Sorting out Syria STEP 1 Find out about

Sorting out Syria STEP 1 Find out about Syria by asking great questions STEP 3 Make a difference by persuading our Government to listen to us. STEP 2 Work out a solution to the problem by having a BIG debate

Advanced questions: Why? What happens next? Who is better or worse? Is it the right thing to do? Basic questions: What? When? Where Who?

Advanced questions: Lots of possible answers! Advanced questions: Why? What happens next? Who is better or worse? Is it the right thing to do? Basic questions: Only one possible answer. Basic questions: What? When? Where Who?

In your group you now have 3 minutes to investigate each photo and write down… 1. Any basic questions you can think of 2. Any advanced questions you can think of 3. Any answers you have to questions that have been written by any other groups

The Situation in Syria Inspired by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt - the Arab Spring Increasing protest and crackdown with an estimated 7, 500 dead The country is perilously close to civil war as the ranks of a rebel army swell with defecting soldiers and as government forces step up their assaults on towns and cities The Arab League monitoring mission has ended in failure. "It's not a war in Syria, but in parts of Homs it's starting to look like one“ - BBC Correspondent Jeremy Bowen

The Protestors Want… Fall of the government and President Assad End to the 48 -year-old emergency law Immediate end to killings and torture Release of political prisoners and detained protesters Transition to a democratic, free and pluralistic society

Draft Resolution (Arab League) Calls on member states to take necessary steps to prevent flow of arms into Syria, without imposing an embargo Demands an immediate end to violence on all sides and calls for violators of human rights to be held accountable Calls on President Assad to hand power to a deputy and make way for free elections The UN wanted to support this proposal but China and Russia used their veto!