Off the wire
• Shenzhou-11 return capsule separates from propelling capsule  • Shenzhou-11 return capsule enters return orbit  • Urgent: 13 police killed in overnight attack in W. Afghanistan  • Commentary: China resolved to fight climate change, pursue sustainable development  • Shenzhou-11 return capsule separates from orbiting capsule  • 1st LD: China, Ecuador lift ties to comprehensive strategic partnership  • Two former Rio governors arrested on corruption charges  • Peruvian president calls on young people to adapt to modern world  • Quake-stricken farmers target of New Zealand gov't aid  • Havana film festival to champion LatAm diversity: organizers  
You are here: 　 Home

UN Security Council renews Syria chemical attack probe

Xinhua, November 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Thursday decided to renew the mandate of an investigative mechanism tasked with identifying perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria for a period of one year.

In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-nation council requests the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to complete a report within 90 days.

The resolution encourages JIM to work with UN counter-terrorism and non-proliferation bodies to determine whether a specific incident likely involved the use of chemical weapons.

Chemical attacks are believed to have taken place in several areas in Syria over the past year. In August 2015, the Security Council established JIM to determine who used the deadly chlorine gas in attacks.

JIM has so far published four reports accusing the Syrian government and the Islamic State of involvement in alleged chemical attacks. However, the Syrian government rejected the accusations, saying the probe lacked physical evidence. Endi