Sigrid Kaag to lead Syria chemical weapons mission
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Dutch Mideast expert Sigrid Kaag on Wednesday to lead the team charged with destroying Syria's chemical weapons and announced stepped up efforts to hold a peace conference on Syria in mid-November.
The UN chief appeared with Kaag shortly after UN spokesman Martin Nesirky announced her appointment and the official establishment of the joint mission of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that she will lead. (AP)
