The head of the Joint Mission on Tuesday said that the progress of the mission's progress in the destruction of Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons was made due to "quick and construction collaboration" from Damascus.
A UN fact-finding group is expected to present its final report on Syria's chemical weapons in early December as a number of samples from Syria are still being studied in designated laboratories, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said here Thursday.
Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it was alarmed by reports about new cases concerning the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday refused categorically any entry of Syria's chemical weapons or chemical wastes to the country for disposal.
A joint international mission in charge of Syria's chemical weapons program said that it had visited 18 of the sites disclosed by Syria, a UN spokesman said here Wednesday.
Japan for the first time has thrown its weight behind a UN statement on nuclear disarmament with senior government officials stating Tuesday that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons use are unacceptable.
Moscow is satisfied with the prompt start of Syria's chemical weapons disarmament, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
An official with the joint mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations said Monday that their first day of destroying Syria's chemical weapons was "excellent."
The civil war in Syria was brought to the fore on Thursday as scores of world leaders deplored the loss of life and the use of chemical weapons in the Arab country during the first three days of the annual General Debate of the UN General Assembly.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a resolution that will mandate consequences for Syria if the country fails to hand over its chemical weapons.
The Untied Nations team tasked with probing the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria will return to the Middle East country on Wednesday to complete its "investigation of pending credible allegations," including the Mar. 19 incident at Khan al-Asal, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky announced here Tuesday.
Russia on Sunday accused the United States of threatening to thwart the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Syria if Moscow drops support for a U.N. Security Council resolution allowing the use of force.
It is a "positive development" that initial efforts to place Syria's chemical weapons under international control are moving ahead on schedule, a former UN weapons inspector said Sunday.
Russia has received "additional evidences" from Syria showing that rebels used chemical weapons in the Syrian capital of Damascus, visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday.
Russia possesses enough evidence that the Syrian opposition used reports about chemical attacks as provocation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
The visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that his country wouldn't accept any UN resolution adopted under the Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which paves the way to military action in some cases.
Russia said Tuesday that a UN Security Council resolution on Syria's chemical weapons would not contain any references to the use of force.
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