The head of the U.N. panel investigating human rights abuses in Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, spoke hours after his panel issued a report accusing both sides of war crimes, including eight massacres by Assad regime forces and one by the rebels. Speaking at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the international community has failed Syria on a massive scale.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: “Our collective failure to prevent atrocity crimes in Syria over the past two-and-a-half years will remain a heavy burden on the standing of the United Nations and its member states. I hope that the current discussions related to safeguarding Syria’s chemical weapon stocks will lead to the Security Council playing an effective role in promoting an end to the Syrian tragedy.”