UN chief: Syria still has not allowed entry of chemical weapons investigation team

[pampango]

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that Syria has still not allowed a team of experts into the country despite the country’s calling on the international body to investigate alleged chemical weapons use by rebels.

Syria has asked the U.N. to investigate a chemical weapons attack in March on the village of Khan al-Assal outside of Aleppo, which the regime blames on rebels and rebels blame on regime forces.

Ban is urging the Syrian government to accept an expanded U.N. probe into alleged chemical weapons use, saying he has concluded that a claimed attack in Homs in December warrants investigation.

Syria’s government wants the investigation limited to the single Khan al-Assal incident and last week rejected the expanded investigation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/un-chief-syria-bars-entry-of-chem-weapons-team/2013/04/17/bc22816c-a784-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html

Either trust the UN to investigate the possible use of chemical weapons and allow them in or say they are untrustworthy and tell them once and for all that they are not getting in.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Not surprised