As a practical matter, efforts to verify, secure, and eventually destroy Syria’s huge supply of chemical weapons cannot be implemented without at least a lasting ceasefire. But synchronizing the two processes is necessary for other reasons, too.
作为政治事件，证实、保护并最终销毁叙利亚的巨量化学武器供应在没有持续停火的条件下是不可能得以实施的。但让两个过程实现同步的必要性并不仅限于此。