{"id":59507,"date":"2018-02-23T05:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59507"},"modified":"2018-02-23T05:48:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:48:29","slug":"u-n-security-council-vote-friday-demand-syria-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/u-n-security-council-vote-friday-demand-syria-truce.html","title":{"rendered":"U.N. Security Council to vote on Friday on demand for Syria truce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">U.N. Security Council to vote on Friday on demand for Syria truce<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day truce in Syria to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations, but it was not immediately clear if the text had won the support of Syrian ally Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The vote comes as warplanes pounded eastern Ghouta, the last rebel enclave near Syria\u2019s capital, for a fifth day running. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Wednesday for an immediate end to \u201cwar activities\u201d there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Russia on Thursday proposed amendments to the resolution drafted by Sweden and Kuwait, arguing that the language was unrealistic and that the 15-member Security Council could not simply impose a truce on Syria without consulting the parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It was not immediately clear what changes were made to the text. The council is due to vote at 11 a.m. (1600 GMT) on Friday, said Kuwait\u2019s U.N. mission, president of the council for February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, the United States, Britain or France. 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