China and Russia third joint opposition to Syria-related resolutions of the United Nations
UN Human Rights Council on March 1 by the condemnation of the Syrian authorities to suppress the civilians in the resolution 37 votes in favor and 3 votes against. China and Russia at the meeting to vote against it. The situation in Syria is still grim. Following the United States, Switzerland, have shut down in February in the classification Embassy, the British announced on March 1 from Syria to withdraw all diplomatic personnel. Outside the Syrian opposition groups has just announced the establishment of the Military Bureau, to provide support for the opposition forces.
Local time on March 1, headquartered in Geneva, 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council held an emergency debate on the Syrian issue. The meeting on 58 countries and organizations in Qatar, the United States and the European Union proposed a condemnation of the Syrian authorities for civilian repression draft resolution to a vote. The resolution strongly condemned the Syrian authorities to continue large-scale systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and deplored the use of heavy in civilian areas of classification authorities, asking them to stop all human rights violations, to stop attacks on civilians. China, Cuba, Russia voted against it.
British Reuters news agency said a total of 47 delegations took part in the UN Human Rights Council’s emergency consultations altar. 37 votes in favor of the above-mentioned resolution, the three countries, including China and Russia voted against the three countries abstained.There are also four delegations did not participate in the vote, Syria withdrew from the meeting.
Previously, some Arab and Western countries have been put forward in the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly a motion condemning the Government of Syria, China and Russia voted against. The motion was rejected by China and Russia in the Security Council in the General Assembly by a majority.
China and Russia move had incurred the criticism of people in the West. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the end of the meeting of February 24 in Tunis, “Syria” Friends, said she urged the international community, “urged” China and Russia to change its stance against the Syrian conflict. Clinton claimed that Moscow and Beijing should understand that they not only stand in the struggle of the Syrian people on the road, and stand in the road of the entire Arab Spring “.
The Chinese side said that the need to further understand and study of the purpose of the role and mechanism of the “Syria” Friends meeting, China did not attend the meeting. China in response to Hillary speak it clear that we are totally unacceptable to the speech of the relevant U.S. personnel. Syria, China to uphold an objective and fair and responsible attitude, focus on safeguarding the fundamental and long-term interests of Syria and the Arab people, to maintain regional peace and stability in Syria and the Middle East. We have consistently maintained that the classification the people should respect the independent choices to oppose external interference classification forcibly imposed on any so-called solutions to the classification the people.
Syria, the situation remains tense opposition announced the establishment of the Military Bureau
Still quell the unrest situation in Syria. British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced on the morning of March 1, the United Kingdom from Syria to withdraw all diplomatic personnel, and close the British embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The United States, Switzerland, was closed in February in the classification embassy.
Al Jazeera reported that 29 Syrian opposition groups outside the National Committee announced the establishment of the Military Bureau, tracking the Syrian territory of the war to free Syrian army support.
Another news is that the Western media attention, a “death squads” by the Syrian volunteers the night of 26 due to the injured reporter to leave the country, blocking by the government troops, killing 13 people. According to reports, this “death squads” to try to four foreign journalists ed abroad, including two reporters wounded in Holmes, but they have been all the way to government forces in the hunt, and finally the successful British journalist Conroy sentLebanon, the other reporters present whereabouts unknown, “death squads” The crew of 13 people were killed.
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