[RED DEMOCRATICA] General Assembly resolution on Syria is imminent

 

<a href="https://twitter.com/unfoundation/status/334679364836929536" target="_blank">@UNFoundation</a> | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN: Sanctions have slowed North Korea's nuclear program Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   May 15, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story General Assembly resolution on Syria is imminent The United Nations General Assembly is expected today to approve a resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and condemning the Assad regime's rising weapons use, UN envoys say. Russia and several Latin American countries aren't supporting the resolution. Separately, the UN Security Council is considering whether to list the Islamist al-Nusra Front as a terrorist group or as another name for al-Qaida. 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