The United Nations is working to obtain security assurances needed to dispatch an international team of experts to the site of last month's suspected sarin gas attack in Syria. <br/><br/>UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu told the Security Council that planning for the fact-finding mission to Khan Sheikhun was already underway. <br/><br/>Nakamitsu said, she was working to help ensure that any visit to the site by the fact-finding mission team will be accompanied by the most stringent security assurances. <br/><br/>At least 88 people had died in 4th of April alleged attack at Khan Sheikhun, in rebel-held Idlib province, which the United States and its European allies blame on Syrian government forces.<br/>'<br/>The team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons would be deployed to the area under opposition control to collect samples and testimony from witnesses. <br/><br/>Earlier, samples taken from victims, wounded patients and dead animals from Khan Sheikhun have tested positive for sarin or a sarin-like substance.<br/>

The United Nations is working to obtain security assurances needed to dispatch an international team of experts to the site of last month's suspected sarin gas attack in Syria. UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu told the Security Council that planning for the fact-finding mission to Khan Sheikhun was already underway. <br/>