[Debate] Blue draft resolution on Syria

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

<http://bit.ly/IH0u3A>
Friday, April 13, 2012
Blue draft resolution on Syria
at 9:21 PM
This is the final blue draft resolution on Syria. The Security Council
will vote on this draft at 11 am EST on Saturday April 14, 2012.

(Co sponsors) "Colombia, France, Germany, Morocco, Portugal, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of
America: draft resolution
The Security Council, Recalling its Presidential Statements of 3
August 2011, 21 March 2012 and 5 April 2012, and also recalling all
relevant resolutions of the General Assembly,
Reaffirming its support to the Joint Special Envoy for the United
Nations and the League of Arab States, Kofi Annan, and his work,
following General Assembly resolution A/RES/66/253 of 16 February 2012
and relevant resolutions of the League of Arab States,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence,
unity and territorial integrity of Syria, and to the purposes and
principles of the Charter,
Condemning the widespread violations of human rights by the Syrian
authorities, as well as any human rights abuses by armed groups,
recalling that those responsible shall be held accountable, and
expressing its profound regret at the death of many thousands of
people in Syria,
Noting the Syrian government’s commitment on 25 March 2012 to
implement the six-point proposal of the Joint Special Envoy of the
United Nations and the League of Arab States, and to implement
urgently and visibly its commitments, as it agreed to do in its
communication to the Envoy of 1 April 2012, to (a) cease troop
movements towards population centres, (b) cease all use of heavy
weapons in such centres, and (c) begin pullback of military
concentrations in and around population centres, and to implement
these in their entirety by no later than 10 April 2012, and noting
also the Syrian opposition’s expressed commitment to respect the
cessation of violence, provided the government does so,
Noting the Envoy’s assessment that, as of 12 April 2012, the parties
appeared to be observing a cessation of fire and that the Syrian
government had started to implement its commitments, and supporting
the Envoy’s call for an immediate and visible implementation by the
Syrian government of all elements of the Envoy’s six-point proposal in
their entirety to achieve a sustained cessation of armed violence in
all its forms by all parties,
1. Reaffirms its full support for and calls for the urgent,
comprehensive, and immediate implementation of all elements of the
Envoy’s six-point proposal (annex) aimed at bringing an immediate end
to all violence and human rights violations, securing humanitarian
access and facilitating a Syrian-led political transition leading to a
democratic, plural political system, in which citizens are equal
regardless of their affiliations, ethnicities or beliefs, including
through commencing a comprehensive political dialogue between the
Syrian government and the whole spectrum of the Syrian opposition;
2. Calls upon the Syrian government to implement visibly its
commitments in their entirety, as it agreed to do in its communication
to the Envoy of 1 April 2012, to (a) cease troop movements towards
population centres, (b) cease all use of heavy weapons in such
centres, and (c) begin pullback of military concentrations in and
around population centres;
3. Underlines the importance attached by the Envoy to the withdrawal
of all Syrian government troops and heavy weapons from population
centres to their barracks to facilitate a sustained cessation of
violence;
4. Calls upon all parties in Syria, including the opposition,
immediately to cease all armed violence in all its forms;
5. Expresses its intention, subject to a sustained cessation of armed
violence in all its forms by all parties, to establish immediately,
after consultations between the Secretary-General and the Syrian
government, a United Nations supervision mission in Syria to monitor a
cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties and
relevant aspects of the Envoy’s six-point proposal, on the basis of a
formal proposal from the Secretary-General, which the Security Council
requests to receive by 18 April 2012;
6. Calls upon the Syrian government to ensure the effective operation
of the mission, including its advance team, by: facilitating the
expeditious and unhindered deployment of its personnel and
capabilities as required to fulfil its mandate; ensuring its full,
unimpeded, and immediate freedom of movement and access as necessary
to fulfil its mandate; allowing its unobstructed communications; and
allowing it freely and privately to communicate with individuals
throughout Syria without retaliation against any person as a result of
interaction with the mission;
7. Decides to authorize an advance team of up to 30 unarmed military
observers to liaise with the parties and to begin to report on the
implementation of a full cessation of armed violence in all its forms
by all parties, pending the deployment of the mission referred to in
paragraph 5 and calls upon the Syrian government and all other parties
to ensure that the advance team is able to carry out its functions
according to the terms set forth in paragraph 6;
8. Calls upon the parties to guarantee the safety of the advance team
without prejudice to its freedom of movement and access, and stresses
that the primary responsibility in this regard lies with the Syrian
authorities;
9. Requests the Secretary-General to report immediately to the
Security Council any obstructions to the effective operation of the
team by any party;
10. Reiterates its call for the Syrian authorities to allow immediate,
full and unimpeded access of humanitarian personnel to all populations
in need of assistance, and to cooperate fully with the United Nations
and relevant humanitarian organizations to facilitate the provision of
humanitarian assistance;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council on the
implementation of this resolution by 19 April 2012;
12. Expresses its intention to assess the implementation of this
resolution and to consider further steps as appropriate;
13. Decides to remain seized of the matter.
 Annex
Six-Point Proposal of the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations
and the League of Arab States
(1) commit to work with the Envoy in an inclusive Syrian-led political
process to address the legitimate aspirations and concerns of the
Syrian people, and, to this end, commit to appoint an empowered
interlocutor when invited to do so by the Envoy;
(2) commit to stop the fighting and achieve urgently an effective
United Nations supervised cessation of armed violence in all its forms
by all parties to protect civilians and stabilize the country;
To this end, the Syrian government should immediately cease troop
movements towards, and end the use of heavy weapons in, population
centres, and begin pullback of military concentrations in and around
population centres;
As these actions are being taken on the ground, the Syrian government
should work with the Envoy to bring about a sustained cessation of
armed violence in all its forms by all parties with an effective
United Nations supervision mechanism. Similar commitments would be
sought by the Envoy from the opposition and all relevant elements to
stop the fighting and work with him to bring about a sustained
cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties with an
effective United Nations supervision mechanism;
(3) ensure timely provision of humanitarian assistance to all areas
affected by the fighting, and to this end, as immediate steps, to
accept and implement a daily two hour humanitarian pause and to
coordinate exact time and modalities of the daily pause through an
efficient mechanism, including at local level;
(4) intensify the pace and scale of release of arbitrarily detained
persons, including especially vulnerable categories of persons, and
persons involved in peaceful political activities, provide without
delay through appropriate channels a list of all places in which such
persons are being detained, immediately begin organizing access to
such locations and through appropriate channels respond promptly to
all written requests for information, access or release regarding such
persons;
(5) ensure freedom of movement throughout the country for journalists
and a non- discriminatory visa policy for them;
(6) respect freedom of association and the right to demonstrate
peacefully as legally guaranteed."

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Yoshie Furuhashi
<http://mrzine.org/>