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UN Ambassador Rice : Russia and China Protect Assad Killing Machine at UN 1-30-12

Ambassador Rice: 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 course, the aspirations of the Syrian people to be recognized. The Arab League has now taken a very important step-in addition to its initial effort to deploy [delete this hyphe] -monitors and to table the plan that it did last year-to call on the parties to come together under a plan in which there would be an effort by Assad to yield responsibility to his vice president, a unity government, a constitutional process that would lead swiftly to democratic elections. We think that's vitally important. We have seen the consequences of neglect and inaction by this Council over the course of the last 10 months, not because the majority of the Council isn't eager to act-it has been-but there have been a couple of very powerful members who have ...

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