UN urges Sudan to cooperate in any chemical weapons probe
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UNITED NATIONS- The UN peacekeeping chief called on the government of Sudan on Tuesday to cooperate with the international chemical weapons watchdog in any investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in the Darfur region.
Herve Ladsous told the UN Security Council that peacekeepers from the UN-African Union force in Darfur have been denied access to the area in Jebel Marra where Amnesty International alleged that at least 30 chemical attacks have taken place since January.
"We were very much alarmed by the allegations," Ladsous told reporters.
Sudan is a party to the Chemical Weapons Convention banning the use of toxic chemicals.
