12.10.2013 - 08:35 [ Vereinte Nationen ]

Security Council approves joint OPCW-UN mission to oversee destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons

n a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Council today endorsed the UN chief’s plan to deploy up to 100 United Nations and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) experts in a multi-phase operation to carry out last month’s Council resolution on eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons material and equipment, scheduled for completion by 30 June, 2014.