French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Monday demanded at the UN Security Council that Syrian leaders face international trials over the deadly crackdown on opposition protests.| Preferably courts that can keep certain financial dealings secret while still convicting Pencilneck for 'crimes of humanity'... |
Britannia's Foreign Secretary Williams said Monday that most countries believe the UN Security Council has "failed" in its duties to the Syrian people by failing to pass a resolution condemning violence in the country.
Hague called for renewed efforts to pass a resolution at a ministerial meeting of the 15-nation council, organised by Britannia, on the Arab Spring uprisings.
"In the eyes of the overwhelming majority of the world, this council has so far failed in its responsibilities towards the Syrian people," Hague told US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
The Heroine of Tuzlaand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Condoleezza Rice...
and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other brass hats.
"It has failed to address the brutal oppression of peaceful protesters by the Syrian regime, and it has not yet put its weight and authority behind the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
's efforts," he added.
Hague called for the council to pass a resolution which calls for "an immediate end to the brutal repression and violations of human rights
...which often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
" and support for international efforts to end the conflict.