UN Inquiry Urged Into Syrian Chemical Arms Attack Claims
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The United Nations needs to investigate “as soon as possible” opposition allegations that a chemical weapons attack in Syria killed more than 1,300 people, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said.
A team of UN inspectors is seeking access to an area near Damascus where the Syrian opposition says the chemical attack occurred, Eliasson told reporters in New York after a closed-door UN Security Council briefing. Amid fighting between government and rebel forces,“the security situation right now does not allow such access,” he said, calling for a “cessation of hostilities” by government and opposition forces.