UN council to vote on Syria resolution Saturday

[Chris]

UN council to vote on Syria resolution Saturday
By REUTERS 02/04/2012 00:58
Security council diplomats say vote on Syria's PM Assad scheduled; Russia's position on vote remains unclear as Moscow fails to submit promised revisions to Arab League draft proposal.
Syrian anti-Assad protest.
By REUTERS

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council will meet on Saturday to vote on a European-Arab draft resolution endorsing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to give up power, council envoys said. "We are heading to a vote tomorrow," a council diplomat told Reuters on Friday on condition of anonymity, adding that it was unclear if Russia would vote in favor, abstain or veto the resolution. Diplomats said that the meeting was tentatively scheduled for 9:00 a.m EST (1400 GMT), though Russia had requested that it be pushed back to 11:00 a.m. Russia, which threatened on Thursday to veto the text, had promised to submit suggestions for revising the draft on Friday. But diplomats said the drafters had received no proposals from the Russian delegation so far.

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[Chris]

It's hard to say how this will turn out. I think it comes down to the Russkies.

[Jumpmaster]

Here is live video of the meeting just called to order:

United Nations Webcast

Draft resolution voting now.

Jumpmaster


Edit: China and Russia just voted against the resolution.