The UN Security Council was set yesterday to receive a sensitive report from UN chief investigator Detlev Mehlis on Syria's cooperation with the probe into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
A day after Mehlis gave his findings to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the council's 15 members were to have their own chance to study the document that could determine whether Damascus faces sanctions over allegations that it was implicated in Hariri's slaying.
Hariri was killed in a Feb. 14 bomb blast that also killed 20 others on the Beirut seafront.
There was no word on the content of Mehlis's latest report, which follows one in October that concluded that senior Syrian and Lebanese security officials were implicated in the killing and chided Damascus for failing to cooperate fully with the probe.
As a result of the October report, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1636 demanding that Syria fully cooperate with the probe and threatening international sanctions if it did not comply.
Mehlis, who has indicated that he will step down when his six-month mandate expires on Thursday, was to brief the council on his findings today.
UN officials said the report would be made public once it has been delivered to the council.
Mehlis was set give a press conference today after briefing the council.
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