100-strong team needed to destroy Syrian weapons

The UN secretary-general has recommended that about 100 people from the United Nations and the world’s chemical weapons watchdog be part of a joint mission to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons.

Ban Ki-moon proposed in a letter to the UN Security Council that a joint mission be established with the UN providing logistics, communications and co-ordination with the Syrian government and rebel groups, and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons conducting technical consultations, verification and inspections.