The United Nations General Assembly will vote Thursday on a new resolution calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to put a stop to deadly attacks on civilians, diplomats said.
The UN resolution condemning the violence in Syria is expected to pass Photo: AP
The Telegraph
7:00AM GMT 15 Feb 2012
The resolution drawn up by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which was given to member nations on Tuesday, also expresses support for the Arab League's plan to end the 11-month crackdown in Syria and calls for the naming of a UN special envoy.
The move comes after Russia and China vetoed a second Security Council resolution on the crisis in Syria on February 4, because they said it was "unbalanced."
Russia and China are expected to oppose the new text but no one can veto resolutions in the 193-nation General Assembly, though they carry much less weight than those of the Security Council. Diplomats said the measure was almost sure to pass.
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"We'll see if this new text earns more or less than the 133 votes given to the first resolution" adopted on December 19, one diplomat said.
That measure denounced human rights violations in Syria, where activists say more than 6,000 have died since protests against Assad's government erupted last March.
"That will be the measure of success, but this time, the content is more political in nature," the diplomat said on condition of anonymity.
An Egyptian diplomat said his country, which presides over the Arab group in the Assembly, wanted to see a vote on the resolution "as soon as possible."
The draft resolution does not refer to an Arab League request for a joint peacekeeping mission with the United Nations, which has been met in some Western capitals with caution.
The Security Council has yet to adopt any resolutions on the situation in Syria. Russia and China also vetoed a draft in October.
The General Assembly draft is similar to the one blocked in the Council.
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