Reuters
June 4, 2013
United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had
“reasonable grounds” to believe that limited amounts of chemical weapons
had been used by government forces in Syria.
In their latest report, based on interviews with victims, medical
staff and other witnesses, they said they had received allegations that
both Syrian government forces and rebels had used the banned weapons,
but that at least four instances related to their use by state forces.
“There are reasonable grounds to believe that limited quantities of
toxic chemicals were used. It has not been possible, on the evidence
available, to determine the precise chemical agents used, their delivery
systems or the perpetrator,” Paulo Pinheiro, who chairs the UN
commission of inquiry, told a news conference in Geneva.
The commission examined four reported toxic attacks in March and April but could not determine which side was behind them.
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