At
UN
on Syria,
India Speaks
of Marriage of
UK &
Brazilian
Points, Online
Here
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 2 -- In
the break
between Tuesday's
Syria sessions
of
the Security
Council,
Inner City
Press asked
the Council
president
for August
Hardeep Singh
Puri if the
proposal made
in the morning
by
Brazil was
also on behalf
of India and
South Africa.
His
answer, as
Indian
ambassador,
was that a
request had
been made to
"marry"
the Brazil
elements with
the UK's
updated
resolution.
Inner City
Press has
obtained the
"Brazilian
points" and as
a public
service is
putting them
online:
Condemn
all
forms of
violence
including the
use of force
against
unarmed
civilians,
sectarian
violence as
well as
hostility
against
security
forces.
·
Call
for a
Syrian-led
political
process that
is inclusive,
with the
aim of
effectively
addressing the
legitimate
aspirations
and concerns
of the
population
which will
allow for the
full exercise
of
fundamental
freedoms,
including that
of expression
and peaceful
assembly.
·
Call
for an
immediate end
to the
violence and
urge all sides
to act
with the
utmost
restraint,
respect for
human rights
and
international
humanitarian
law, and to
refrain from
reprisals.
·
Refer
to actions
already taken
by the Syrian
Government in
launching
dialogue as
well as the
reform
measures
already
announced.
·
Urge
the Government
of Syria to
expedite the
implementation
of these
measures and
to continue
and expand the
dialogue
process.
·
Call
on the Syrian
authorities to
comply with
their
international
obligations
under human
rights and
humanitarian
law and to
launch a
credible and
impartial
investigation
into the
violence in
Syria. In
this regard
all parties
should be held
accountable
for violence
perpetrated;
be it the use
of force
against
unarmed
civilians,
sectarian
violence or
hostilities
against
security
forces.
Note
the "hostility
against
security
forces" and
"all
parties" -- Hardeep
Singh Puri
spoke of 350
security
forces killed
-- and
the crediting
of the Syrian
Government for
reform
measures
already
announced.
Amb.
Maria Viotti
of Brazil,
with Hardeep
of India and
Churkin:
Brazil points
now shown
Hardeep Singh
Puri
hearkened to
the early
years of the
Council, from
which India
has been
absent for
19 years, when
he said there
were no
resolution or
Presidential
Statements,
only
"decisions."
Just
before the 3
pm resumed
session of the
Council, Inner
City Press
asked US
Deputy
Permanent
Representative
Rosemary
DiCarlo about
this history.
"Something new
every day,"
she said.
Actually,
something
old.
Hardeep
Singh
Puri said that
attempts
earlier this
year for a
Council
statement on
Syria were
blocked by
"that famous
Lebanese
sensitivity."
He floated
another way to
get around
that: agree to
what are in
essence
elements of a
Presidential
Statement,
which Lebanon
could
block, then
convert them
into a
resolution --
which could
because of
its PRST-like
language be
acceptable to
those troubled
by how the
Council's
Libya
resolutions
have been
implemented.
Hardeep
Singh
Puri responded
to repeated
questions
by saying that
the Western
perspective
was not shared
by the
majority of
the Security
Council,
but got "more
resonance with
those in this
room" -- that
is, the
assembly
media. And
then he was
gone.
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