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June 5, 2014

U.N. Cites Progress on Syrian Chemical Stockpile Despite Missed Deadline 
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The United Nations has confirmed Assad will fail to meet a deadline
later this month for the removal and destruction of his regime's entire
chemical stockpile. But Sigrid Kaag, head of the joint mission
overseeing the stockpile's removal, said major progress has been made.

Sigrid Kaag: "The deadline will not be met. What is important, however,
is that all the materials are out of harm's way, and the destruction can
start as soon as possible aboard the U.S. ship, as considerable time has
lapsed, and considerable cost and time and investments have been made to
get the job done. Equally so, I'd like to underline that significant
progress has been obtained over an impossible period of time, nine
months."

 

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