团的组织结构不包括禁化武组织的科学和核查部门；(3) 实况调查团的控制权由一个官僚机构控制，该机构的工作人员均来自参与叙利亚战争的国家的职业外交官。此外，参与杜马实况调查团调查的官员报告了以下异常情况：(a) 一份原始临时报告被秘密修改，以便提出未经证实的暗示，称发生了所谓的袭击；(b) 允许美国代表团向实况调查团通报情况，这是《化学武器公约》所禁止的行为；(c) 视察员为获得透明度和对话而进行的正式尝试遭到禁化武组织的拒绝。与此同时，美国及其盟国将这些问题视为俄罗斯的“虚假信息”或“阴谋论”。总体而言，对所谓的杜马袭击事件和禁化武组织实况调查团的分析支持了这样的论点，即主要国际组织已被自以为公正的特定国家有效捕获，或至少受到严重影响。这一缺陷对国际和平与安全构成了风险。