{"id":7417,"date":"2012-01-27T09:12:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T07:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/update-2-arab-league-chief-qatar-pm-to-go-to-un-over-syria\/"},"modified":"2012-01-27T09:12:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T07:12:45","slug":"update-2-arab-league-chief-qatar-pm-to-go-to-un-over-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-arab-league-chief-qatar-pm-to-go-to-un-over-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Arab League chief, Qatar PM to go to UN over Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Adds Morocco giving Russia, China draft resolution)<\/span><\/p>\n

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UNITED NATIONS<\/span> Jan 26 (Reuters) – The Arab League
\nchief and the Qatari prime minister will present an Arab peace
\nplan for Syria to ambassadors in the U.N. Security Council in
\nNew York early next week, the council president said on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s U.N. Ambassador Baso Sangqu told reporters in
\nNew York that the meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday
\nafternoon. League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby and Qatari
\nPrime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, who heads the
\nLeague’s Syria committee, will brief the 15-nation council.<\/p>\n

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South Africa holds the council’s rotating presidency this
\nmonth.<\/p>\n

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Western diplomats said the briefing will set the stage for a
\nnew showdown with Russia over its ally Syria and a Western-Arab
\ndraft resolution that backs the Arab League call for Syrian
\nPresident Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy to set
\nup a unity government and prepare elections.<\/p>\n

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The Security Council could vote as early as next week on the
\nnew draft resolution, which delegates from Britain and France
\nare crafting in consultation with Qatar, Morocco, the United
\nStates, Germany and Portugal, envoys said. The new draft is to
\nreplace a Russian text that Western diplomats say is too weak.<\/p>\n

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Russia, however, says its draft remains in play. Western
\ndiplomats said they hope to negotiate with the Russians and
\nincorporate elements of the Russian draft into the Western-Arab
\ntext to satisfy Moscow and avoid a Russian veto.<\/p>\n

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The Moroccan delegation was expected to meet with Russian
\nand Chinese diplomats to present them with the latest version of
\nthe Western-Arab draft resolution, diplomats told Reuters. The
\nMoroccans, they said, will then present it to the full 15-nation
\ncouncil on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The draft resolution, obtained by Reuters, calls for a
\n“political transition” in Syria. It does not call for U.N.
\nsanctions against Damascus, something Moscow has said it could
\nnot support.<\/p>\n

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Russia, together with China, vetoed a European-drafted
\nresolution in October that condemned Syria and threatened it
\nwith sanctions over its 10-month crackdown on pro-democracy
\ndemonstrators. It is unclear whether Russia is ready to wield
\nits veto once again to block council action on Syria.<\/p>\n

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Several Western envoys told Reuters that Russia might find
\nit difficult to veto a resolution that is simply intended to
\nprovide support for the Arab League.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Louis Charbonneau in New York and Edmund Blair in
\nCairo; editing by Christopher Wilson)<\/p>\n

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