When will the UN finally do something here? This war has already spilled it's borders and could end up making a larger regional war. The UN needs to come down hard on the Russians for supplying weapons to Assad's regime and get off the sidelines and go in and create a peace. We cannot and I stress cannot arm the rebels as it is well known the the rebels have been infiltrated by Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood who cannot be trusted. The only way this will come to a conclusion is to put UN boots on the ground and try to force a resolution. The last thing I want to see is Canadian troops on the ground but with a unilateral approval from the UN it may be the only way.
We have seen this happen time and time again in the last 50 years, this is yet another example of the UN going in too little too late. After the atrocities, the use of chemical weapons and the involvement of terrorist organizations...way to go UN, you are showing the people of the world that you have their back!
UN, France Allege Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
June 04, 2013
A new United Nations report says there are "reasonable grounds" to believe a limited amount of chemical weapons have been used in Syria - as France said Tuesday it is certain that the nerve agent sarin was used multiple times.
Paulo Pinheiro, chairman of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria, also stressed the human toll of the two-year conflict as he presented the report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
"Crimes that shock the conscience have become a daily reality. Humanity has been the casualty of this war. Syria needs not a military surge, Syria needs a diplomatic surge. We cannot continue to sit idly by and watch this catastrophe unfold," said Pinheiro.
The commission's report says there is not enough evidence to determine which chemical agents have been used in Syria or who deployed them. It says those conclusions would require testing victims and collecting samples at the site of four alleged attacks.
But in Paris, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said tests performed by a French laboratory showed with certainty that the deadly nerve agent sarin was used in Syria on several occasions. He said the results were handed over to the United Nations, but did not disclose where or by whom the sarin gas had been used.
The White House said Tuesday the United States needs more evidence about the use of chemical weapons in Syria before making decisions on how to respond.
The U.N. report urges Syria to allow a team of U.N. investigators into the country to investigate chemical weapons use. The Syrian government has said investigators would only be able to visit one site.
Both the government and rebels trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad have accused each other of using chemical weapons and committing human rights violations.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the atrocities detailed in the U.N. report were "sickening and staggering."
The U.N. commission said both sides in Syria are guilty of human-rights abuses, but that violations by rebels have never reached the intensity and scale of those carried out by pro-government forces.
Russia and the EU held a second day of talks Tuesday, overshadowed by friction caused by the EU's backing for the Syrian opposition and Moscow's continued support for Assad.
The summit took place as Russia and the United States continue to try to arrange an international peace conference to bring together both the Damascus government and the opposition pushing to oust the Syrian leader
.
Paulo Pinheiro, chairman of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria, also stressed the human toll of the two-year conflict as he presented the report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
"Crimes that shock the conscience have become a daily reality. Humanity has been the casualty of this war. Syria needs not a military surge, Syria needs a diplomatic surge. We cannot continue to sit idly by and watch this catastrophe unfold," said Pinheiro.
The commission's report says there is not enough evidence to determine which chemical agents have been used in Syria or who deployed them. It says those conclusions would require testing victims and collecting samples at the site of four alleged attacks.
But in Paris, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said tests performed by a French laboratory showed with certainty that the deadly nerve agent sarin was used in Syria on several occasions. He said the results were handed over to the United Nations, but did not disclose where or by whom the sarin gas had been used.
The White House said Tuesday the United States needs more evidence about the use of chemical weapons in Syria before making decisions on how to respond.
The U.N. report urges Syria to allow a team of U.N. investigators into the country to investigate chemical weapons use. The Syrian government has said investigators would only be able to visit one site.
Both the government and rebels trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad have accused each other of using chemical weapons and committing human rights violations.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the atrocities detailed in the U.N. report were "sickening and staggering."
The U.N. commission said both sides in Syria are guilty of human-rights abuses, but that violations by rebels have never reached the intensity and scale of those carried out by pro-government forces.
Russia and the EU held a second day of talks Tuesday, overshadowed by friction caused by the EU's backing for the Syrian opposition and Moscow's continued support for Assad.
The summit took place as Russia and the United States continue to try to arrange an international peace conference to bring together both the Damascus government and the opposition pushing to oust the Syrian leader
.
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