PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States did not rule out the possibility of returning to the United Nations Security Council to secure a resolution on Syria once U.N. inspectors complete their report.
They want proper negotiations to secure a resolution to the dispute, not more government spin".
Instead of going immediately to the Security Council and secure a resolution under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which would put to the test what Russia declared and Syria welcomed, President Obama agreed to dispatch the Secretary of State to Geneva to negotiate with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the chemical initiative.
Mr. Clinton knew there was no prospect of securing a resolution from the Security Council authorizing the use of force.
However, in a Sky News interview, he said the likelihood of securing a resolution were on a "knife-edge" because of opposition from neighbouring Lebanon.
Last month, when the Bush Administration secured a resolution from the Security Council lending a stamp of international legitimacy to the new Iraqi interim government, Kerry told me, "They're moving in my direction.
"All our efforts are focussed on supporting the authorities to secure a peaceful resolution of the situation and the safe return of our colleagues, and all other workers being detained".
It was necessary because Gaddafi was going to slaughter his own people and that massacre of thousands of innocent people was averted; legal, because we secured a resolution from the United Nations, and have always acted according to that resolution and right, because the Libyan people deserve to shape their own future, just as the people of Egypt and Tunisia are now doing.
Twenty years ago, after Tiananmen, the United States secured a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly to investigate human rights in China.
But it took months of tortuous negotiations to secure a Security Council resolution because of Russian concerns about the violation of Syrian sovereignty.
