Egypt circulated a UN General Assembly resolution Tuesday, Feb 14, strongly condemning human rights violations by the Syrian regime and backing an Arab League plan aimed at ending the 11-month conflict in the country.

According to The Associated Press, the draft resolution was finalized by Arab nations a day after UN human rights chief Navi Pillay decried Syria’s escalating crackdown on protesters and warned that the Security Council’s recent failure to take action has emboldened President Bashar Assad’s government to launch an all-out assault to crush dissent.

Diplomats said the resolution could be put to a vote in the 193-member assembly as early as Thursday and is likely to be adopted by a wide margin. There are no vetoes in the assembly - unlike the Security Council where Russia and China vetoed a similar, legally binding resolution on Feb. 4.

While General Assembly resolutions are nonbinding, they do reflect world opinion on major issues.

The proposed resolution makes no specific reference to the Arab League’s call Sunday for the Security Council to authorize a joint Arab-U.N. peacekeeping force for Syria.