Syria: Ban Ki-moon to present UN chemical weapons report today

United Nations: The UN says its chief chemical weapons inspector has turned over his team’s report on last month’s alleged poison gas attack in Syria to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said the report was transmitted yesterday and the secretary-general will brief a closed session of the UN Security Council on its contents today morning. He will also brief the 193-member General Assembly later today. [caption id=“attachment_1111089” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Hundreds died in the chemical attack. Reuters.[/caption] The inspection team led by Swedish expert Ake Sellstrom was mandated to report on whether chemical weapons were used in the Aug 21 attack in the Damascus suburbs and, if so, which chemical agents were used not on who was responsible. The secretary-general said Friday that he believes there will be “an overwhelming report” that chemical weapons were used in the attack. According to a report on AFP, UN secretary Ban Ki-moon is supposed to reveal the details of the report later today. AFP reports, “Ban will present the report to the UN Security Council at 11:15 am local time (2045 IST). He has already revealed that he expects the report by a UN investigation team to give “overwhelming” confirmation that arms were used in an attack near Damascus on August 21 in which hundreds died.” With inputs from AP