The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced the assignment of a disarmament official to negotiate a visit for UN investigators to verify alleged chemical weapons usage.
The United Nations high representative for disarmament affairs, Angela Kane, will speak to the government of Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to gain access to the site of Wednesday’s alleged chemical attack.
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