Sunday, October 27, 2013

13. Syria Meets Deadline for Submitting Destruction Plan for Chemical Weapons

Nick Cumming-Bruce and Michael R. Gordon write their article regarding Syria’s recent decision of providing a destruction plan for their chemical weapons. According to both authors, this plan was submitted three days before its deadline. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is responsible for monitoring and later on destroying Syria’s program. According to some American officials, Syria’s plan only provide a list of 23 sites where the weapons program, while it is known that there are at least 45 sites. The American government requires the complete list of weapons sites and their location, and it will depend on Russia’s help to make Syria oblige. According to Bruce and Gordon, if Syria fails to oblige, the Security Council could even take military actions on the country.


Both authors focus to provide information to the readers about the international struggle regarding Syria’s chemical weapons program. They write this informative article with a formal tone, using appropriate language for such type of essay. Both of them use interviews and statistics to give credibility to their work. The article has a good flow, starting by providing good, and credible information. They go on and start explaining the situation so far, with information that is recent, but others that are also gathered before the event related with chemical weapons. Bruce and Gordon conclude their article by informing the reader of some possible consequences if Syria refuses to cooperate with the United Nations and the United States.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/world/middleeast/syria-meets-deadline-for-arms-destruction-plan.html?hp&_r=0

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