Syria
Blue Draft,
Online by
ICP, Is
"Without
Prejudging
Outcome"
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 3 --
Three hours
after the UN Security
Council ended
its
consultations
on Syria and
various
Ambassadors
spoke of a blue or
"final" draft
resolution
to be sent to
capitals,
Inner City
Press obtained
the draft and
it now
putting it
online, here.
As a
non-Western
diplomat told
Inner City
Press just
after the
consultations
broke up,
concessions
were made
such that now
while the
Council "calls
for an
inclusive
Syrian-led
political
process," it
is explicitly
"without
prejudging the
outcome," in
Operative
Paragraph 6.
The
non-Western
Council
diplomat said
that means
that Bashar al
Assad does not
have to
delegate power
to his deputy,
even
temporarily.
French
Ambassador Gerard Araud
on Thursday,
even after
agreeing to
omit the
original
paragraphs 7a,
b and c,
insisted
to Inner City
Press that
it still
called for the
"transfer" of
power.
In the
Council's
closed door
consultations
on Thursday,
much time was
spent
insisting on
the important
of common
interpretations,
or at least
common public
statements and
"no statements
to the press."
Also dropped,
from the
"blue" or
final
Operative
Paragraph 16,
is that the
Council if it
considers
further
measures would
do so in
consultations
with the
League of Arab
States.
Inner City
Press was
chided for
having
obtained and exclusively
published the
Version 2
draft of
January 30,
with track
changes,
and the Version
3 draft on the
morning of
February 2.
Chinese
calligraphy
reception
above &
after Syria
meeting, (c)
MRLee
But now
this "blue" or
final draft
should even
more be seen,
by the public
and especially
the impacted
public, as
quickly as
possible. And
so Inner City
Press is
putting it
online, as
early on
February 3 as
possible, New
York time.
Watch this
site.
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