U.N. Security Council discusses Syrian resolution
February 2, 2012 12:17 pm | Filed Under: General
The recent events taken place in Syria in the past months, has lately left the U.N. Security Council in constant deliberation, on whether to intervene in this elaborate rebellion. The council is discussing whether to institute election or even place a government. Both China and Russia find the recent discussions, as meddlesome. (Image Credit: Altavista)

Arab and Western diplomats spoke in support of a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, while representatives from Russia and China stated it as meddlesome.

“The state of Syria should be left in the hands of the people, not at the hands of other nations,” said Brennon Shanks, 9.

The Security Council is considering a draft resolution proposed by Morocco, which calls for al-Assad to transfer power to his vice president.

Both China and Russia appear poised to veto it.

The resolution supports "full implementation" of an Arab League resolution that called on Syria to form a unity government within two months, but stopped short of supporting military intervention or economic sanctions.

“Syria may be in a time of internal conflict, but they should still have the right to control their own state of being,” said Nimit Desai, 10.

Russia, one of the five veto wielding permanent members of the Security Council, as is China, has said it is concerned about Syrian civil war and does not want al-Assad pushed out of power.

It has proposed its own draft resolution that assigns equal blame for the violence on both al-Assad and the opposition.

So far, Syria has failed to make reforms

Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani reiterated calls for the violence to end.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby called for free elections and a multi-party system.

Meanwhile, Syria's envoy to the United Nations said the nation is the victim of a systematic campaign to distort facts. The Arab League, he said, is interfering with Syrian affairs and has ignored reports from observers inside the country.

The Security Council has been unable to agree on any resolution on Syria.

“While the Security Council is wasting time deliberating whether or not to intervene, Syria is the same form as it had been. Either way, no change is occurring,” said Daniel Henderson, 9.

In October, Russia and China issued a rare double-veto of a resolution that lacked sanctions but would have condemned the violence in Syria.

This latest draft also lacks sanctions, but is tougher than the October version, which said nothing about transfer of power.Link Text