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September 12, 2013

Ban: Syria Killings a "Collective Failure" 
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The head of the U.N. panel investigating human rights abuses in Syria,
Paulo Pinheiro, spoke hours after his panel issued a report accusing
both sides of war crimes, including eight massacres by Assad regime
forces and one by the rebels. Speaking at the U.N. headquarters in New
York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the international community has
failed Syria on a massive scale.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon: "Our collective failure to prevent
atrocity crimes in Syria over the past two and a half years will remain
a heavy burden on the standing of the United Nations and its Member
States. I hope that the current discussions related to safeguarding
Syria's chemical weapon stocks will lead to the Security Council playing
an effective role in promoting an end to the Syrian tragedy."

 

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