United Nations, Nov 18(ANI): Four Arab nations- Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morrocco and Qatar have backed a United Nations resolution that would condemn human rights violations in Syria.
The resolution gives Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime a three -day deadline to end violence, which according to the U.N., has killed over 3,500 people.
Germany, Britain and France circulated the draft resolution in the General Assembly's human rights committee, Fox News reports.
The move came after the Arab League suspended Syria over the crackdown on protestors and threatened to impose economic sanctions if Assad's regime continued to violate an Arab-brokered peace solution.
Western diplomats said they hoped the resolution, which signals growing regional opposition to Assad's crackdown, will be put to a vote on November 22.
If the resolution is approved by the committee, it would be adopted by the 193-member General Assembly.
Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said the draft resolution was formulated after holding close consultations with the Arab League, and he urged the human rights committee to show "that the U.N. will not allow atrocities in Syria to go unchallenged."
Russia and China had vetoed an earlier Security Council resolution that threatened to impose sanctions if Syria did not end its crackdown.
Human rights groups have welcomed the draft resolution and urged its adoption.
"The General Assembly is finally given a chance to demonstrate that the global U.N. membership will not simply stand by while ordinary Syrians are being killed, arbitrarily detained and tortured," Human Rights Watch Director Philippe Bolopion said. (ANI)
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