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US proposes new Ghouta ceasefire at UN and signals readiness to act on its own
Source: The Guardian
US proposes new Ghouta ceasefire at UN and signals readiness to act on its own
Nikki Haley tells UN security council if it rejects Syria proposal, US is willing to act unilaterally, as when it attacked airbase last year
Patrick Wintour diplomatic editor
Mon 12 Mar 2018 19.03 GMT
The United States has proposed a new binding resolution imposing an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, adding that if the UN security council fails to agree, Washington is prepared to act unilaterally – as it did when it fired missiles at a Syrian government air base last year.
The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, told the security council in New York: “It is not the path we prefer, but it is a path we have demonstrated we will take, and we are prepared to take again.”
“When the international community consistently fails to act, there are times when states are compelled to take their own action,” she said on Monday.
Following repeated violations by the Syrian regime of the previous ceasefire resolution, passed a fortnight ago, Haley warned trust was what made work at the UN possible and if that was not achievable, nothing else could be achieved.
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Nikki Haley tells UN security council if it rejects Syria proposal, US is willing to act unilaterally, as when it attacked airbase last year
Patrick Wintour diplomatic editor
Mon 12 Mar 2018 19.03 GMT
The United States has proposed a new binding resolution imposing an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, adding that if the UN security council fails to agree, Washington is prepared to act unilaterally – as it did when it fired missiles at a Syrian government air base last year.
The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, told the security council in New York: “It is not the path we prefer, but it is a path we have demonstrated we will take, and we are prepared to take again.”
“When the international community consistently fails to act, there are times when states are compelled to take their own action,” she said on Monday.
Following repeated violations by the Syrian regime of the previous ceasefire resolution, passed a fortnight ago, Haley warned trust was what made work at the UN possible and if that was not achievable, nothing else could be achieved.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/syria-ghouta-ceasefire-us-unilateral