UN: Chemical weapons inspectors to be in Syria in days
8/1/2013 10:51:37 PM
The United Nations said Thursday that it hoped chemical weapons inspectors would be in Syria within days to start an investigation into the alleged use of the banned weapons.
The United Nations announced on Wednesday that President Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed to let inspectors go to three sites where chemical arms attacks have been reported during the 28-month-old Syrian civil war.
"The team will depart for Syria as soon as practical and is preparing to depart within days," the UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky told a briefing.
The experts are already gathering in The Hague, he added. They "will be ready to depart once the remaining logistical and legal details for the mission have been finalized."
Nesirky said that the head of the mission, Ake Sellstrom, would be accompanied by about 10 experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nesirky would not say how long the team expected to be in Syria.
The United Nations announced on Wednesday that President Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed to let inspectors go to three sites where chemical arms attacks have been reported during the 28-month-old Syrian civil war.
"The team will depart for Syria as soon as practical and is preparing to depart within days," the UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky told a briefing.
The experts are already gathering in The Hague, he added. They "will be ready to depart once the remaining logistical and legal details for the mission have been finalized."
Nesirky said that the head of the mission, Ake Sellstrom, would be accompanied by about 10 experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nesirky would not say how long the team expected to be in Syria.