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UN General Assembly adopts resolution backing AL plan on Syria
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February 17, 2012, Friday
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THE UN General Assembly this morning adopted a resolution which "fully supports" an Arab League (AL) plan on the political transition in Syria, plagued by an 11-month political crisis, and calls for the appointment of a UN special envoy to the Middle East country.
The draft resolution, which was drawn up by Saudi Arabia and introduced to the 193-member General Assembly by Egypt on behalf of the Arab countries, was adopted with a vote of 137-12 with 17 abstentions.
It is similar to the draft vetoed at the UN Security Council on February 4 by Russia and China, two permanent members of the 15-nation Security Council. The vetoed draft asked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy.
The General Assembly "fully supports" the AL's January 22 decision "to facilitate a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, pluralistic political system, in which citizens are equal regardless of their affiliations or ethnicities or beliefs, including through the commencement of a serious political dialogue" between the Syrian government and the opposition in accordance with an AL timetable, the resolution said.
Syria has flatly rejected the AL plan on its political transition, and foreign intervention in its "internal affairs."
Bashar Ja'afari, the Syrian permanent representative to the UN, said that the passing of the draft resolution on Syria would only encourage more chaos in the region and embolden armed groups to take more action against the state and civilians.
China opposed armed intervention or forcing a so-called "regime change" in Syria, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Wang Min said today.
The draft resolution, which was drawn up by Saudi Arabia and introduced to the 193-member General Assembly by Egypt on behalf of the Arab countries, was adopted with a vote of 137-12 with 17 abstentions.
It is similar to the draft vetoed at the UN Security Council on February 4 by Russia and China, two permanent members of the 15-nation Security Council. The vetoed draft asked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy.
The General Assembly "fully supports" the AL's January 22 decision "to facilitate a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, pluralistic political system, in which citizens are equal regardless of their affiliations or ethnicities or beliefs, including through the commencement of a serious political dialogue" between the Syrian government and the opposition in accordance with an AL timetable, the resolution said.
Syria has flatly rejected the AL plan on its political transition, and foreign intervention in its "internal affairs."
Bashar Ja'afari, the Syrian permanent representative to the UN, said that the passing of the draft resolution on Syria would only encourage more chaos in the region and embolden armed groups to take more action against the state and civilians.
China opposed armed intervention or forcing a so-called "regime change" in Syria, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Wang Min said today.
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