The United Nations announced in a statement over the weekend that unstable security, logistical problems and bad weather will likely delay the move of Syria's chemical weapons out of the country. The weapons were due to be transported out by December 31st.

According to reports, the weapons have yet to be even moved towards the port staging areas. It is to these areas that the weapons need to be moved before transport out to sea and destruction.

The United Nations released a statement that said in part, “Due to technical difficulties, there will be a limited delay in the transport of the first tranche of chemical agents from the Syrian Arab Republic. These were anticipated to be removed by 31 December.”

The plan to transport and destroy the weapons was laid out on November 15th of this year and was to be an international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapons by the middle of 2014.

The plan was to have Syria package and transport the weapons to the port of Latakia with Russia providing armored trucks and other logistical supplies for the transport, and to after, provide security for the ships while in Syrian territorial waters. The weapons will be transported from 12 storage sites in Syria and includes at least 20 tons of Mustard gas.

Danish and Norwegian ships will transport the deadly cargo to a yet-to-be designated area in international waters off the coast of Italy with China providing initial military escort. Then the weapons will be loaded onto the U.S. Navy vessel Cape Ray. Once loaded, the vessel, outfitted with the appropriate equipment to neutralize the weapons, will destroy the weapons at sea in a specially constructed titanium tank.