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发帖数: 1815 | 1 UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - France and Britain warned Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday that military action to secure safe
zones for civilians inside the country was being considered despite the
paralysis of the U.N. Security Council over how to end the 17-month conflict.
While the Security Council impasse between western nations and Russia and
China means a resolution to approve such a move appears impossible,
countries could act outside the authority of the world body and intervene,
as happened in Kosovo in 1999.
"We're ruling nothing out and we have contingency planning for a wide range
of scenarios," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told a news
conference at the United Nations ahead of a meeting of Security Council
foreign ministers later on Thursday to discuss how to ease Syria's
humanitarian crisis.
"We also have to be clear that anything like a safe zone requires military
intervention and that of course is something that has to be weighed very
carefully," Hague said.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is attending the meeting,
urged the United Nations on Wednesday to protect displaced Syrians inside
their country, but Assad dismissed talk of a buffer zone.
Creating a buffer zone for displaced Syrians would be difficult because a U.
N. Security Council resolution would be needed to set up a no-fly zone to
protect the area, and Russia and China would not approve such a move,
diplomats said.
It is not the first time Russia has posed difficulties for the United States
and its allies on the Security Council. In the 1990s, Moscow strongly
supported Serbia in the Balkan Wars and acted as Belgrade's protector on the
council.
After an ineffectual U.N. presence failed to stop genocide in the 1992-1995
Bosnian War, the United States and its European allies infuriated Russia by
bypassing the deadlocked Security Council and turning to NATO to halt the
Serbian onslaught in Kosovo with a bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999.
As Syria spirals deeper into a civil war, the 15-member council is paralyzed
as Russia and China have blocked three Western-backed resolutions that
criticized Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and threatened sanctions.
France, which is council president for August, had hoped the body could
unite to deal with a shortfall in humanitarian aid and convened Thursday's
meeting, which will also be attended by ministers from Syria's neighbors
Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
"If Assad falls quickly, then the reconstruction can take place, but if
sadly the conflict continues then we have to examine various solutions. We
have to be realistic," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the joint
news conference with Hague.
AID FOR REBEL ZONES
But the absence of the U.S., Russian and Chinese foreign ministers at
Thursday's meeting highlights the Security Council's failure to end Syria's
conflict, which the United Nations says has killed nearly 20,000 people.
Less than half the council members have sent ministers, and of the permanent
members - the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France - only
Fabius and Hague are attending.
The two countries announced an increase in their humanitarian aid on
Thursday - 3 million pounds ($4.74 million)from London and 5 million euros (
$6.25 million) from Paris - and called on other states to boost their
commitments.
Diplomats said the meeting would not produce any further action on Syria
from the Security Council.
"We wanted a resolution on humanitarian issues, but we faced a double
refusal," said a French diplomat, who did not want to be identified. "The
United States and Britain believe we have reached the end of what can be
achieved at the Security Council, and Moscow and Beijing said that such a
resolution would have been biased."
Fabius said Paris was channeling some of its aid to areas of Syria no longer
under government control so that local communities can self-govern,
encouraging people not to flee Syria to neighboring countries.
More than 200,000 Syrians, and as many as 300,000 according to some aid
groups, have poured out of Syria since the uprising against Assad's rule
began last year, while up to 3 million are displaced. Turkey, which has seen
the highest refugee influx, wants a solution to the problem.
The Security Council is due to hear from Deputy Secretary-General Jan
Eliasson, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and
ministers from Turkey and Jordan.
Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, who will replace Kofi Annan as the U.N.-
Arab League Syria mediator on Saturday, will also attend but will not brief
members. Annan blamed the Security Council impasse for hampering his six-
month-old bid to broker peace and leading to his decision to step down.
Brahimi met informally with the Security Council on Wednesday and his
spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, told reporters he had been in "listening mode" while
he works out how to approach the Syria conflict.
While Thursday's meeting was focusing on the humanitarian crisis, Fabius and
Hague urged members of Assad's government and military to defect and
renewed their call for Assad to be held accountable before the International
Criminal Court.
"Assad is a criminal and a criminal must be judged and punished," Fabius
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【在 f*******5 的大作中提到】
: UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - France and Britain warned Syria's
: President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday that military action to secure safe
: zones for civilians inside the country was being considered despite the
: paralysis of the U.N. Security Council over how to end the 17-month conflict.
: While the Security Council impasse between western nations and Russia and
: China means a resolution to approve such a move appears impossible,
: countries could act outside the authority of the world body and intervene,
: as happened in Kosovo in 1999.
: "We're ruling nothing out and we have contingency planning for a wide range
: of scenarios," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told a news
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