Sharp Escalation of Regime Violence in Syria, the world to condemn it in UN SC meeting

Sharp Escalation of Regime Violence in Syria, the world to condemn it in UN SC meeting

Washington DC: (Monday, January 30, 2012) The United States has condemned in the strongest possible terms the escalation of the Syrian regime’s violent and brutal attacks on its own people.

In the past few days the world has seen intensified Syrian security operations all around the country which have killed hundreds of civilians. The government has shelled civilian areas with mortars and tank fire and brought down
whole buildings on top of their occupants.

The violence has escalated to the point that the Arab League has had to suspend its monitoring mission. The regime has failed to meet its commitments to the Arab League to halt its acts of violence, withdraw its military forces
from residential areas, allow journalists and monitors to operate freely and release prisoners arrested because of the current unrest.

The Security Council must act and make clear to the Syrian regime that the world community views its actions as a threat to peace and security. The violence must end, so that a new period of democratic transition can begin.

Tomorrow, a United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria is being convened where the international community should send a clear message of support to the Syrian people: we stand with you. The Arab League is backing a resolution
that calls on the international community to support its ongoing efforts, because the status quo is unsustainable. The longer the Assad regime continues its attacks on the Syrian people and stands in the way of a peaceful transition, the greater the concern
that instability will escalate and spill over throughout the region.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Jan 30 2012. Filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry