U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Samantha Power said
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
remained unacceptable as a leader of Syria despite his agreement to destroy all of his banned chemical arms by mid-2014.
Syria has made a 700-page declaration of its chemical weapons sites and arms to the Organization for the Elimination of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and has met a deadline to destroy its chemical and weapons production facilities.
But many western nations still doubt that all of Syria's chemical weapons have been declared, diplomats say.
"More work of course remains to be done to ensure that the Syrian government's list of declared sites is comprehensive and that the process remains on track, particularly as we enter the destruction phase, which looks very complicated," Power commented after a U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria's chemical arms.
The U.S. ambassador told news hounds that American experts are still studying the "extremely technical" Syrian document.
"We obviously bring skepticism born of years of dealing with this regime, years of obfuscation in other contexts, and of course a lot of broken promises within the context of this current war," Power said.
"You will certainly hear from us in the event that we detect non-compliance or we detect significant discrepancies," she added.