UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, meanwhile, said the UN could not keep track of the death toll in Syria’s unrest that has already cost more than 5,400 lives.
At the Cairo-based Arab League, the organization’s chief Nabil Elaraby said he and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani were to head to New York on Saturday to seek support for an Arab plan on Syria.
They are to “hold a meeting with the UN Security Council on Monday to seek ratification of the Arab League decision on Syria,” for President Bashar Assad to hand power to his deputy, Elaraby said.
Arab League ministers last week urged Assad to delegate powers to his vice president and clear the way for a national unity government within two months, a plan which Damascus has ruled out as interference in its internal affairs.
Syrian security forces killed 34 civilians, including 10 children, in clashes across the country on Thursday, a rights group said.
“The toll for the day has risen to 34 civilians killed by the security forces in several regions of Syria, mostly in Homs,” said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Russia said on Thursday it would continue to promote its own draft resolution on Syria in the UN Security Council, staking out a tough position ahead of talks on a Western-Arab draft.
Foreign Ministry spokesman ruled out neither a compromise on the rival Security Council resolution nor a veto from Russia.
