{"id":41957,"date":"2013-08-23T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T09:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=41957"},"modified":"2013-08-23T12:12:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T09:12:50","slug":"syria-civil-warun-chief-ban-ki-moon-warns-about-consequences-breaking-news-41957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/syria-civil-warun-chief-ban-ki-moon-warns-about-consequences-breaking-news-41957\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Civil War:UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon warns about Consequences \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a “crime against humanity” that would reap “serious consequences”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.<\/h1>\n

Speaking at an event in Seoul, UN Chief \u00a0Ban Ki-Moon said: “Any use of chemical weapons anywhere, by anybody, under any circumstances, would violate international law.<\/p>\n

“Such a crime against humanity should result in serious consequences for the perpetrator.”<\/p>\n

Mr Ban has decided to send Angela Kane, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to Damascus following the alleged chemical attack.<\/p>\n

Syria President Bashar al Assad’s regime had agreed last month, following a similar visit, to allow UN experts to investigate three other sites where chemical attacks were alleged to have taken place.<\/p>\n

UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey said: “The Secretary-General believes that the incidents reported yesterday need to be investigated without delay.”<\/p>\n

A UN inspection team is already on the ground in Syria and Mr Ban urged the regime to co-operate with an immediate investigation into the alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus, which the opposition has said killed hundreds.<\/p>\n

Footage distributed by activists showed unconscious children, people foaming at the mouth and doctors apparently giving them oxygen to help them breathe has triggered anger around the world.<\/p>\n

Syrian anti-government activists have accused the Assad regime of carrying out the attack using toxic gas, with the number of dead reported to be up to 1,300.<\/p>\n

The government has denied it used chemical weapons, calling the allegations “absolutely baseless”.<\/p>\n

It comes as Syria’s key ally Russia joined international calls for the inspectors to be given access to the site of the alleged massacre.<\/p>\n

Moscow suggested the attack could be a “premeditated provocation” by opposition forces but urged Assad and the UN to agree to a visit to the site in the Damascus suburbs of Ein Tarma and Zamalka.<\/p>\n

US Secretary of State John Kerry took part in a meeting with the national security team to discuss the Syria attack.<\/p>\n

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has also spoken to Mr Kerry about developments in Syria, the Foreign Office confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n

In June the Obama administration said it had conclusive evidence that Assad’s government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces.<\/p>\n

That crossed what Mr Obama called a “red line” and prompted a decision to send arms to Syrian rebels.<\/p>\n

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the intelligence community had been tasked with gathering information on the chemical attack, but that it was “unable to conclusively determine chemical weapons use”.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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