On
Syria, As
Saudi PR Tells
ICP His Draft
to UN GA on
Monday, of Law
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, July
27 -- Outside
the UN General
Assembly
Friday
morning,
Inner City
Press asked
Saudi Arabia's
Permanent
Representative
Abdallah
al-Mouallimi
when the Syria
resolution he
is drafting
will
be presented
to the General
Assembly.
"Next
week," he
exclusively
told Inner
City Press.
"Monday."
The
General
Assembly
cannot impose
sanctions or
authorize any
use of
force. Its
credential
committee can
withdraw
accreditation,
as it did
for diplomats
representing
Gaddafi's
Libya and the
Cote d'Ivoire
of
Laurent
Gbagbo.
In
Syria, UN
Peacekeeping
chief Herve
Ladsous is
already
dismantling
the
observer
mission which
the Security
Council
extended for a
month back
on July 20.
Both
Saudi Arabia
and Qatar,
whose former
Permanent
Representative
is now
President of
the General
Assembly, are
widely
reported to be
arming
the rebels in
Syria. They
stand accused,
too, of
involvement
with the
extremist who
are destroying
mausoleums in
Timbuktu in
northern Mali.
Whatever the
legality, they
now have
another GA
resolution.
Saudi's
Ambassador
also spoke on
July 25 at the
UN stakeout
about
Palestine.
Inner City
Press asked
him about the
effectiveness
of the Quartet
and
whether it
should
continue. He
stopped and
said, on
camera, it
should
continue, but
take up its
responsibilities.
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