General Assembly President Expresses Concern over UNSC Failure to Adopt Resolution on Syria

United Nations, February 05 (QNA) - HE the General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasr has expressed concern over the United Nations Security Council failure to adopt resolution on Syria. In a statement issued by his spokesman Al-Nasr said "The longer the Security Council remains divided in adopting a consensus position on developments in Syria, the more difficult the situation becomes, with more Syrians being killed daily," the statement said. Al-Nasr urged the Arab League to continue its efforts to find a solution and called on President Bashar al-Assad to "listen to the voices and aspirations of his people." The draft resolution backed a January 22 Arab League plan to try to resolve the crisis in Syria, which began in March last year after widespread public protests began in the Middle East country. The Arab League plan, as outlined in the draft, called for "a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, plural political system, in which citizens are equal regardless of their affiliations or ethnicities or beliefs, including through commencing a serious political dialogue between the Syrian Government and the whole spectrum of the Syrian opposition under the League of Arab States' auspices, in accordance with the timetable set out by the League of Arab States." The protests in several countries were part of the broader Arab Spring movement that engulfed the Middle East and North Africa and led to the toppling of long-standing regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. In the latest crackdown, activists say Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs before dawn Saturday, pounding restive neighborhoods with mortars and artillery. The government denies the reports. (QNA)