The U.N. Security Council on Friday condemned the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and threatened to take action if such a weapon is used again in the civil war, but it did not assign blame for previous chlorine attacks. The 15-country council adopted a resolution that "stresses that those individuals responsible for any use of chemicals as weapons, including chlorine or any other toxic chemical, must be held accountable." Fourteen membersvoted in favor of the U.S.-drafted resolution. Venezuela abstained, saying the resolution "opens a dangerous path to the use of force." Still, in the event of non-compliance, the Security Council would need to adopt another resolution to take any action. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) found evidence that chlorine gas was "systematically and repeatedly" used as a weapon in Syria. The United States, France, and Britain accuse the Syrian government of the attacks.
