Annan warns of 'all-out' war in Syria
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June 3, 2012, Sunday
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INTERNATIONAL peace envoy Kofi Annan warned yesterday that Syria was slipping into "all-out" war.
"The specter of an all-out war, with an alarming sectarian dimension, grows by the day," Annan told a meeting of members of the Arab League, co-sponsor with the United Nations of a peace plan aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria.
The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned Syria on Friday for last week's massacre in Houla in which 108 people were killed and called for a UN investigation to identify the perpetrators and gather evidence for possible criminal prosecution.
The 47-member forum, which held an emergency session in Geneva, adopted a resolution by a vote of 41 states in favor to three against - China, Cuba and Russia.
It called for an existing UN team of rights investigators to conduct an independent special inquiry into Houla.
"The specter of an all-out war, with an alarming sectarian dimension, grows by the day," Annan told a meeting of members of the Arab League, co-sponsor with the United Nations of a peace plan aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria.
The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned Syria on Friday for last week's massacre in Houla in which 108 people were killed and called for a UN investigation to identify the perpetrators and gather evidence for possible criminal prosecution.
The 47-member forum, which held an emergency session in Geneva, adopted a resolution by a vote of 41 states in favor to three against - China, Cuba and Russia.
It called for an existing UN team of rights investigators to conduct an independent special inquiry into Houla.
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