Russia assails UN rights body's motion on Syria

Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday sharply criticized a draft resolution on Syria to be considered by the United Nations' top human rights body, saying the move would hamper peace efforts.

Sergey Lavrov said that the document, which set to be considered Wednesday by the U.N. Human Rights Council, was "odious and one-sided" and could undercut the efforts by the U.S. and Russia to sponsor a peace conference on Syria to end its two-year civil war that killed more than 70,000 people. (AP)