UNSC unanimously extends UNSMIS mandate for final 30-day period
Date: 20/07/2012      Time: 07:57:00 PM
 
46 4 GEN 0103 KUWAIT /KUNA-LCF3 POL-UN-COUNCIL-UNSMIS-RENEWAL 3  UNSC unanimously extends UNSMIS mandate for final 30-day period UNITED NATIONS --- Churkin also said his delegation did not want to stand in the way of the adoption of the resolution, even though it is "contradictory. " On President Assad's exit from power, he told reporters "President Assad is not our responsibility. Just be sure." US Ambassador Susan Rice said today's resolution "was not the resolution the United States had hoped to adopt in the first instance." She insisted that it "allows the Mission to withdraw safely and orderly" in 30 days.