UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu attend a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 8, 2013. United Nations (UN) inspectors are ready to deploy a mission to Syria within 24 hours to investigate reported chemical weapon attacks in the country, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. (Xinhua/Rick Nederstigt)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 8, 2013. United Nations (UN) inspectors are ready to deploy a mission to Syria within 24 hours to investigate reported chemical weapon attacks in the country, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. (Xinhua/Rick Nederstigt)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 8, 2013. United Nations (UN) inspectors are ready to deploy a mission to Syria within 24 hours to investigate reported chemical weapon attacks in the country, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. (Xinhua/Rick Nederstigt)