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Across 1. A permanent member of the Security Council which has so far consistently vetoed any stern resolution against President Assad. 4. For the first time in its history, the Arab League suspended membership of one of its members. The member is? 7. World Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10th _______ 8. Number of sub-committees in General Assembly 9. Current U.N. Secretary-General 10. The predecessor of Syria’s current President. 12. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Down 2. Name of Cuban dictator and American ally who was exiled to Portugal after Fidel Castro’s successful revolution. 3. The Head Quarters of the UN are located here. 4. A sectarian civilian militia group that has supported the regime of Bashar Al-Assad with notorious criminal employments across Syria, since the beginning of the Syrian uprising. 5. The barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. 6. An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. 7. Name of one of the Syrian cities which have seen large scale suppression of peaceful protests by Assad’s forces 11. The historic commitment made by world leaders to protect populations genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity