‘OUTRAGED’ BY RISING DEATH TOLL IN SYRIA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS HALT TO ALL VIOLENCE

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'OUTRAGED' BY RISING DEATH TOLL IN SYRIA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS
HALT TO ALL VIOLENCENew York, May 15 2013 3:00PMExpressing grave
concern at the continuing escalation of violence in Syria, the United
Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution reiterating its
call for rapid progress on a political transition, "which represents
the best opportunity to resolve the situation […] peacefully."

Adopted by a vote of 107 in favour to 12 against, with 59 abstentions,
the Assembly text expressed the body's outrage at the "rapidly
increasing death toll" in Syria, which the UN estimates to be in the
tens of thousands. The resolution also strongly condemns the Syrian
Government's increased use of heavy weapons, and also condemns ongoing
"widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and
fundamental freedoms."

This marks the fifth resolution on the situation in Syria voted by the
193-member body since 2011, when fighting broke out between the
Government and opposition forces seeking to oust President Bashar
Al-Assad. The current measure welcomes the establishment last year of
the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
"as effective representative interlocutors needed for a political
transition."

The Arab-led resolution requests the international community to
provide "urgent" financial support to host countries to enable them to
respond to the growing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees and
affected communities. It also requests the UN Special Rapporteur on
the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to submit a
report to the Assembly within 90 days "on the very dire situation" of
IDPs in the country.

"Over the past 800 days, the conflict has continued to escalate,
threatening the establishment of ethnic or sectarian fiefdoms—thus
gravely imperilling the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
Syria," <"http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/67/statements/statements/May/syria15052013.shtml">said
Assembly President Vuk Jeremic ahead of action on the text. "Violence
is begetting more violence; hatred, more hatred —carving deeper and
deeper wounds into Syria's society."

"If we are unable to do anything to stop this tragedy, then how can we
sustain the moral credibility of this Organization?" he asked, adding:
"It is high time to say 'enough is enough;' enough to complacency and
enough to fratricide." He said that evidence of chemical weapons use
is now coming to light. "Succumbing to the despondency of the status
quo "is a prescription for a disastrous future" of multiplying crises
in Syria and the wider Middle East region."

President Jeremic said that at least 80,000 have perished since the
start of the hostilities, most of these casualties believed to be
civilians, and that the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has
registered more than a million, now living in camps in Jordan,
Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and beyond. Over four million more people have
been internally displaced since the fighting began.

"We should strive to build on the agreement reached by the Action
Group for Syria last June in Geneva, and reinvigorated a few days ago
in Moscow, to get the political process off the ground, enabling the
citizens of Syria to begin reconciliation and freely determine their
nation's future, he said.

Also speaking before the vote, Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja'Afari
expressed his surprise that the resolution was tabled under the
Assembly's agenda item on "prevention of armed conflict" because he
believed its content contradicted that purpose. Indeed, it sought to
escalate violence by legitimizing the provision of weapons to
terrorists in Syria and "by recognizing one faction of the opposition
as the Syrian people's legitimate representative. "

Whenever a political solution looked likely, he said, terrorist
activity rose and Member States aborted their efforts to find a
political solution. Al-Qaida-linked terrorists were operating in Syria
thanks to the "involvement of intelligence agencies of well-known
States" and they committed "unprecedented savage crimes" and human
rights violations.

Syria had reacted positively to peace initiatives and he stressed his
continued commitment to achieving a "Syrian-led comprehensive national
dialogue" that would include the opposition. He called on opposition
forces that rejected dialogue to adhere to the will of the "great
majority of the Syrian people," which favoured a political solution.

Nearly 30 other delegations took the floor, with some questioning "the
motive behind the text – regime change – which has been clear from the
start," while others urged delegations to "look at the resolution
honestly; look at the words on the page, which clearly call for a
speedy political transition in Syria."

Still other speakers saw the resolution as "counterproductive" in
light of the understanding reached by US Secretary of State John
Kerry, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow earlier
this month to convene a an international meeting on a political
transition in Syria. Those urging the Assembly to reject the text said
the resolution bestowed authority on the National Coalition which
could only be exercised by democratically elected officials.May 15
2013 3:00PM
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