[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban details plans for UN chemical-weapons operation in Syria

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Security Council to vote on restoring security in CAR Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 8, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban details plans for UN chemical-weapons operation in Syria United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday presented a plan to the Security Council calling for a 100-person team to dismantle Syria's chemical-weapons stockpiles and production facilities. The plan goes to the Security Council for approval. 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The Telegraph (London) (tiered subscription model) (10/8) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Quest for gold in Darfur proves deadly Gold mining in Darfur is transforming the country's conflict from one fueled by politics and ethnicity to one that is monetary-based. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that the death toll from gold mining last year was more than twice that of deaths from by armed conflict. 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