General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling for End of Violence in Syria

Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (centre), President of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, addresses the Assembly's meeting on the conflict in Syria. Seated on the left is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and to the right is Ion Botnaru, Director of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Affairs Division.
The General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning the increasing use of heavy weapons by Syrian authorities and urging all sides of the conflict to immediately cease armed violence.