December 15, 2013
The Gulf Today
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the use of chemical weapons in Syria and demanded on Friday that those responsible are held accountable.
Ban told the UN General Assembly that the international community also has a moral and political responsibility to deter further incidents and “ensure that chemical weapons can never re-emerge as an instrument of warfare.”
Addressing the world’s diplomats, Ban said, “I deplore in the strongest possible terms the use of chemical weapons in Syria as an offense against the universal values of humankind.”
“Any use of chemical weapons by anyone under any circumstances is a grave violation” of the 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons “and other relevant rules of customary international law,” he said.
As efforts continue to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons and chemical precursors, Ban said he remains determined “to reach an urgent end to the conflict” which has killed “well over 100,000 people,” mostly by conventional weapons and left nearly half of Syria’s population either displaced or in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Ban said the Syrian conflict, which began over 2 1/2 years ago, is having “profound impacts on the stability and economy of the entire Middle East.”
He addressed the 193-member world body on the final report issued on Thursday by UN inspectors who examined seven alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
They concluded that chemical weapons were probably used in four locations, in addition to the confirmed attack near Damascus in August that forced the government to abandon its secret chemical stockpile.
The inspectors’ limited mandate authorised them to determine whether chemical weapons were used but barred them from identifying whether the government or opposition fighters were responsible for any of the attacks.
The opposition Syrian National Coalition in a statement blamed the attacks on the Assad regime and said the report should strengthen the world’s resolve to hold the Syrian government responsible. “Evidence has now repeatedly demonstrated that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people. Immediate action is therefore needed by the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the (International Criminal Court) and ensure that the perpetrators of these attacks are brought to justice,” said Dr Najib Ghadbian, a representative of the group.
But Chief inspector Ake Sellstrom told a news conference that “more intrusive methods” than those authorised by the General Assembly for his investigation are needed to pinpoint the perpetrators of the attacks.
“I could speculate ... but I don’t have information that will stand up in court,” he said.
Sellstrom said UN member states could authorise a new intrusive “forensic investigation” to determine responsibility, which would require more resources and the use of methods that his team couldn’t use. He didn’t elaborate.
UN disarmament chief Angela Kane told reporters there have been a number of calls for additional investigations to determine who was responsible for using chemical weapons. A commission created by the UN Human Rights Council has already determined that both sides have committed heinous war crimes during the Syrian conflict.
Associated Press
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