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Britain, France Plan To Offer U.N. Resolution On Syria

by Jackie Northam, NPR
June 8, 2011

Britain and France, with U.S. backing, are planning to introduce a resolution at the U.N. Security Council condemning the Syrian government's crackdown on protesters around the country. It is far from clear if Russia and China, the other two veto-wielding members of the Security Council, will vote for the resolution.

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