Syria Chemical-Arms Resolution Passes UN Security Council
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a breakthrough agreement to eliminate all of Syria’s chemical weapons.
The council voted 15-0 last night to adopt a resolution drafted by the U.S., the U.K. and France in response to an Aug. 21 poison gas attack near Damascus that killed more than 1,400 people. The resolution lacks immediate consequences if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fails to comply and it doesn’t assign blame for the attack, which U.S., U.K. and French officials attribute to Assad’s regime.