UN Approves Statement Aimed at Restoring Peace to Syria

Venezuela's U.N. Ambassador Rafael Ramirez Carreno told the council after the statement was read at an open meeting that it violates "the sovereignty and self-determination of the Syrian people by promoting a political transition including the establishment of a transitional government without its consent and thus goes against the Charter of the United Nations." Nonetheless, Ramirez Carreno said Venezuela decided to act in a "constructive spirit in not preventing this document because we sincerely believe that we have to give peace a chance and that we have to give political solutions a chance." More…