Reuters: Politics: U.S. sees no viable path forward on Syria in U.N. Security Council

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U.S. sees no viable path forward on Syria in U.N. Security Council Sep 5th 2013, 18:25 People walk along a damaged street filled with debris in Deir al-Zor September 4, 2013. Picture taken September 4, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Khalil Ashawi UNITED NATIONS | Thu Sep 5, 2013 2:25pm EDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States declared on Thursday that there is "no viable path forward" in the U.N. Security Council on Syria because Russia is holding it hostage in an effort to protect the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power's remarks appeared to leave no doubt that Washington would not seek U.N. approval for a military strike on Syria in response to an August 21 chemical weapon attack near Damascus. She said a draft resolution Britain submitted to the five permanent council members last week calling for a response to that attack was effectively dead. "I was present in the meeting where the UK laid down the resolution, and everything in that meeting, in word and in body language, suggests that that resolution has no prospect of being adopted, by Russia in particular," she told reporters. "Our considered view, after months of efforts on chemical weapons and after 2-1/2 years of efforts on Geneva (peace talks), the humanitarian situation, is that there is no viable path forward in this Security Council," she said. After Britain submitted the draft resolution to fellow Security Council veto powers China, France, Russia and the United States, its parliament voted against British participation in planned U.S. military strikes to punish Syria's government for the chemical attack. Washington, which is seeking U.S. congressional approval for military action, blames the latest poison gas attack on forces loyal to Assad. The United States says that gas attack killed over 1,400 people, many of them children. Russia, backed by China, has used its veto power three times to block council resolutions condemning Assad's government and threatening it with sanctions. Assad's government, like Russia, blames the rebels for the August 21 attack. Earlier this week U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cast doubt on the legality of any military action against Syria that is not in self-defense or lacks Security Council backing. But Power said that sometimes it is necessary to go outside the United Nations when the council is at an impasse. The United States has bypassed the United Nations in the past when the council was deadlocked, such as during the Kosovo war in 1999. At that time, Washington relied on NATO authorization for its bombing campaign, which forced Serbian troops and militia to pull out of Kosovo. (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Eric Beech) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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