Un, League Of Arab States 'deeply' Frustrated About Syrian Crisis

[News_Editor]

<p> UN, League of Arab States 'deeply' frustrated about Syrian crisis </p>< br />

<p>2013-03-04 08:29:57 GMT+7 (ICT) </p><br /> <p>MONT PELERIN, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) and the League of Arab States on Saturday called on the international community to act in order to end the Syrian conflict.<br /></p><br /><p>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Joint Special Representative of the world organization and the League of Arab States, Lakhdar Brahimi, met on Saturday in Mt. Pelerin, Switzerland, where they expressed deep frustration at the failure of the international community to act with unity to end Syria's conflict and reach a political solution.<br /></p><br /><p>Both leaders also regretted that the Government and the armed opposition forces have become "increasingly reckless with human life," said Ban's spokesperson.<br /></p><br /><p>Ban and Brahimi discussed several topics during their meeting, in which they reaffirmed their conviction that the international community should remain focused on pursuing a political solution to arrive at a peaceful, democratic Syria that protects the right of all of its communities.<br /></p><br /><p>In addition, following encouraging statements by the Government and the opposition indicating their willingness to engage in dialogue, they said the UN would be prepared to facilitate dialogue.<br /></p><br /><p>The leaders also emphasized the importance of ensuring accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity.<br /></p><br /><p>According to the UN, up to 70,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011 and more than 900,000 people have fled to neighboring countries. In addition, 2 million have been internally displaced and over 4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.<br /></p> <p>

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[Steely Dan]

If the league of Arab states are so frustrated about Syria why don't they roll their own sleeves up and do something about it instead of inviting foreign nations to do their dirty work for them. After all no thanks is ever received for intervening, but plenty of blame invariably does from doing so.

[Chicog]

If the league of Arab states are so frustrated about Syria why don't they roll their own sleeves up and do something about it instead of inviting foreign nations to do their dirty work for them. After all no thanks is ever received for intervening, but plenty of blame invariably does from doing so.

By 'frustrating' they mean, 'damn this Assad guy, we thought we would overthrow him fast, but he's resilient'......so they nudge the lame UN to 'do something'

Perhaps it's more a case of "but he's armed and protected by Russia, Iran, Iraq and Hezbollah and no-one wants to take them all on".

[simple1]

If the league of Arab states are so frustrated about Syria why don't they roll their own sleeves up and do something about it instead of inviting foreign nations to do their dirty work for them. After all no thanks is ever received for intervening, but plenty of blame invariably does from doing so.

By 'frustrating' they mean, 'damn this Assad guy, we thought we would overthrow him fast, but he's resilient'......so they nudge the lame UN to 'do something'

Perhaps it's more a case of "but he's armed and protected by Russia, Iran, Iraq and Hezbollah and no-one wants to take them all on".

and China - really taking shape as a de facto proxy conflict in Syria between the countries mentioned above and some members of the NATO alliance, together with the Sunni dictatorships supported by the US

[rgs2001uk]

If the league of Arab states are so frustrated about Syria why don't they roll their own sleeves up and do something about it instead of inviting foreign nations to do their dirty work for them. After all no thanks is ever received for intervening, but plenty of blame invariably does from doing so.

By 'frustrating' they mean, 'damn this Assad guy, we thought we would overthrow him fast, but he's resilient'......so they nudge the lame UN to 'do something'

Perhaps it's more a case of "but he's armed and protected by Russia, Iran, Iraq and Hezbollah and no-one wants to take them all on".

and China - really taking shape as a de facto proxy conflict in Syria between the countries mentioned above and some members of the NATO alliance, together with the Sunni dictatorships supported by the US

Lets not forget Bahrain, the sunni minority lord it over the majority.

Lets not forget the treatment dished out to non sunni (wahhibis) in Saudi.