Updated at 4:45 p.m. ET: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the safety Council to adopt the Arab League arrange for a political method to finish the violence in Syria, saying it might vary from U.N. efforts to pacify Libya.
The Arab League arrange incorporate Syrian President Bashar Assad to transfer his powers to his deputy to organize for elections.
"I understand that some members here is also involved that the safety Council is headed toward another Libya," she said. "That may be a false analogy."
Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET: Western and Arab nations launched a serious diplomatic offensive at the U.N. on Tuesday in hopes of overcoming Russia's opposition to a resolution demanding that Syrian President Bashar Assad relinquish power, The Associated Press reported.
Nabil Elaraby, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, speaks at the U.N. in the big apple on Tuesday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and therefore the British and French foreign ministers traveled to the big apple for the afternoon Security Council session on things in Syria.
Nabil Elaraby, the chief of the Arab League, referred to as on the safety Council to require 'rapid and decisive action' on Syria, Reuters reported
"Realizing the hopes of the Syrian folks is in your hands," Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani told council members, asking them to adopt the resolution, primarily based on the Arab League's peace arrange for the country. "It is an element of your responsibility underneath the (U.N.) charter," he said, per The Associated Press.
Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET: Syrian leader Bashar Assad cannot sustain his hold on power and it's a matter of your time before his leadership falls, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told senators, per Reuters.
"I personally believe it is a question of your time before Assad falls, however that is the issue, it can be a protracted time," Clapper told a Senate intelligence committee hearing. "Protraction of those demonstrations, the opposition continues to be fragmented, however I don't see how he will sustain his rule of Syria."
Slideshow: A glimpse within Syria
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President Bashar Assad's regime is intensifying its violent crackdown on Syrian protesters, despite international pressure. NBC News' Ayman Mohyeldin is one in every of the few Western journalists to possess been granted permission within Syria in recent weeks,Meanwhile, British newspaper the Guardian reported that a replica of the draft U.N. resolution demanding Assad step aside tried to handle Russian issues that the vote might open the door to western military intervention.
The draft obtained by the newspaper said the council is "reaffirming its robust commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria, emphasising the necessity to resolve this crisis in Syria peacefully, and stressing that nothing during this resolution compels states to resort to the employment of force or the threat of force," per the newspaper.
