US: World 'far more dangerous' due to chemical weapons

US Ambassador Nikki Haley warned today that the UN's failure to hold Syria accountable for its use of chemical weapons because of Russia's opposition has made the world "a far more dangerous place."
She quoted his words on the attack: "It was like Judgment Day, the Apocalypse. You just can't even describe the scene, can't even begin to scratch the surface of explaining what happened. We didn't have any protective equipment for gas." Haley called the doctor, who treated victims of many other attacks in Khan Sheikhoun as well, "a hero."
Nebenzia then called for an open Security Council meeting Thursday afternoon on the poisoning of the ex-spy and his daughter in the English town of Salisbury. He said Russia was guided in seeking the meeting by the principle it shares that any chemical weapons use "is not acceptable and must be investigated and perpetrators punished, and that impunity is unacceptable."

Britain's UN Ambassador Karen Pierce had earlier told the council "there should be no more victims of chemical weapons attacks, whether they take place in the war zone of Syria or in an English country town."