UN assembly to vote on Syria resolution
― UNITED NATIONS: Arab nations have dropped an explicit demand for President Bashar al-Assad to quit, from a resolution on the Syria conflict which was to be voted at the UN General Assembly yesterday.. ∙ With the international community reeling from the resignation of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, the Arab League and their western supporters are confident the resolution will be passed in the 193-member assembly. But they have toned it down in a bid to get as big a majority as possible. [...].




