At
UN
on Syria,
"Hostility to
Security
Forces" Would
Be In, Format
Not Agreed
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 2,
updated --
When the
Security
Council took a
15 minute
break
from Syria
"text"
negotiations
on Tuesday
afternoon, the
UK
delegation was
charged with
incorporating
some but not
all proposed
changes to the
"married"
draft of
Brazil's point
and the
original UK
resolution.
Brazil's
points,
which Inner
City Press
put online
earlier on
Tuesday,
included a
condemnation
of "hostility
against
security
forces" and
noted "actions
already taken
by the Syrian
Government in
launching
dialogue as
well as the
reform
measures
already
announced."
Inner
City Press
asked Indian
ambassador
Hardeep Singh
Puri if those
points had
been
agreed to, and
also asked a
European
representative
about them.
Both
answered, in
essence, that
it is a
package deal.
It seems to
involve
including a
reference to
condemnation
of hostility
to security
forces, but
not in the
same place, to
imply
equivalence,
as
condemnation
of the
government's
crackdown.
Another
well
placed source
confirmed the
reference to
hostility to
security
forces
was agreed,
but "moved to
another
paragraph."
Update
of 5:27 pm - a
"married" UK -
Brazil draft
seen by Inner
City Press
does
"comdemn...
violence
against
security
forces." Also
calls on Syria
to investigate
human rights
violations (!)
Amb. Maria
Viotti of
Brazil, with
Hardeep of
India and
Churkin:
Brazil points
now shown
But
all of this
wordsmithing
may be moot.
The plan is to
send the text
to capitals,
but there has
been no
agreement on
the format to
be used,
resolution
or
Presidential
Statement. The
latter could
be blocked by
a single
member --
read, Lebanon
-- while the
former
requires nine
vote and no
veto. There is
movement but
it could stop,
abruptly.
* * *
At
UN
on Syria,
India Speaks
of Marriage of
UK &
Brazilian
Points, Online
Here
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 2 -- In
the break
between Tuesday's
Syria sessions
of
the Security
Council,
Inner City
Press asked
the Council
president
for August
Hardeep Singh
Puri if the
proposal made
in the morning
by
Brazil was
also on behalf
of India and
South Africa.
His
answer, as
Indian
ambassador,
was that a
request had
been made to
"marry"
the Brazil
elements with
the UK's
updated
resolution.
Inner City
Press has
obtained the
"Brazilian
points" and as
a public
service is
putting them
online:
Condemn
all
forms of
violence
including the
use of force
against
unarmed
civilians,
sectarian
violence as
well as
hostility
against
security
forces.
·
Call
for a
Syrian-led
political
process that
is inclusive,
with the
aim of
effectively
addressing the
legitimate
aspirations
and concerns
of the
population
which will
allow for the
full exercise
of
fundamental
freedoms,
including that
of expression
and peaceful
assembly.
·
Call
for an
immediate end
to the
violence and
urge all sides
to act
with the
utmost
restraint,
respect for
human rights
and
international
humanitarian
law, and to
refrain from
reprisals.
·
Refer
to actions
already taken
by the Syrian
Government in
launching
dialogue as
well as the
reform
measures
already
announced.
·
Urge
the Government
of Syria to
expedite the
implementation
of these
measures and
to continue
and expand the
dialogue
process.
·
Call
on the Syrian
authorities to
comply with
their
international
obligations
under human
rights and
humanitarian
law and to
launch a
credible and
impartial
investigation
into the
violence in
Syria. In
this regard
all parties
should be held
accountable
for violence
perpetrated;
be it the use
of force
against
unarmed
civilians,
sectarian
violence or
hostilities
against
security
forces.
Note
the "hostility
against
security
forces" and
"all
parties" -- Hardeep
Singh Puri
spoke of 350
security
forces killed
-- and
the crediting
of the Syrian
Government for
reform
measures
already
announced.
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