自2012年以来，化学武器一再在叙利亚被使用，是最悍然违反人道主义法和《化学武器公约》的行为之一。此外，自那时以来，我们在吉隆坡和英国索尔兹伯里目睹了使用化学武器的其它案例。我们重申，我们坚决谴责使用这些被禁止的武器，无论是何人而为、背景或动机如何。国际社会必须坚决和果断做出应对，防止对使用此类武器有罪不罚。西班牙参加了旨在加强化学不扩散制度的所有倡议。2018年1月，我国成为“反对使用化学武器有罪不罚问题的国际伙伴关系”创始国之一，我们还支持在禁止化学武器组织（禁化武组织）的框架内建立一个叙利亚境内使用化武行为归责机制。出于这些原因，我们对禁化武组织的能力和严谨性深信不疑。自成立以来，该组织销毁了98%已申报的化学武库，于2013年获得诺贝尔和平奖。12月，我们将举行下一次《生物武器公约》缔约国会议，我们再次呼吁各方商定一个具有法律约束力的核查制度，以便我们能够监管《公约》的执行工作。
The repeated use of chemical weapons in Syria since 2012 constitutes one of the most flagrant violations of humanitarian law and the Chemical Weapons Convention, and since then we have witnessed other cases of the use of chemical weapons, in Kuala Lumpur and Salisbury, England. We reiterate our firm condemnation of any use of these prohibited weapons, regardless of their authors, context or motivation. The international community must respond firmly and decisively in order to prevent impunity for the use of such weapons. Spain has participated in all initiatives to strengthen the chemical non-proliferation regime. We were one of the founders in January 2018 of the International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons, and we also supported the establishment of an attribution mechanism for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, within the framework of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). For those reasons, we deeply believe in the capacity and rigour of the OPCW, which has brought about the destruction of 98 per cent of the arsenals declared since it was established, and which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. In December we will hold the next meeting of the States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, and we once again call for agreement on a legally binding verification system that will enable us to exercise control over the implementation of the Convention.