let's take a look at the international criminal court's pursuit of us islamize since the start of the libyan revolution in february of two thousand and eleven six months into the undersea i.c.c. issued an arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi and his son on charges of crimes against humanity over the deaths of political opponents the war in libya ended with the brutal death of one mcduffie at the hands of rebels in october twenty eighth levon but no investigation all trial into that killing has followed the i.c.c. then started informal talk with saif al islam urging him to surrender to the hague over fears that he could end up in the same fate as his father however saif or was captured while trying to leave the country in november shortly after was the government announced you would go on trial for war crimes and that he would go for crimes trial in tripoli rejecting the i.c.c. his call for them to hand over saeed saying that they had no jurisdiction upon that in june international criminal court officials were detained by libyan armed groups for several weeks after visiting this site is

the war crimes trial of colonel gadhafi son begins in libya as the country defies the international criminal court's demand to hand him over. there watching our genia live from moscow this morning and with me to one would say it's good to have you company with us russia says it will provide the u.n. security council with evidence allegedly implicating syrian rebel forces in last month's deadly chemical attack outside damascus the syrian government had already given the same data to u.n. inspectors working in the country but the findings were apparently not taken into account when the report was prepared arches maria for national caught up with russia's deputy foreign minister during his visit to damascus to discuss these allegations. russia's deputy foreign minister has spent two days here in damascus to discuss the country's chemical disarmament plan according to which syria has to destroy or remove its chemical weapons by me two thousand and fourteen but first to provide a full list of its chemical weapons and stockpiles by the end of this week that's according to the deal that moscow and washingt

so let's take a look at the international criminal court's pursuit of siva al islam since the start of the libyan revolution in february twenty levon six months into the unrest the i.c.c. issued arrest warrants for both colonel gadhafi and his son on charges of crimes against humanity the war in libya ended with the death of moammar gadhafi at the hands of rebels in october twenty levon the i.c.c. then started informal talks with saif al islam urging him to surrender himself to the hague however he was captured by libyan authorities while trying to leave the country in november shortly afterwards the government announced he would go on trial for war crimes in tripoli rejecting the i.c.c. has called for his handover saying it had no jurisdiction then in june international criminal court officials were detained by a libyan armed group for several weeks after visiting him accused of conspiring against the state and since then he hasn't had access to a lawyer libya saw the i.c.c. approval for its domestic trial of duffy's son in may this year but that request was rejected john jones the i.

let's take a look at the international criminal courts a pursuit of. it is months since the start of the libyan revolution in february two thousand and eleven six months into the andras the i.c.c. issued an arrest warrant for both colonel gadhafi and his son on charges of crimes against humanity over the deaths of political opponents the war in libya ended with the brutal death of moammar gadhafi at the hands of the rebels in a total of twenty eleven but no investigation or trial into that killing followed that the i.c.c. then started informal talks with the site islam urging him to surrender himself to the hague over fears he would share the fate of its father however sayit was captured by libyan authorities and while trying to leave the country in november shortly after was that the government announced you would go on to trial for war crimes in tripoli rejecting the i.c.c. has called for his hand over saying it had no jurisdiction in june international criminal court officials were detained by the libyan armed group for several weeks after visiting

reporting there and let's take a look at the international criminal court's pursuit of saif al islam the start of the libyan revolution in every twenty level and of course six months into the unrest the i.c.c. issue the arrest warrants for both current gadhafi and his son on charges of crimes against humanity war in libya ended with the death of moammar gadhafi at the hands of rebels not twenty eleven the i.c.c. then started informal talks with saya followers knowledge of him to surrender himself to the hague where he was captured by libyan authorities while trying to leave the country in the vendor shortly afterwards the government announced he would go on trial for war crimes in tripoli rejecting the i.c.c. as calls for his andover saying it had no jurisdiction and in june international criminal court officials were detained by libyan armed groups for several weeks after visiting him accused of conspiring against the state since then he hasn't had access to a lawyer libya so the i.c.c. is approval for its domestic trial of gadhafi son in may this year that request was rejected john

the international criminal court's pursuit of save our islam since the start of the libyan revolution in february of two thousand and eleven now six months into the undress the i.c.c. issued an arrest warrant for both colonel gadhafi and his son on the charges of crimes against humanity over the deaths of political opponents now the war in libya ended with the brutal death of moammar gadhafi at the hands of rebels in october twenty seventh but no investigation or trial into that killing followed the i.c.c. then started informal talks with saif al islam urging him to surrender himself to the hague over fears he would share the same fate as his father now however saiful was a captured by the libyan authorities while trying to leave the country in november shortly after wards of the government announced that hew would go on trial for war crimes in tripoli rejecting the i.c.c. calls for his handover saying it had no jurisdiction in june in june an international criminal court officials were detained by libyan armed groups for several weeks after visiting saif al islam as though they were

trial a journey into december it will still take place in libya despite requests by the international criminal court to ship him to the hague. international news and commentary around the clock this is. the civil war that devastated syria for more than two years a seemingly changed beyond recognition from the initial conflict forces and al-qaeda linked factions that once force side by side in the anti assad push now pitted against each other in violent battles and reports suggest that increasingly the more radical elements appear to be gaining ground. and i start recent incident they seize the strategic town of the turkish or the ousting the free syrian army rebels who had the store manager on wednesday and some of the most severe fighting between the two factions yet one town sits on a key rebel weapons supply route raising fears that arms could fall into the hands of. mosul coddling to extremists become a daily headache for syria's minority as well for the kurds about us to drive them out of a village out in this week on twenty people reportedly died in clashes both sides some analysts think rise

let's take a look at the international criminal court's pursuit of sars or islam since this. start of libyan revolution in february twenty seventh well six months into the on the rest the i.c.c. issued an arrest warrant for both cohen gadhafi and his son on charges of crimes against humanity of the deaths of political opponents when the war in libya ended with the death of moammar gadhafi at the hands of rebels in october twenty seventh when our investigation or trial into vats killing followed where i.c.c. then started informal talks with saif al islam urging him to surrender himself to the hague over fears he would share the fate of his father and whether he was captured by leaving the authorities while trying to leave the country in the. shortly afterwards the government announced he would go on trial for war crimes in tripoli rejecting the i.c.c. calls for his handover saying it had no jurisdiction and in june international criminal court officials were detained by libyan armed groups for several weeks after visiting him accused of conspiring against the state since then

the like only exertional course international criminal court can't do anything unless it has the support of other states and the danger is of international courts appearing as i say toothless and they appear to do this if they issue orders and those orders are ignored now it was the case from yugoslavia the trouble for the former yugoslavia that those countries to some of the countries didn't want to cooperate with a phrase they couldn't care less about. but the international community made those countries they made for example. membership the use made contingent in some ways dependent on delivering on takeoff of even. to the hague it may well be the case that is the case that which is a country after all slipping into anarchy every day they say well we don't care about i.c.c. but they do care about economic sanctions they care about not having membership for example in the in the they would if the european parliament said that they were destined to be a was contingent on delivering safe gadhafi to the hague so they can be made and that's what the international committee has to do if it

trial adjourned until december but will still take place in libya despite requests by the international criminal court to ship him to the hague. international news and commons you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow. now the civil war that stirred the state in syria for more than two years has changed extensively from the initial conflict rebel forces and al qaeda linked factions that once fought side by side in the anti a sad push and pitted against each other in violent battles a report suggests that increasingly the more radical elements appear to be gaining ground while in the most recent incident they see the strategic town of as the the turkish border ousting the free syrian army rebels jihadi stormed the area on wednesday in some of the heaviest fighting between the two factions yet the town sits on a key rebel weapons supply route raising fears that arms could fall into the hands of islamic militants or sold by al-qaeda linked extremists have become a daily concern for syria's kurdish minority as well though the kurds managed to drive them out of a village earlier this week althoug

crimes trial in a gentle december will still take place in libya despite requests by the international criminal court to ship them to the hague. or international even comment around the caucuses out. of the civil war that's devastated syria for more than two years has seemingly changed beyond recognition from the initial conflict rebel forces and al qaeda linked factions that once for side by side in the n.t.'s and push now pitted against each other in violent bottles reports suggest that increasingly the more radical elements if need to be gaining ground on the most recent. he sees the strategic town of near the turkish border ousting the free syrian army rebels and jihadists stormy area on wednesday in some of the most severe fighting between the two factions yet when the town sits on a key rebel weapons supply route raising fears that arms could fall into the hands of is the most militant assaults by archiving extremists become a daily headache for syria's kurdish minority as well the kurds managed to drive them out of a village earlier this week more than twenty people reportedly died in the clas

position so to speak nationals from syria cannot be crossed referred to the international criminal court through lack of that ratification however we do have a means of referring whether it's syrians or anybody else who commit major violations to the international criminal court and that is through the. the auspices of the security council so one of the measures that could be taken up is through the security council to cross refer cases to the international criminal court as we speak about the use of torture or other crimes against humanity committed in syria and. i'm sure you are aware that from the very beginning of this conflict. it has been marked by and precedented efforts to manipulate public opinion both within syria and outside syria by the government as well as by rebel groups and i think the cons of atrocities not only in this conflict but also in previous conflicts the libyan conflict would be one example of that have been used to you or put pressure on the international community to prompt some sort of action even though for example in believe in the case many of those claims

position so to speak nationals from syria cannot be crossed referred to the international criminal court through lack of that ratification however we do have a means of referring whether the syrians or anybody else who commit major violations to the international criminal court and that is through the. the auspices of the security council so one of the measures that could be taken up is through the security council to cross or for cases to the international criminal court as we speak about the use of torture or other crimes against humanity committed in syria and. i'm sure you are aware that from the very beginning of this conflict. it has been marred by and precedented efforts to manipulate public opinion both within syria and outside syria by the government as well as by rebel groups and i think the count of atrocities not only in this conflict but also in previous conflicts the libyan conflict would be one example of that have been used to put pressure on the international community to prompt some sort of action even though for example in the lead being the case many of those claims o

we know that the african union is very close to the international criminal court, accusing the international criminal court, what the mps are debating about in parliament behind me. the support on this motion in kenya depends on where you look at it. which part of the divide you look at it from. but we know the support for the icc has been waning. there has been many polls by the pollsters in the country that show the support for the international criminal court declined by 39%. about half the people do not advocate for withdrawal for the -- from the international criminal court. they say it's not good for the country. they say it's not good for the cases that will be going on in the country. so basically, it depends on where you look at it, their support. but it has been declining in overall. >> cat rirn soy thanks ver -- katherine soy thanks, as kenya debates pulling out of the icc. the g-20, all the dignitaries preparing for putin's speech. the g-20 is a group of leaders, developed and developing economies and it's a summit for global leaders used to forge growth in franking and tax evasi

i think they should push for his extradition to the international criminal court and the internationalminal court should be left on its own to get him tried in the haig. >> is there absolutely no law in the lickian yah? >> you have our ton must areas, which are run by bandits, we have other areas which are in the militia in tripoli, the place is not that stable and no one would expect in the circumstances or any other circumstances that saif al islam wok to have a fair trial as required by international law and international standards by civilized behavior. >> thank you very much for speaking to us. >>> the inauguration of mali's new president is underway in the capital. heads of state including the french president francois hollande are present. >>> final results of ra wanda's parliamentary elections are to be announced on friday. on tuesday president paul kagami's ruling party has 76% of votes. the party has been in power since the end of the 1994 genocide. >>> the united nations investigators have revealed what they call unspeakable atrocities in the philippines. the panel is hearin

there to offer well there are three options on the table one is the international criminal court with russia blocks one is a little tap on the wrist which won't do anything what do you one other option would be the geneva conference that diaby united states is consistently sabotaging let me go back to they are some of the options that you just laid out you said that did nothing is the worst thing possible and obviously we have some examples in history when the united states use the same type of rhetoric with. human rights watch support and decided to do something in iraq and afghanistan in libya in mali as a result with. became iran situation in all those countries and i didn't i don't you know i understand that you're dependent on your for the latest and i understand you're dependent on your briefers but you should please ask your parents to be manager here for the. human rights watch never supported the invasion of iraq we never supported the invasion of afghanistan in fact if you look at the two thousand and four human rights watch world report the entire lead essay was devoted to

location of the you may travel except for libya what i can do with my team before the international criminal court is to is to decision in his favor from the international court saying that the case should be heard by the i.c.c. and should not be held in libya and ordering libya to surrender safety duffy to the hague and that's happened on thirty first of may this year and the appeals chamber of the i.c.c. has also said that even though an appeal is ongoing they still have to deliver him and they have there's no suspense of the facts of the appeal and so they have to deliver him today you can say what we can do what we are doing is it is arguing the case in detroit the i.c.c. most interviewer will be a show trial where he faces the death penalty i know that you made it clear in some of the previous interviews that you believe that this whole legal quagmire the i.c.c. are requesting the transfer of say full islam and labor refusing to hand him over may actually damage the credibility of the international criminal court and as far as i understand in the interview with time magazine you actually said

last week kenya voted to quit the jurisdiction of international criminal court. he said he will stop cooperating with the i.t.c. if the court summons both men at the same time leaving kenya without a head of state at home. >> if they want us to continue working with them and we are ready to work with them, we need to know when ruto is here, he will be sitting as president there. >> both men will plead not guilty to the charges stemming from post election violence. more than 1200 people were killed 600,000 left homeless. they said rutto planned ethnic killings as far as 2006. initial attacks spawned reprizals and soon kenya was at the brink of civil war. its reputation as a stable democracy was shattered and only now is the country's economy beginning to recover. both ruto and the president's cases have been mired by claims of witness intimidation, claims defense denies. >> i wish to thank all our witnesses. they have resisted persistent threats and offers of huge -- for the sake of justice. >> the trials are a major test for prosecutors at the hague who have had

what should you do about it now you know in an ideal world i would say send assad to the international criminal court that way we don't have to bomb anybody we can just try him in a fair trial in general and you just sadly no i actually did the anybody see you also i know south american government that's that's an interesting phrasing here and no i don't align myself with your argument to say that in terms of the watch what what should be done i mean a given that that russia is blocking the path to the international criminal court then the question is what else can be done and there basically are two options on the table one is to do nothing to say you know assad you may have just killed fourteen hundred civilians but you know cappy on the wrist please don't do that again you know and we all know where that's going to lead to believe the same direction that we've already seen with assad you know using cluster bombs against civilians bombing civilian breadlines using incendiary while bombs on schools bombing medical facilities you know causing some some two million refugees to flee so you know we know

they are applying this to the jurisdiction of the international criminal court. even if kenyatta does withdraw, the international criminal court will continue with the trial. that is what they have said. evidence has been gathered and the trial is set to begin next week. >> duncan, how do the kenyans feel? how much popular support is therefore putting him on trial when you consider day voting -- they voted for kenyata knowing what he was facing? >> they had a general election and the current selection uhuru kenyatta and his deputy were voted into office like quite a large martian, without the need for a second round. there is a groundswell of opinion among the kenyan electorate against international criminal court and has been some be him and allegations by press supported by many people here that effectively the international criminal court is an agency of neocolonialism, a tool to keep kenya in place. >> the excitement is mounting in madrid, istanbul, and tokyo at of the decision on who will host the 2020 olympic games. in istanbul, there are fears that the prot

full islam and labor refusing to hand him over may actually damage the credibility of the international criminal court and as far as i understand that in the interview with time magazine you actually said. that makes the court appear to flesh but alternately isn't it what the chord really ease in the eyes of the libyan authorities because they couldn't care less about all the i.c.c. warrants and orders they couldn't care less about the un security council resolutions because they know pretty well that regardless of what they do to say full islam and thousands of other pretty good prisoners who are kept in libya these days there would be absolutely no punishment. the like only it's actual cost into doing the thing unless it has the support of the states and the danger is of international courts appearing as i say toothless and they appear to us if they issued orders are ignored now it was the case from yugoslavia the tribunal for the former yugoslavia the countries to some of the countries didn't want to cooperate with a phrase they couldn't care less about. but the international community made those c

now kenya voted in favor of pulling out of the international criminal court.he president are due to go on trial for crimes against humanity and they say that it will continue to prosecute the two men even if kenya withdraws and kathryn has this report from niarobe. >> and the debate and the opposition argued against the plan to pull out of the international criminal court but the coalition had the numbers and the motion sales through. >> they want to give a chance in their own country, yes, and also the icc political case and kenya case is a political case. >> reporter: the resolution allows for a bill to be tabled within 30 days, and that is kenya from the jurisdiction of the so called rome statute that established the icc. if the bill is passed as expected it will be up to the president to sign into law. pulling out of the icc is a long process and it will not affect the cases already at the hague including those against the president and his deputy. >> there has been considerable effort by part of the political class through propaganda and messaging to disc

this ithey are going to be seeko repeal the international crimes in the international criminal court. members of parliament will debate on this bilker and if passed it will be passed on to the president, who is going to sign on it or not. once he signs on it, then that sets the page of process for the withdrawal from the international criminal court, and it's going to take a long while for the process, the u.n. security council say they need one-year notice of a country that wants to pull out. it's not going to affect the cases. >> katherine reporting from nairobi. an emergency operation is underway in chad where malaria is spreading throughout the region. an alarming rise of new cases of 1,000 to more than 14,000 in august alone. most people living in ruler areas are not able to access life-saving drugs, and it's not known what caused the outbreak. >>> the united nations is warning that central african republic is close to becoming a failed state and that's threatening the entire region. but so far the africa union peacekeeping mission. we report from the capital. >> it's the guns th

become a political football in kenya, and the country has threatened to pull out of the international criminal court in the future. human rights groups have the size -- criticized. >> for kenya to be the first country to withdraw from the international community -- criminal court would be a major setback. it would be a withdrawal from kenya's own responsibilities on human rights, but also withdrawing from the kenyan people a major human rights protection that would assure that such crimes will meet justice in the future. >> observers say the credibility of the icc is on the line. in 10 years of its existence, it has only achieved one conviction, raising serious questions about whether it can enforce international justice. >> the eu is proposing to ban all roaming charges next year, to the delight of mobile phone users. first, the stories in brief. the philippines has sent more troops to the city of zamboanga, where the country is engaged in a standoff with 200 muslim rebels. the government says the rebels are holding dozens of civilians as human shields. clashes started monday when the rebels moved

now kenya's deputy president is appearing before the international criminal court in the hague shortlyasked of crimes against humanity, including murder and persecuti persecution, the president is also scheduled to face his own trial later this year, the two men are accused of insighting violence after the disputed 2007 elections, katherine sawyer reports from the strong hold in western 10 10 ken kwr56789 ken. >> reporter: he will be one of the biggest tests of his lying at the hague for three months and intermittently until the trial end. >> we ask for your prayers. we will go there, speak the truth, and shame the devil. >> reporter: in western kenya, the epicenter of the 2008 violence, some members of his community attacked those from the president's crime killing thousands and displaining many more, the president is also charged by the international criminal court with organizing retaliatory attacks. you can't really talk about the post election violence without remembering here, at least 40 people, including women and children, were burned alive while hiding out in the church that

this is just a resolution seeking the withdrawal of kenya from the established international criminal courts. what happens next if this resolution is passed is that now, it's going to be tabled in parliament within 30 days. this deal is going to be seeking a repeal of the international crimes act of kenya which binds kenya to the international criminal court. and if this is passed, the president has to sign this into law. then the process of the absolute withdrawal starts. it's likely that this motion will pass. it's likely that the deal might pass because the ruling coalition has the numbers in parliament. but it's not likely that the president will pass it because it will not be in his interest. according to analysts, it's not in the interest of the country and actually will not do well for his case. >> there was much anger after the 2007 riots, and people wanted, and kenyans wanted people to be held accountable for it. how much public support is there for kenya pulling out of the hague? >> reporter: it depends upon which side of the divide you are looking at. the coalition, the ruling coa

due to stand trial for crimes against humanity at the international criminal court in november. that is all coming up in the debate. let's start in the newsroom. >> these are the headlines. investigators trying to piece together what happened at the westgate shopping mall. 60 people died in a four-day siege. pakistani soldiers sets of the district after most of their houses were destroyed in an earthquake. a cynical speech full of hypocrisy, the words of israel's prime minister unimpressed at the u.n.. iran says that his country poses no threat to the world. first, take any aware flags aren't half-mast after the president declared three days of mourning at the end of a bloody siege. the official death toll stands at 72. an operation to clear the westgate shopping center is underway. the interior minister that kenya is getting help from foreign forensic teams. >> the interior ministry saying that there is external help going on at the moment. it has been the fate since the beginning of the process. is really guidance being given to try to rescue the hostages. we are hearing there

they are saying no to condemnation, arms embargo, international criminal court.'t even let humanitarian aid cross the border. russia is becoming the knopf nation. >> that would be the stumbling block in all this. short of saying, okay, we'll talk about military intervention later, icc later, lets just get the rest of this done. what can we hope for? >> okay. the good news is there now is serious pressure on assad to stop using chemical weapons. these are weapons of a different order of magnitude. lets say there were 5,000 being killed in a week. the chemical weapons killed 1400 in a night. if we can stop that, that's good. now russia's credibility is on the line. we have every reason to believe assad will continue to try to cheat, tip to hide chemical weapons, but for him to use them again on that kind of scale i think would be a disaster him and something russia has committed to stop. so far, so good. but the victims of chemical weapons have no justice. the only way that happens is through the criminal court. russia says no. russia continuing to give massive arm

of nishment, i said the chemical weapons issue should be dealt with in reference to the international criminal court. and criminalizing the members of the regime believed to be responsible. the chemical weapons attack was heinous and horrible. it was a crime against humanity. serious needs to be explicitly sanctioned and to try to prevent the use of these things but the deaths caused by these chemical attacks is minimal compared to all the other deaths that are occurring on a daily basis area that gets to the point that somehow you have to get to the root issues in order to try to bring an end to the violence or to diminish things to the point where the parties will sit down and discuss some kind of resolution. even though i think that is going to be a herculean task probably beyond all the people that could be brought to the table. even if it results in the demise of the assad regime. you are then going to find syria in another phase which will be longer and in some cases earlier and more intractable. >> david has put up a question on twitter. diplomacy would need a cease- fire but between who, ass

officials democrat and republican are weary of joining international regime regimes like the international criminal court because you're right a lot of the things the u.s. does is illegal under international law but it's not illegal under federal law and that's why they want to make sure that that's just the only law that applies and so they're going to make this argument that george bush and dick cheney and future government officials won't be able to do their job ok and i have to jump in you know we have to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on war crimes and accountability stay with r.t. . elite. player. base just needs to review these economic ups and downs in the final months day the longer the deal sank i and the rest the life until you meet a female be it briefly cult they believe believe. play. play. play. oh i. think. we're going to go digital the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy schreck albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nat

officials democrat and republican are weary of joining international regime regimes like the international criminal court because you're right a lot of the things the u.s. does is illegal under international law but it's not illegal under federal law and that's why they want to make sure that that's just the only law that applies and so they're going to make this argument that george bush and dick cheney and future government officials won't be able to do their job ok and i have to jump in you know we have to go to a short break and after that show a break we'll continue our discussion on war crimes and accountability stay with r.t. . i would rather i asked questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question for. a . look it was a family's very hard to make out plans to get on a plane fly out of that back with the earthquake here please please. please. please please please. please. please please just sleep. please. please look at the problem. please. more news today violence is once again flared u

officials democrat and republican are weary of joining international resing regimes like the international criminal court because you're right a lot of the things the u.s. does is illegal under international law but it's not illegal under federal law and that's why they want to make sure that that's just the only law that applies and so they're going to make this argument that george bush and dick cheney and future government officials won't be able to do their job ok and i have to jump in you know we have to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on war crimes and accountability stay with r.t. . the. wealthy british sun. has no time. for. the. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look. headline news joining. look it was a terrible mistake the i'm very hard to take a look for once again the among the flock that never had sex with the perfect their lives let's look at the long. lists of the ghosts the gifts and the the power. dramas the chance to be ignored to. cut stories others refuse to notice. the faces change the w

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we request the man behind this crime appears behind the international criminal court. >> he is one of the leading figures of the free syrian army. it was also backed by aother opposition group. the syrian national coalition has called the plan a political maneuver aimed at buying time. discussions connue in geneva and diplomats are working on a proposal to bring the stockpile under control. especially the united states and russia, they have been locked in a bitter stalemate about how to move ahead. the willingness to avoid a you in treaty that outlaws the use of such agents has given them new momentum. >> diplomats at the u.n. are expressing a mix of both enthusiasm and skepticism. also skepticism about how serious syria is about getting to their chemical weapons stockpile. >> they have become, starting today, a full member of the convention. the time has come for the syrian government to join the obcwc to be against all weapons of mass destruction. >> a drive to place the stockpile under international control. but western leaders are skeptical of their intentions and say a mandate is