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An agreement on a text that can then be voted on a diplomatic editor james baker is following all of this at u. N. Headquarters in new york what is happening with this resolution james. Four hours ago was the original time for the vote weve had to postpone moments we were told it was then going to go ahead half an hour ago two thirty in new york time still a delay most of the ambassadors huddled in the corals around the Security Council the delay is negotiations with russia they are coming back with amendments to this resolution most of them concern the timing of this ceasefire theyve already offered the swedes and the kuwaitis who are drafting this resolution to change some things for example the resolution was supposed to start its work very quickly within seventy two hours of the Security Council meeting that now has been taken out of the new version the resolution but still the negotiations continue as we speak all the ambassadors of waiting to take their seats in the chamber but s
Dropping bombs on residential neighborhoods the death toll since sunday is now more than four hundred forty. Points. A lot. They call out for those left on another floor but in the dense dust and debris its hard to see whos left the upper floor. The doctor to open his eyes so he can wash medical workers in eastern are calling for urgent assistance because of the continuous heavy blood with. Incendiary bombs are now appearing in the night skies weapons intended to start large fires when they hit the ground. People in bodies are pulled out from crevices between buildings the nearly four hundred thousand people in the besieged enclave are dying in their hundreds how to be a bad whats taking place in eastern is a genocide and a crime against humanity in violation of international and humanitarian law and the perpetrators should be held liable accountable and cannot escape punishment under any circumstances russia is to blame for directly being involved in the military campaign and even apa
A strike on the village of al chiffonier left several people suffering symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine gas one child died in that attack more now from osama bin with a warning his report does contain some discretion to choose. From. This is what the United Nations degree has to stop. But hours into the u. N. Security councils thirty day ceasefire declaration bombs kept dropping on eastern huta medics reported dozens of deaths and injuries from more than one hundred airstrikes barrel bombs and artillery bombardment all of which was supposed to and continues in the rebel held area home to four hundred thousand syrians. What experiences from b. B. s these fires in in syria dont give us high expectation its for fish and when this fishing whats what they it was a visitation save the cease fire will start as soon as possible one this possible we dont know we dont we dont know when this will stop and and then here this is a big number of population it wont be a solution that fee
A third day diplomats worked frantically to get a resolution for a cease fire on Syria Ambassador he got an agreement with the russians now. Today were going to see if russia has a conscience the Russian Ambassador conferred with his syrian counterpart whos government has continued without rest by the bombardment of eastern even as the negotiations dragged on diplomats have been working around the clock exhausted frustrated and in some cases angry most of the discussions focusing on the exact wording of one paragraph in the end they agreed to a place an immediate cease fire with one that comes into force without delay it meant they could vote it was unanimous but there didnt seem to be much unity in the chamber. Every minute the council waited on russia the human suffering Group Getting to a vote became a moral responsibility for everyone but not for russia not for syria not for iran i have to ask why as they dragged out the negotiation the bombs from assads fighter jets continued to f