Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

Wednesday 05 March 2014 17:57 GMT

UN Security Council resolution 2118 about destroying chemical weapons was passed after a massive attack killed hundreds in several opposition areas around Damascus

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In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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Workers in protective clothing holds a dummy grenade

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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Workers in protective clothing unload a dummy grenade at the GEKA facility in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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Workers check the cover of a dummy grenade at the GEKA facility in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container at the GEKA facility in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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Syria has already missed several target dates to hand over or destroy its arsenal before a deadline and the United Nations-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) mission called on Damascus to move faster. 'Nearly one third of Syria's chemical weapons material has now been removed or destroyed' UN-OPCW coordinator Sigrid Kaag told a meeting of the watchdog at its Hague headquarters

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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GEKA is federally-funded facility and its sole function is the destruction of chemical weapons from military arsenals. Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons and disposal, which is already underway on an American ship in the Mediterranean, is scheduled to be completed

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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A worker stands next to a container that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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Workers carry a dummy grenade into a bunker at the GEKA facility in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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A worker in protective clothing stands at the door of a bunker at the GEKA facility in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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Workers unload a dummy grenade

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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UN Security Council resolution 2118 about destroying chemical weapons was passed after a massive attack killed hundreds in several opposition areas around Damascus

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

Germany

Workers sit in a trailer outside of the GEKA facility in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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A worker stands next to a machine that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria at the GEKA facility in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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A worker presents a machine that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria at the GEKA in Munster

In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

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A worker observes a furnace that will be used to destroy chemical weapons from Syria at the GEKA facility in Munster

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