【标准美音社论】83国向阿萨德施压(2/2)

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【标准美音 Editorial】04-03-2012
The Friends of Syria, a group of 83 countries, announced it would ratchet up pressure on the Assad regime.

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Photo: AP
In this Sunday, April 1, 2012 photo, Syrians chant slogans against President Bashar Assad upon the arrival of the Free Syrian Army in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. Government and opposition forces clashed across Syria Monday as international envoy Kofi Annan prepared to brief the U.N. Security Council on the progress of his mission to ease the Syrian crisis. (AP Photo)
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HINTS：
Syrian National Council
National Covenant
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Kofi AnnanTo support civilian opposition groups, the United States is providing them with non-lethal assistance, including communications equipment that will help activists organize, evade attacks by the regime, and connect to the outside world.
The Syrian National Council, the main opposition organization, includes a wide range of groups united around a common vision for a free, democratic, and pluralistic Syria that protects the rights of all citizens. This homegrown Syrian vision was outlined in the National Covenant announced during the opposition conference in Istanbul.  "It is a roadmap," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, "for saving the state and its institutions from Assad’s death spiral.  And it is worthy of support from the international community and from Syrians of every background."
Kofi Annan has laid out a plan that can begin to resolve the crisis in Syria.  Assad has so far not acted to honor his pledge.  There is no more time for excuses or delays, said Secretary Clinton.  This is the moment of truth.