Syria conflict : a UN investigation to be conducted on 3 alleged chemical incidents

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Syria conflict : a UN investigation to be conducted on 3 alleged chemical incidents

A list of incidents to be investigated has been agreed upon shortly after a meeting between Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the UN and Angela Kane, head of Disarmament Affairs. The UN investigators will consider the site of , where the Syrian government claims the rebels used Sarin gas, and were more than 30 people were killed. According to Nick Harper, the confusion remains on the 2 other site : they are located near Homs and Damascus. Darkness remains also concerning the composition of the investigation team. Angela Kane and Ake Sellstrom are likely to be a part of it, but such an investigation requires "a number of bodies".

Duplex with Nick Harper, our correspondant in New York, United States of America.

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