The United Nations Security Council has approved unanimously a resolution with binding obligations on the Syrian government to eliminate its chemical weapons. In a related development, The Hague based UN Chemical weapons watchdog, Organization for Prevention of Chemical weapons has given a go ahead to the US-Russia plan to get rid of chemical weapons in Syria.

UN Secretary General has welcomed the developments and called for the Geneva-II peace conference in Mid-November to find a comprehensive political solution to the two and a half year long crisis in Syria.
AIR West Asia Correspondent reports, it was a voice vote by all 15 members of UN Security Council that paved the way for dismantling. the weapons of mass destruction in Syria.

The resolution makes it legally binding for Syria to comply with the US-Russia plan on elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.

The resolution asks the organization for Prevention of Chemical weapons Director General and the U.N. secretary-general to report non-compliance to the Security Council. If there is non-compliance, the Security Council by another resolution impose measures under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter which allows for sanctions and or use of military force.

Ban Ki Moon said the onus is now on all the sides to ensure that violence must come to an end in Syria and the focus should be on the humanitarian and political crisis in the country. He pushed for holding Geneva-II peace conference on finding a comprehensive political solution on Syria in Mid-November.

Meanwhile, the UN agency entrusted with the elimination of Chemical weapons in Syria, the OPCW will send an advance team of inspectors to Damascus on Monday to prepare for on-site verification of Syria’s chemical weapons by November.

According to estimates Syria has more than 1000 tonnes of Sarin, Mustard and VX gases which have to be destroyed by Mid 2014.