them a certificate marking the historic achievement. Douma Chemical Attack In October 2019, Bustani was part of a Courage Foundation panel which heard a presentation from one of the OPCW whistleblowers related to the Douma chemical attack. Bustani wrote that "The convincing evidence of irregular behaviour in the OPCW investigation of the alleged Douma chemical attack confirms doubts and suspicions I already had". In November 2019, he signed a letter asking the OPCW to "permit all inspectors who took part in the Douma investigation to come forward and report their differing observations in an appropriate forum". In October 2020, Bustani was scheduled to testify at the United Nations Security Council about the alleged cover up by the OPCW regarding the Douma chemical attack. The United States, Britain and France blocked Bustani from testifying on the grounds that Bustani left the OPCW in 2002 and thus was not involved in the issues being discussed. The representative of the Russian Federation read out the statement Bustani would have delivered. According to Democracy Now, Bustani had intended asking the OPCW to look into statements by some of its inspectors who have questioned the official OPCW findings into the chemical attack and have stated that the OPCW engaged in “evidence suppression, selective use of data and exclusion of key investigators” when making its report. Notes External links Chemical weapons body sacks head. BBC, 22 April 2002. 1945 births Living people People from Porto Velho Directors-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Ambassadors of Brazil to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Brazil to France Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of Lebanese descent Brazilian diplomats Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni