United Nations: Syrian government censured wording of a United Nations Security Council statement on the recent Houla massacre in which hundreds of people, including many children, were killed.
On Sunday, the Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Ja’afari condemned “the tsunami of lies that were said a few minutes ago by some members of the council,” AFP reported.
The council met on Sunday to discuss the mass killing, with Major General Robert Mood in Syria joined via videoconference.
Ja’afari said the 15-nation council misinterpreted the words of the head of the UN mission in Syria.
He referred to a part in the statement that condemned the Syrian government for the artillery and tank shelling of a residential neighbourhood in Houla, saying that it was an interpretation of Western states such as Germany and the UK, Press TV reported.
“If you go to the language in which the press statement was written, you will find that nothing in that indicates that the Council is blaming the Syrian government forces for the killings and the preparations of the massacres,” Ja’afari said.
He added that General Mood didn’t mention Syria’s name in the killings. According to UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous, Mood told the council that UN observers had raised the death toll in Houla to 108 after revisiting the scene.
Those killed include 49 children and 34 women, said Ahmad Fawzi, a spokesman for UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.
Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jihad Makdissi said on Sunday that Damascus holds “armed groups” responsible for recent deadly clashes in Houla.
Syria criticises wording of UN Security Council statement on mass killings
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