UN Council Closer to Vote on Syrian Transition Resolution
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The United Nations Security Council may vote as soon as tomorrow on a draft resolution that supports an Arab League plan to “facilitate” a political transition in Syria while removing all references to President Bashar al-Assad stepping aside.
The new draft, obtained today, was circulated last night and is the product of negotiations aimed at mollifying Russia, which had said the previous version was an endorsement of regime change. The new text scraps language about “formation of a national unity government” and “delegation by the president of Syria of his full authority to his deputy.”