<p>Syria handed over the remaining details of its chemical arsenal today, meeting a deadline under a deal that headed off military strikes, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Damascus had already turned over details of part of its inventory to the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, but the group said today that the process was now complete.<br /><br />The "OPCW has confirmed that it has received the expected disclosure from the Syrian government regarding its chemical weapons programme," the watchdog said.<br />"The Technical Secretariat is currently reviewing the information received," it added.<br /><br />The disclosure comes as UN envoys struggle to agree on the wording of a resolution to enshrine the deal under which Syria is handing over its chemical weapons for destruction.<br />The US-Russian agreement, worked out as Washington threatened military action in response to an August 21 chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, requires Syria to hand over the whole of its arsenal.<br /><br />It has received widespread international support, including from China, whose Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing would "support the early launch of the process to destroy Syria's chemical weapons."<br /><br />Wang also called for the convening of a mooted peace conference in Geneva "as soon as possible".<br /><br />But the international consensus on the plan has not carried over into negotiations on the wording of a UN Security Council resolution to back it up.<br /><br />The Council's five permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- have been wrangling over the text of the resolution since Monday in a bid to find common ground.<br /><br />The United States, France and Britain want a strongly worded resolution, possibly under the UN Charter's Chapter VII, which could allow the use of force or sanctions to ensure compliance. However Russia, a key ally of Damascus, opposes all references to use of force.</p>
<p>Syria handed over the remaining details of its chemical arsenal today, meeting a deadline under a deal that headed off military strikes, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Damascus had already turned over details of part of its inventory to the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, but the group said today that the process was now complete.<br /><br />The "OPCW has confirmed that it has received the expected disclosure from the Syrian government regarding its chemical weapons programme," the watchdog said.<br />"The Technical Secretariat is currently reviewing the information received," it added.<br /><br />The disclosure comes as UN envoys struggle to agree on the wording of a resolution to enshrine the deal under which Syria is handing over its chemical weapons for destruction.<br />The US-Russian agreement, worked out as Washington threatened military action in response to an August 21 chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, requires Syria to hand over the whole of its arsenal.<br /><br />It has received widespread international support, including from China, whose Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing would "support the early launch of the process to destroy Syria's chemical weapons."<br /><br />Wang also called for the convening of a mooted peace conference in Geneva "as soon as possible".<br /><br />But the international consensus on the plan has not carried over into negotiations on the wording of a UN Security Council resolution to back it up.<br /><br />The Council's five permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- have been wrangling over the text of the resolution since Monday in a bid to find common ground.<br /><br />The United States, France and Britain want a strongly worded resolution, possibly under the UN Charter's Chapter VII, which could allow the use of force or sanctions to ensure compliance. However Russia, a key ally of Damascus, opposes all references to use of force.</p>