Alexander Pankin

Type: Person

Name: Alexander Pankin

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Disputed Syria motion passes at UN

The UN general assembly called on Wednesday for a political transition in Syria. But 71 countries refused to back the resolution because of its support for the main Syrian opposition group and for fear that it might torpedo a new US-Russia bid to end ... [Published Morning Star Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Syria, Alexander Pankin, United Nations, Government of Syria

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces

China: Political Solution Only Way to Address Syria Crisis

The Chinese government says the new resolution on Syria approved by the UN General Assembly is not helping a new round of mediation efforts for a political solution on Syria.CRI's Shen Chengcheng has more.The Arab-backed resolution, which is not legally ... [Published CRI Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Syria, Crisis, China, National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and..., UN General Assembly

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 10 reports

UN General Assembly adopts resolution calling for political transition in Syria

UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (APP): With Pakistan supporting, the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution strongly condemning the ongoing violence in Syria and calling on the involved parties to work together for a political transition to peacefully ... [Published Associated Press of Pakistan - May 16 2013]

Entities: Syria, UN General Assembly, Government of Syria, Alexander Pankin, Adoption

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

UN General Assembly

UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution

| The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning President Bashar Assad's regime for its escalating use of heavy weapons.The resolution, which is not legally binding, ... [Published Beaver County Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: UN General Assembly, Syria, Russia, Rosemary DiCarlo

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

Proposed UN Syria resolution counterproductive $ Russian diplomat

Speaking in New York Wednesday, Deputy Russian UN Ambassador Alexander Pankin described the proposed General Assembly resolution on Syria as inappropriate, counterproductive, sowing discord, distracting attention from the need to put an end to violence ... [Published Turkish Weekly - May 16 2013]

Entities: Syria, United Nations, Alexander Pankin

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

UNGA members express frustration at failure to resolve Syria''s bloody crisis

UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (KUNA) -- "Enough is enough, enough to complacency, enough to fratricide," the President of the United Nations General Assembly stated loudly during Wednesday's Assembly's session over Syria as divisions persisted among member states ... [Published Kuwait News Agency - May 16 2013]

Entities: Syria, Crisis, Fratricide, Geneva

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