[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban presses Security Council to block weapons shipments to Syria

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Syria completes chemical-weapons shipments Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   June 23, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban presses Security Council to block weapons shipments to Syria The Security Council should declare an embargo on weapons to Syria, said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who called on countries to stop sending arms. "I am here to express my anger and disappointment at the cold calculation that seems to be taking hold -- that little can be done except to arm the parties and watch the conflict rage," Ban said. 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