UN CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT
REGIONAL SPILLOVER OF SYRIA UNREST
http://news.xinhuanet.com
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday expressed
extreme concern over the increasing risk of the spillover of the Syrian
unrest to Lebanon, urging respect for the national sovereignty and
territorial integrity of all countries in the region. "The
secretary-general is deeply concerned by the acknowledged increased
participation in the fighting in Syria by Hezbollah, as well as by the
risk of spillover in Lebanon, which has witnessed growing tension over
the past week," said a statement released by Ban's spokesperson.
"All in the region should act responsibly and work towards lowering rhetoric and calming tensions in the region."
Two
rockets hit the Hezbollah-controlled southern part of Lebanese capital
city on Sunday, wounding five people. The attack came a day after
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah overtly defended his group's
backing to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. As
preparations are ongoing for the international conference on Syria, Ban
called on all countries, organizations and groups immediately to cease
supporting the violence inside Syria and instead to use their influence
to "promote a political solution to Syria's tragedy," said the
statement.
"The
secretary-general has consistently opposed the transfer of arms and
fighters from outside Syria to either side inside Syria. He has
repeatedly urged respect for the national sovereignty and territorial
integrity of all countries in the region," the statement said.
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The
UN chief reiterated the "paramount importance" of preventing a
dangerous spillover of the conflict across borders and called for strict
adherence to the Baabda Declaration, which was approved almost a year
ago and called for keeping Lebanon neutral from regional tensions and
crisis. The United States and Russia have proposed an international
peace conference to find a solution to the Syria crisis, which started
in March 2011 and has killed more than 70,000 people, left 6.8 million
people in need and driven 1.5 million Syrians as refugees abroad. Why so
much violence? Who protects civilians and innocent people?
WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?
The
present-day world appears to be running fast towards destruction. As
per Indian scriptural evidence, the conditioned souls are enveloped by
Lord’s illusory energy consisting of three primal qualities - Sattva,
Rajah, and Tamah. ‘Tamah’ indicates tendency to commit vice or to
inflict injury. In fact, Tamah tendency has now engulfed the whole
world and is spreading over like fire and showing its most monstrous
destructive ugly appearance. The sagacious persons are bewildered to
find any solution of this terrible tendency of violence. ... Practically
it is demonstrated now that the human beings have become the greatest
enemy of their own species. It is the greatest shame of such human
beings to claim the false vanity of being the best amongst created
beings.
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