On Wednesday, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution that calls for the end to fighting in and around the Syrian town of Qusayr. The United States, Turkey, and Qatar co-sponsored the resolution while Russia has spoken out against it. the UN Human Rights Council passed the resolution by a vote of 36 to 1, with 8 members abstaining and 2 members absent. The resolution condemns the intervention of foreign combatants on the government's side as well as the use of ballistic missiles and other heavy weaponry by the Syrian army. The US Ambassador to the Human Rights Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe states that, “the assault on Qusayr is the latest in the regime’s attempts to use sectarian-driven war to divide the Syrian people." On the other hand, Russian foreign minister Sergey V. Lavrov calls the resolution "odious and one-sided." This resolution comes as an attempt to end the violence in Syria and eventually the Syrian civil war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/world/middleeast/un-rights-council-drafts-statement-on-fighting-in-syria.html?ref=world&_r=0
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