U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a team to investigate claims of chemical weapons use in Syria was ready to deploy within 24 hours and urged the government in Syria to give the go-ahead so work could begin. Ban, who met the head of the global chemical weapons monitoring body in The Hague on Monday, said an advance team had been sent to Cyprus. "We are ready, it is a matter of time," he said. The full team will consist of 15 experts, including inspectors, medical experts and chemists. "All we are waiting for is the go-ahead from the government in Syria to determine whether any chemicals weapons were used, in any location," Ban said. He urged the government to be more flexible so the mission could deploy as fast as possible, according to a report of Reuters.
