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Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, said Wednesday that the organization was responsible for a “collective failure” to halt more than two years of atrocious violence in Syria, and he expressed hope that the crisis over that country’s chemical weapons stockpile would be a catalyst toward a diplomatic solution.
Mr. Ban’s remarks, in a speech at a United Nations conference, came as diplomatic energy was intensifying over a Russian proposal to secure Syria’s chemical munitions, which averted, for the time being, an American military strike threatened by President Obama, who said in a speech Tuesday night that he would give diplomacy more time.
Russian proposal to secure Syria’s chemical munitions, which averted, for the time being, an American military strike threatened by President Obama, who said in a speech Tuesday night that he would give diplomacy more time.