UN Security Council closed-door meeting called by Russia will not proceed

[Catherina]

19:03 GMT: UN Security Council closed-door meeting called by Russia has been postponed, according to the Council's current president Australia's Ambassador to the UN, Gary Quinlan, ITAR-TASS reports.

Gary Quinlan ‏@AustraliaUN (UN Security Council for 2013-14)

Following withdrawal of the request for consultations, Security Council meeting scheduled for 4pm will not proceed #OzPrez #UNSC
https://twitter.com/AustraliaUN/statuses/377501618620862464

Tuesday, September 10

19:03 GMT: UN Security Council closed-door meeting called by Russia has been postponed, according to the Council's current president Australia's Ambassador to the UN, Gary Quinlan, ITAR-TASS reports.

18:45 GMT: President Obama has reportedly called on the US Senate to postpone the vote on possible military actions in Syria until the diplomatic solution is discussed, according Politico newspaper which cited a source from the closed-door meeting.

18:43 GMT: John Kerry said that any Syria weapons deal must be struck in a binding UN Security Council resolution.

17:20 GMT: Barack Obama and Francois Hollande have refused to rule out the possibility of a military strike against Syria, following a telephone conversation.

"The heads of state highlighted their preference for a diplomatic solution but they also underlined the importance of keeping all options open," said a statement from Hollande's press office.

17:15 GMT: Moscow has called an emergency closed-door consultations at the UN Security Council to discuss its chemical weapon removal plan. The round-table is expected to begin at 8 pm GMT Tuesday.

16:45 GMT: Moscow will propose a draft statement by the chairman of the UN Security Council, supporting the initiative to transfer Syria’s chemical weapons to international control, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The issue was discussed during a phone conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius.

“[Lavrov] said that Russia, on its part, is submitting a draft statement for the UN Security Council’s chairman, welcoming the… initiative and calling on the UN Secretary General, the general director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and all the interested parties to make efforts to facilitate the implementation of this proposal,” the ministry’s statement said.

During the call, Lavrov said described as “unacceptable” a French proposal to adopt a Security Council resolution blaming President Assad’s government for the chemical weapons attack.

http://rt.com/news/syria-crisis-live-updates-047/


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[polichick]

1. To be continued...

[Catherina]

2. I'm like wtf. " Breaking news Russia withdraws request for UNSC meeting on Syrian chem weapons"

For a minute there, I had some hope.

Someone needs to shut the war hawks up and tell them to put their peckers back in their pants.

So Obama and Putin have a 20 minute conversation alone, 1-1, come to some sort of an agreement and Obama says he wants the UN to hear Russia's proposal but the saboteurs won't have it. Is that it?

Edit: This just in

Tuesday, September 10

19:14 GMT: The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Secretary of State John Kerry and Minister Sergey Lavrov have agreed on a possible bilateral meeting soon to discuss initiative on Syria’s chemical weapons.

“The two have agreed to work together, including the possibility of holding a bilateral meeting in the coming days to discuss concrete ways of fulfilling the initiative of putting Syrian chemical weapons under international control,” the Foreign Ministry said following a phone call between Lavrov and Kerry.

http://rt.com/news/syria-crisis-live-updates-047/

[polichick]

3. Might be that - I'd think the MIC would weigh in...

I know that here in N. VA the military contractors count on U.S. involvement around the globe.

[Catherina]

4. Yes. The blasted MIC. Peace must never be allowed to gain an upperhand and mess everything up n/t

[polichick]

5. Even if we ever have a prez who is determined to dismantle the MIC...

it will be really difficult and take a long time - so many people earn their living because of our war machine and those at the top contribute billions to politicians.

Recently I was out with some women and one is the wife of a military contractor, a woman who lives in an enormous house and buys purses that cost over $1000 - I actually told her that, as a taxpayer, I was sick of paying for her lifestyle. Lol - bet she doesn't want to hang out with me again.