U.S. wants a U.N. team to lay blame for Syria gas attacks - diplomats


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  • Wednesday, 06 May 2015

Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaks to the media during a press conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York August 22, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States wants a team of United Nations investigators to determine who is to blame for chemicals weapons attacks in Syria in a bid to pave the way for Security Council action against those responsible, diplomats said on Tuesday.

Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the United States had given him a draft Security Council resolution on the proposal on Monday, which he sent back to Moscow for study. Russia is an ally of Syria and has protected President Bashar al-Assad from council action during the four-year civil war.

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