UN votes to condemn Syria rights abuses

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UNITED NATIONS (United States) (AFP) - A UN committee on Tuesday slammed rights abuses by the Syrian government after a debate marked by a bitter clash between the UN envoys of Saudi Arabia and Syria. The UN General Assembly rights committee voted overwhelmingly for a Saudi-drafted resolution which expressed "outrage" at the escalation of the 32-month-old Syrian civil war. The resolution -- passed with 123 nations in favor, 13 against and 46 abstaining -- laid most of the blame for the huge death toll on the Syrian government. In giving a strong condemnation of an August 21 chemical weapons attack in which hundreds died, the resolution came close to blaming President Bashar al-Assad's government.

 

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