UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 9, 2013. Ban said on Monday that the international community should respond if the UN inquiry showed use of chemical weapons in Syria and he was preparing in that case proposals for the UN Security Council to act on in that case because "this would be an abominable crime." (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)
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UN chief says if chemical weapons used in Syria, world should respond
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said on Monday that the international community should respond if the UN inquiry showed use of chemical weapons in Syria and he was preparing proposals for the UN Security Council to act upon in that case because "this would be an abominable crime."
"Syria dominated the summit meeting in a way no other political development has ever done at the G20 summit" in St. Petersburg, Russia, last week, he told reporters here at UN headquarters. "It also dominated the bilateral meetings I had with world leaders." "The main focus was on the chemical weapons used and the forthcoming report from my investigation team," the secretary- general said, quickly adding he has not yet received the report on whether chemical weapons were used in Syria, not who used them, nor did he know what it will contain. Full styory
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 9, 2013. Ban said on Monday that the international community should respond if the UN inquiry showed use of chemical weapons in Syria and he was preparing in that case proposals for the UN Security Council to act on in that case because "this would be an abominable crime." (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 9, 2013. Ban said on Monday that the international community should respond if the UN inquiry showed use of chemical weapons in Syria and he was preparing in that case proposals for the UN Security Council to act on in that case because "this would be an abominable crime." (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to reporters after a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 9, 2013. Ban said on Monday that the international community should respond if the UN inquiry showed use of chemical weapons in Syria and he was preparing in that case proposals for the UN Security Council to act on in that case because "this would be an abominable crime." (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)
