France and Britain said Tuesday (November 29th) they would soon submit to the UN Security Council a resolution that slaps sanctions on Syrian authorities responsible for the use of chemical weapons, AFP reported.
A joint investigation by the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) found that several units of the Syrian army had used toxic weapons against three villages in northern Syria in 2014 and 2015 .
The "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) also used mustard gas in an attack in Syria, the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) concluded.
The ambassadors of Britain and France to the UN said Tuesday they would propose a draft Security Council resolution to the other 13 members of the council.
"The JIM was very clear that the Syrian regime did use chemical weapons," said British ambassador Matthew Rycroft.
"We will propose with the UK a draft resolution sanctioning those responsible for the use of chemical weapons based on the JIM report," said French ambassador François Delattre.
