UN to Syria: Stop blocking aid convoys

The General Assembly's human rights committee demanded Tuesday that Syria immediately allow humanitarian aid to be delivered throughout the country and stop hampering distribution with "bureaucratic impediments and other obstacles."

The draft resolution sailed through the assembly's subcommittee by a vote of 123-13, with 46 abstentions, assuring that it will be adopted by the entire General Assembly later this year by a similar margin. Russia and China were among the countries voting against it. (AP)