SYRIA: A family in Damascus gathers in front of the television to follow the United Nations Security Council debate on Syria

Record ID: 280198

  • Title: SYRIA: A family in Damascus gathers in front of the television to follow the United Nations Security Council debate on Syria
  • Date: 5th February 2012
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (FEBRUARY 4, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FAMILY WATCHING U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL SESSION TV SCREEN WITH SYRIAN TV LOGO WOMAN WEARING SCARF IN THE COLOURS OF THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL RED-WHITE-BLACK SYRIAN FLAG CLOSE OF SCARF VARIOUS MORE OF FAMILY WATCHING TELEVISION
  • Embargoed: 20th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVADF1STOXTAX8FV2ITIDHOATBYM
  • Story Text: Syrian television on Saturday (February 4) showed the U.N. Security Council debate on Syria.
    Russia and China joined forces in a double veto to knock down a Western-Arab U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside.
    The other 13 council members voted in favor of the resolution, which would have said that the council "fully supports" the Arab League plan aimed at ending 11 months of bloodshed as Syria has sought to crush an anti-Assad uprising.
    It was the second time that permanent members Russia and China exercised a double veto on the Syria issue. In October, they vetoed a European-drafted resolution condemning Syria and threatening it with possible sanctions.
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