It was "very far from responding to the reality of the situation in Syria", where
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
's crackdown on protests has left thousands of people dead, French foreign ministry front man Romain Nadal said.
La Belle France wants the Security Council to demand that the Syrian regime end repression, respect the rights of the Syrian people, and back the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
plan to end the crisis, he said.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle also said the draft did not go far enough.
"In our view, the United Nations
...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas...
Security Council needs to deal again with the situation in Syria," he said in a statement.
"The latest Russian draft resolution does not, in our view, go far enough, although I welcome the fact that other partners, including Russia, are beginning to show some movement in their position.
"What is important in our view is a clear and unambiguous condemnation of the violence committed by the Assad regime. We will push further for this.
"The talks in New York are intensifying. We Europeans are pushing for the U.N. Security Council to take a common position on Syria."
Russia produced the draft on Monday after facing weeks of criticism over the slow pace of talks, diplomats said.
Western diplomats, however, said there was no apparent change in the Russian position opposing any strong U.N. action against Assad's crackdown.
Russia and China vetoed a European resolution on Syria in October, calling it a move by Western nations toward regime change in Syria.