UN secretary general to present chemical weapons report on Syria

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received the report of the UN team probing the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria and plans to brief the members of the Security Council on the findings in a closed-door session on Monday. A note to correspondents issued by a UN spokesperson confirms that the report of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic has been turned over to the Secretary-General. "It was transmitted today [ ] to the Secretary-General by Professor Ake Sellstrom, the head of the Mission, and the Secretary-General will provide it to the Member States tomorrow morning," says the note. It goes on to say that Ban will brief the Security Council on the report during its closed consultations on Monday. Following that briefing, the Secretary-General will speak to reporters at the Security Council stakeout, according to the note. The Secretary-General will also brief the UN General Assembly on the report.