BAN WELCOMES SYRIA’S LETTER ON ACCESSION TO TREATY BANNING CHEMICAL WEAPONS

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Date: 12 Sep 2013 19:00:01 -0400
Subject: BAN WELCOMES SYRIA'S LETTER ON ACCESSION TO TREATY BANNING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
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BAN WELCOMES SYRIA'S LETTER ON ACCESSION TO TREATY BANNING CHEMICAL
WEAPONSNew York, Sep 12 2013 7:00PMUnited Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon has received a letter from the Government of Syria
President Bassar Al-Assad will sign and abide by the 20-year-old
international treaty on banning chemical weapons.

A <"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7074">statement
issued by Mr. Ban's spokesman in New York confirmed that the UN chief
received a letter from Damascus today informing him that "President
Al-Assad has signed the legislative decree providing for the accession
of Syria to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their
Destruction of 1992."

"In their letter, the Syrian authorities have expressed their
commitment to observe the obligations entailed by the Convention even
before its entry into force for Syria," the UN spokesman says in the
statement.

"The Secretary-General welcomes this development," the statement says,
noting that, as depository of the Convention, Mr. Ban has long called
for universal accession to the treaty.

"Given recent events, he hopes that the current talks in Geneva will
lead to speedy agreement on a way forward which will be endorsed and
assisted by the international community," the statement concludes.

The statement comes after United States Secretary of State John Kerry
and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Geneva earlier today
for further talks on Russia's proposal for Damascus to surrender its
chemical weapons and place them under international control. Lakhdar
Brahimi, the Joint UN –Arab League Envoy for Syria also met in Geneva
with Mr. Kerry

Meanwhile, evidence collected by a UN team probing possible chemical
weapons use in Syria on 21 August is being examined by laboratories in
Europe. Mr. Ban has said that scientists are working "around the
clock" to ensure a rapid result but one that also respects the highest
professional standards and without compromising its integrity.

Results of the analyses will be shared with Mr. Ban, who will then
share them with the 15-member Security Council and all 193 Member
States.Sep 12 2013 7:00PM
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