Rights Groups Demand General Assembly Action on Syria - IPS ipsnews.net
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20, 2011 (IPS) - A coalition of 29 international human rights organisations is appealing to the 193-member General Assembly to act "immediately" to help halt the unbridled violence in Syria which has claimed the lives of over 3,000 people, mostly civilians, since the political protests began last March.
The appeal, directed at the U.N.'s highest policy making body, follows the failure of the 15-member Security Council to take any action against the repressive regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
"It is incumbent upon the General Assembly to take action where the Security Council has failed to do so," says the letter addressed to members of the Assembly.
The letter cites Resolution 377A of the General Assembly, which states that "if the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security... the General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately." [ read more at link :) ]
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