houthis, the council, consistent approach they should withdraw from the areas according to the resolution. cease their violence. this arms barringo won t change much on the ground. a lot of the fighting is small arms or in possession of of a people for a while. a lot of it its using yemene military equipment. in the longer term poe ten shame dissuade the houthis blink them towards political solution. what was not in the resolution though was a clear timetable or series of windows as moscow called for before, humanitarian pauses to allow the flights in. it did allow, the u.n. secretary-general to negotiate windows for aid flights like that. they re so badly needed so. many of the ports of entry dangerous, impeded. causing of course, civilian life to slip further.
chief u.n. weapons inspectors in iraq and will talk to him tonight. and i m going to talk to him tonight. he said this has never been done before in the mist of a civil war, if it takes 500 to a thousand inspectors, there aren t that many qualified inspectors ready to go. so what kind of a timetable do you actually see for some sort of tally of the sites and securing of the sites, not even talking destruction of the actual weapons. the resolution could take a couple days. all the problems that you just outlined in that of david kay are very important. the syrian government knows where these weapons are. so we would ask them to show the international monitors where they are. we would then take charge of those, and a lot of them are in areas that are not totally contested. would it be a complicated and difficult exercise?
inspect the scene. but as the convoy passed through the buffer zone of government and rebel-controlled areas, it came under attack. unidentified snipers shot at the convoy, multiple times, hitting the vehicle but causing no injuries. and the team continued on. when the u.n. inspectors finally gained access, that access as we now know was restricted and controlled. reporter: restricted and controlled, a familiar pattern in syria for inspectors trying to operate in the middle of a volatile war. nic robertson, cnn, beirut, lebanon. well, would anything be different this time? former chief u.n. weapons inspector in iraq, david kay, he currently served on the board, also cia officer, bob baird, when we spoke last night you said it may take between 500 and a thousand inspectors just to
skeptical, and i hope that i m wrong. i talked to david kay, former chief u.n. inspectors in iraq and will talk to him tonight. he said this has never been done before in the mist of a civil war, if it takes 500 to a thousand inspectors, there aren t that many ready to go. so what kind of a timetable do you actually see for some sort of tally of the sites and securing of the sites, not even talking destruction of the weapons? the resolution could take a couple days. the all the problems that you just outlined in that of david kay are very important. the syrian government knows where these weapons are. so we would ask them to show the international monitors where they are. we would then take charge of those, and a lot of them are in areas that are not totally
inspector in iraq tells me it could take years. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. at the white house, the united nations and the kremlin, the hard work is just beginning to try to get a deal on removing syria s chemical weapons. russia reportedly has sent the u.s. a plan to put bashar al assad poison gas stockpiles under international control. president obama s told the nation that air-strikes against syria are on hold while he gives diplomacy a chance. now he s sending the secretary of state, john kerry, to geneva, switzerland, for urgent talks with his russian counterparts. jim sciutto will travel with the secretary. he joins us tonight. what s the latest? reporter: secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov have spoken and more details emerges,