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Ambassador Susan Rice - UN Must Adopt Arab League Syria Plan 1-30-12

On the issue of Syria, you know that this is going to consume much of our week. We certainly strongly support the draft text that Morocco has tabled. We think it's vitally important that the Security Council support and embrace the Arab League plan in toto. And we will certainly be maintaining that position as the Council discusses and debates next steps, including the text on the table. We're looking forward to tomorrow's session, when we will have the Prime Minister of Qatar as well as the Arab League Secretary-General briefing the Council. Secretary Clinton will be here on behalf of the United States, and I believe other ministers will be in attendance. And we look forward to an important discussion in the Council, followed by continued negotiations. Well, we obviously think the optimal outcome would be a unified statement, a unanimous statement, out of the Security Council, embracing the Arab League plan. Let's step back and look at what has transpired. First of all, we have had ten months of horrific and escalating violence perpetrated by the government against its people. This has led to Syria's neighbors, as well as the United States, the European Union, many members of the international community, and now, most urgently and importantly, the Arab League stepping in to try to prevent a worst-case scenario in Syria. That is our objective: the protection of the people, the ability for them to exercise their rights peacefully and without the threat of violence, and of ...

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