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The United Nations Security Council has adopted a presidential statement calling on Syria's government to halt violence and withdraw its forces from cities. Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from the UN.
The United Nations secretary-general on Sunday has urged Syria’s president to end the violent crackdown on protesters. This message comes a day after the Arab League announced it was halting the work of its observer mission immediately because of escalating violence.
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, said, "This is the decision, after careful consideration among the member states of the League of Arab states. What is important at this time is not the monitoring mission. Monitoring mission may be helpful in assessing the situation. But even before, monitoring mission wasn’t there. The Syrian leadership should take a firm action, decisive action, at this time to stop violence."
Syrian President Assad is being urged to take immediate steps to bring an end to the violence and abuses, and address the humanitarian crisis.
The call came from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday during a Security Council briefing on the Middle East.
Assad is also being asked to act swiftly in response to the peace proposals put forward by the Joint Special Envoy, Kofi Annan.
Mr. Ban Ki-moon warns that the spiral of violence in Syria could lead the region into uncertainty.
"The Syrian government has failed to fulfill its responsibility to protect its own people, and instead has subjected citizens in several cities to military assault and disproportionate use of force. These shameful operations continue leading both Syria and the region into uncertainty."
The UN Chief has also appealed to the Security Council to unite strongly behind Mr. Annan's peace mission.
He commended Russia and China for their efforts to engage with Syria and the Arab League of Nations in order to resolve the crisis.
What your mainstream media never tell you: Marvel at the al-Jazeera film crew whipping the crowd to hysteria. This is what most UK/american mainstream media do ; get the crowds TO ACT for the cameras. Ever noticed the STAGED gun shots or in-the-lens chanting? It's all fake, staged propaganda for the liars at Sky/ITN/BBC?CNN/Fox. اسامہ بن لادن ہلاکओसामा बिन लादेन को मार डाला قتل أسامة بن لادن Oussama Ben Laden tué Osama Bin Laden getötet Usama bin Ladin dödas DURBAN, South Africa -- “No high hopes for Durban.” “Binding treaty unlikely.” “No deal this year.” Thus ran the headlines. The profiteering UN bureaucrats here think otherwise. Their plans to establish a world government paid for by the West on the pretext of dealing with the non-problem of “global warming” are now well in hand. As usual, the mainstream media have simply not reported what is in the draft text which the 194 states parties to the UN framework convention on climate change are being asked to approve.
Behind the scenes, throughout the year since Cancun, the now-permanent bureaucrats who have made highly-profitable careers out of what they lovingly call “the process” have been beavering away at what is now a 138-page document. Its catchy title is "Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action Under the Convention -- Update of the amalgamation of draft texts in preparation of [one imagines they mean 'for'] a comprehensive and balanced outcome to be presented to the Conference of the Parties for adoption at its seventeenth session: note by the Chair.” In plain English, these are the conclusions the bureaucracy wants. The contents of this document, turgidly drafted with all the UN's skill at what the former head of its documentation center used to call “transparent impenetrability”, are not just off the wall – they are lunatic.
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a presidential statement calling on Syria's government to halt violence and withdraw its forces from cities. Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from the UN.
The United Nations secretary-general on Sunday has urged Syria’s president to end the violent crackdown on protesters. This message comes a day after the Arab League announced it was halting the work of its observer mission immediately because of escalating violence.
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, said, "This is the decision, after careful consideration among the member states of the League of Arab states. What is important at this time is not the monitoring mission. Monitoring mission may be helpful in assessing the situation. But even before, monitoring mission wasn’t there. The Syrian leadership should take a firm action, decisive action, at this time to stop violence."
Syrian President Assad is being urged to take immediate steps to bring an end to the violence and abuses, and address the humanitarian crisis.
The call came from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday during a Security Council briefing on the Middle East.
Assad is also being asked to act swiftly in response to the peace proposals put forward by the Joint Special Envoy, Kofi Annan.
Mr. Ban Ki-moon warns that the spiral of violence in Syria could lead the region into uncertainty.
"The Syrian government has failed to fulfill its responsibility to protect its own people, and instead has subjected citizens in several cities to military assault and disproportionate use of force. These shameful operations continue leading both Syria and the region into uncertainty."
The UN Chief has also appealed to the Security Council to unite strongly behind Mr. Annan's peace mission.
He commended Russia and China for their efforts to engage with Syria and the Arab League of Nations in order to resolve the crisis.
What your mainstream media never tell you: Marvel at the al-Jazeera film crew whipping the crowd to hysteria. This is what most UK/american mainstream media do ; get the crowds TO ACT for the cameras. Ever noticed the STAGED gun shots or in-the-lens chanting? It's all fake, staged propaganda for the liars at Sky/ITN/BBC?CNN/Fox. اسامہ بن لادن ہلاکओसामा बिन लादेन को मार डाला قتل أسامة بن لادن Oussama Ben Laden tué Osama Bin Laden getötet Usama bin Ladin dödas DURBAN, South Africa -- “No high hopes for Durban.” “Binding treaty unlikely.” “No deal this year.” Thus ran the headlines. The profiteering UN bureaucrats here think otherwise. Their plans to establish a world government paid for by the West on the pretext of dealing with the non-problem of “global warming” are now well in hand. As usual, the mainstream media have simply not reported what is in the draft text which the 194 states parties to the UN framework convention on climate change are being asked to approve.
Behind the scenes, throughout the year since Cancun, the now-permanent bureaucrats who have made highly-profitable careers out of what they lovingly call “the process” have been beavering away at what is now a 138-page document. Its catchy title is "Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action Under the Convention -- Update of the amalgamation of draft texts in preparation of [one imagines they mean 'for'] a comprehensive and balanced outcome to be presented to the Conference of the Parties for adoption at its seventeenth session: note by the Chair.” In plain English, these are the conclusions the bureaucracy wants. The contents of this document, turgidly drafted with all the UN's skill at what the former head of its documentation center used to call “transparent impenetrability”, are not just off the wall – they are lunatic.
