U.S.: UN Security Council Split Likely on Syria Atomic Issue

(Reuters) Megan Davies - Divisions in the Security Council are likely to prevent any immediate concrete outcome when the body discusses Syria's covert atomic work on Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said. The International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors voted in June to report Syria to the Security Council for stonewalling an agency probe into the Dair Alzour complex bombed by Israel in 2007. Russia and China - both permanent council members - were among those opposing the referral. "Some veto-wielding members, who did not support the referral...are unlikely to be prepared to support a council product at this time," she said.


2011-07-14 00:00:00

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