A much-anticipated United Nations report on an alleged poison gas
attack last month in Syria is due to be released to the public Monday as
U.S Secretary of State John Kerry continues his world travels in the
hope of gaining support among American allies for a deal reached with
Russia on the disposal of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's chemical
weapons.
The U.N. said Sunday that its chief chemical weapons inspector had
turned over his team's report to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said the report was transmitted Sunday
and the secretary-general would brief a closed session of the U.N.
Security Council on its contents Monday morning. He will also brief the
193-member General Assembly later that day. The secretary-general is
also due to brief the media at approximately 12:50 p.m.
The report was also scheduled to be posted on the website of the UN's Office for Disarmament Affairs sometime Monday morning.
The inspection team, led by Swedish expert Ake Sellstrom was mandated
to report on whether chemical weapons were used in the Aug. 21 attack
in the Damascus suburbs and, if so, which chemical agents were used —
not on who was responsible.
The secretary-general said Friday that he believes there will be "an
overwhelming report" that chemical weapons were used in the attack.
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