英國向安理會提案譴責敘利亞使用化武

Britain says it plans to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that condemns the alleged chemical attack by Syrian forces and authorizes "necessary measures to protect civilians."

A United Nations team investigating the attack near Damascus resumed its work Wednesday, a day after postponing its on-site investigation because of security concerns.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the U.N. Security Council to "find unity" on the situation in Syria, and said the U.N. team in Syria needs time to do its work.

Mr. Ban said in a speech Wednesday in The Hague that the latest escalation in Syria has caused "horrendous casualties" and produced images unlike any the world has seen this century. He strongly criticized the use of chemical weapons, saying any deployment, at any time, under any circumstances would represent "an atrocious violation of international law."

Syria has denied carrying out a chemical attack.英國表示星期三將在聯合國安理會提案譴責敘利亞軍隊使用化學武器，並要求授權採取必要措施保護平民。

調查襲擊指稱的聯合國調查組星期三恢復了工作，一天前，由於安全顧慮，他們推遲了現場調查。

與此同時， 聯合國祕書長潘基文敦促聯合國安理會在敘利亞局勢問題上“達成一致”，他說，聯合國調查組正在大馬士革附近調查上星期據稱發生的化學武器襲擊事件，調查組需要時間來完成他們的工作。

潘基文星期三在海牙的一次演說中說，敘利亞局勢的最新升級已經造成“極爲可怕的傷亡”，有些觸目驚心的圖像是全世界本世紀以來從未見過的。他強烈批評使用化學武器，並說，在任何時候、任何背景下部署任何化學武器都是“窮兇極惡地違反國際法”。

敘利亞否認實施了化學武器襲擊。