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Syria envoy seeks fresh UN resolution
Brahimi says transitional government needs formal political sanction, as
opposition meets to reorganise in Qatar.
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2012 09:12
Lakhdar Brahimi, the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has called for
world powers to issue a UN security council resolution based on a deal reached
in June, in a bid to set up a transitional government and end the bloodshed in
that country.
Brahimi's initiative came after talks with Sergei Lavrov, the Russian
foreign minister, in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday.
Also on Sunday, hundreds of Syrian opposition leaders began a four-day
conference in the Qatari capital Doha, with the aim of reorganising their ranks
and creating a unified political and military anti-government front.
Speaking after the meeting in Cairo, Lavrov dismissed Brahimi's
initiative, saying that there was no need for a resolution. He added that the
violence in Syria's 19-month long uprising against President Bashar al-Assad
was being stoked by foreign powers.
Brahimi wants a UN Security Council to formalise an earlier declaration
adopted in Geneva, which called for a transitional administration but did not
specify what role, if any, Assad would play in it.
"It is important that the Geneva Declaration be turned into a resolution
from the security council to gain the power to enable it to become an
applicable political project," Brahimi said after a meeting between him, Lavrov
and Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby.
Lavrov said both sides should be forced to sit down to negotiations,
saying Moscow backed the Geneva Declaration.
"Unfortunately, some countries which participated in Geneva don't speak
with the government but only with the opposition and encourage them to fight
till victory and this has very negative implications," he said.
Doha opposition meeting
In Doha, the opposition began a four-day conference on Sunday that would
focus on, among other things, a US-backed initiative to create a new leadership
structure, with fewer Syrian exiles and more military commanders, for it.
Riad Seif, a leading Syrian dissident, denied on Sunday that he planned
to head a government in exile. Seif, a long-time government opponent, was
reportedly touted as the potential leader of a new government dubbed the Syrian
National Initiative.
Hundreds of figures from the Syrian opposition are taking part in the
conference, all seeking a way to topple Assad and end the 19-month conflict
that has killed tens of thousands of people.
There are, however, some notable absentees, including the National
Co-ordination Body, a rival to the Syrian National Council (SNC), and the
National Democratic Front.
Damascus fighting rages
In Syria, meanwhile, the fighting continued on Sunday, with an explosion
rocking one of Damascus' government quarters, and shelling reported at the
Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the capital.
The Syrian army shelled rebel positions inside the camp, which is located
on the edge of Damascus, killing at least 20 people, opposition campaigners
said.
In-depth coverage of escalating violence across Syria
"Yarmouk is a dense area and shelling it always results in a human
catastrophe. We have 20 people killed, including medics who had to tried to
help injured people in the streets, and dozens of wounded," said Muhammad
al-Hur, an anti-government activist.
Earlier on Sunday, state media confirmed that an explosion had taken
place on Beirut street in Damascus, in an area where many government and
military buildings are located.
At least seven people were injured in the explosion, at least one
critically, state media said. The explosion occurred after explosives planted
underneath a car went off in an outdoor lot near the government Labour Union
building.
The Grandsons of the Prophet brigade, a part of the Free Syrian Army,
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Elsewhere on Sunday, anti-government rights groups said Syrian warplanes
had hit targets in the Ghuta area 50km northeast of the capital.
The air raids took place after dawn clashes between pro- and
anti-government troops near a security building in Damacus, the UK-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
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