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U.S. Drafts New UN Syria Resolution


(Reuters) Louis Charbonneau - The U.S. has drafted an outline for a new UN Security Council resolution demanding access for humanitarian aid workers in besieged Syrian towns and an end to the violence there, Western envoys said on Tuesday. By focusing on the humanitarian situation, Western and Arab powers hoped to make it difficult for Moscow and Beijing to veto council action on Damascus a third time. Diplomats confirmed that the idea for such a resolution came out of last week's "Friends of Syria" meeting in Tunis.
2012-02-29 00:00:00
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