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After the massacre of Tremseh, the UN secretary general tries to push the Security Council to take concrete action to stop the civil war. Russia and China oppose any resolution that involves new sanctions against Assad. Yesterday a further 118 deaths, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Beirut (AsiaNews) - "Inaction becomes a license for further massacres": with these words which the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seeking Security Council intervention to stop the ongoing massacres in Syria. The same Ban Ki-moon said that what is happening poses "many doubts" on the commitment of President Bashar al-Assad for peace.
The decision making body of the United Nations met to discuss the future of the observers' mission, which expires July 20, but the echo of the Tremseh massacre, with over 200 deaths, broadened the discussion. So far to no avail, since the total contrast between West and Arabs who want to pressure the Assad regime and Russia and China that oppose it.
Faced with the request of the UN Secretary to "take decisive and collective action to end the tragedy immediately and fully" the West proposed a resolution that gives Assad 10 days to remove the tanks, helicopters and weapons heavy from cities and put an end to violence. Failure to comply would lead to new sanctions. China and especially Russia, however, are opposed to any step that could lead to new sanctions.
This, despite UN envoy and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's explicit accusation against Damascus for "the use of artillery, tanks and helicopters, confirmed by UNSMIS (United Nations observers, ed ) in violation of the obligations and commitment of the Syrian government to end the use of heavy weaponry in populated areas. "
And while government and rebels continue to trade blame for the Tremseh massacre, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (opposition) said that yesterday there were 118 other dead 49 civilians, 37 soldiers and 32 guerrillas. The Observatory also reports protests in Damascus, disrupted by gunfire. (PD)
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After the massacre of Tremseh, the UN secretary general tries to push the Security Council to take concrete action to stop the civil war. Russia and China oppose any resolution that involves new sanctions against Assad. Yesterday a further 118 deaths, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Beirut (AsiaNews) - "Inaction becomes a license for further massacres": with these words which the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seeking Security Council intervention to stop the ongoing massacres in Syria. The same Ban Ki-moon said that what is happening poses "many doubts" on the commitment of President Bashar al-Assad for peace.
The decision making body of the United Nations met to discuss the future of the observers' mission, which expires July 20, but the echo of the Tremseh massacre, with over 200 deaths, broadened the discussion. So far to no avail, since the total contrast between West and Arabs who want to pressure the Assad regime and Russia and China that oppose it.
Faced with the request of the UN Secretary to "take decisive and collective action to end the tragedy immediately and fully" the West proposed a resolution that gives Assad 10 days to remove the tanks, helicopters and weapons heavy from cities and put an end to violence. Failure to comply would lead to new sanctions. China and especially Russia, however, are opposed to any step that could lead to new sanctions.
This, despite UN envoy and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's explicit accusation against Damascus for "the use of artillery, tanks and helicopters, confirmed by UNSMIS (United Nations observers, ed ) in violation of the obligations and commitment of the Syrian government to end the use of heavy weaponry in populated areas. "
And while government and rebels continue to trade blame for the Tremseh massacre, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (opposition) said that yesterday there were 118 other dead 49 civilians, 37 soldiers and 32 guerrillas. The Observatory also reports protests in Damascus, disrupted by gunfire. (PD)
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