By: AP in The Times of Israel

Date: March 20, 2013

Excerpt:

Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari told reporters Wednesday morning that he had just requested Ban on behalf of the government “to form a specialized, independent and neutral technical mission to investigate the use by the terrorist groups operating in Syria of chemical weapons yesterday against civilians in the town of Khan al-Assad in Aleppo.” The Syrian government refers to the rebels as “terrorists.”

Ja’afari said Syria asked the secretary-general for assistance “in a sign of good faith, good will, good intentions” to the international community, international public opinion and the Syrian people.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-asks-un-to-investigate-chemical-weapons-use/