Beijing - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will today brief the Security Council about the findings of UN inspectors on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Ban received the report by the weapons inspectors on Sunday.
Following his briefing at the 15-nation Security Council, Ban is scheduled to speak to reporters. The Secretary-General will also brief the UN General Assembly on the report.
Earlier, a UN inspection team had collected samples from select suburbs around Damascus where a chemical weapons attack on 21 August had allegedly killed more than 1000 people.
The UN team lead by Professor Ake Sellström was only mandated to determine if chemical weapons were used but not by whom.
The Assad government has blamed the rebels for the attack while the rebels said government forces were behind the attack.
The technical report is expected to influence further deliberations in the Security Council over a US-Russian agreement that would place Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles under international control. - SAnews.gov.za-Xinhua
