双语新闻：英国向安理会提案谴责叙利亚使用化武 Britain to Introduce UN Resolution on Syria

英国表示星期三将在联合国安理会提案谴责叙利亚军队使用化学武器，并要求授权采取必要措施保护平民。

调查袭击指称的联合国调查组星期三恢复了工作，一天前，由于安全顾虑，他们推迟了现场调查。

与此同时，联合国秘书长潘基文敦促联合国安理会在叙利亚局势问题上“达成一致”，他说，联合国调查组正在大马士革附近调查上星期据称发生的化学武器袭击事件，调查组需要时间来完成他们的工作。

潘基文星期三在海牙的一次演说中说，叙利亚局势的最新升级已经造成“极为可怕的伤亡”，有些触目惊心的图像是全世界本世纪以来从未见过的。他强烈批评使用化学武器，并说，在任何时候、任何背景下部署任何化学武器都是“穷凶极恶地违反国际法”。

叙利亚否认实施了化学武器袭击。

Britain says it plans to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that condemns the alleged chemical attack by Syrian forces and authorizes "necessary measures to protect civilians."

A United Nations team investigating the attack near Damascus resumed its work Wednesday, a day after postponing its on-site investigation because of security concerns.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the U.N. Security Council to "find unity" on the situation in Syria, and said the U.N. team in Syria needs time to do its work.

Mr. Ban said in a speech Wednesday in The Hague that the latest escalation in Syria has caused "horrendous casualties" and produced images unlike any the world has seen this century. He strongly criticized the use of chemical weapons, saying any deployment, at any time, under any circumstances would represent "an atrocious violation of international law."

Syria has denied carrying out a chemical attack.