APNewsBreak: Arab nations to pressure Syria at UN

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert says Arab nations have agreed to demand that Syria allow an international probe within its borders to see whether crimes against humanity have been committed.

Jean Ziegler, a member of the U.N. Human Rights Council's advisory committee, says Kuwait will make the demand on behalf of Arab nations at the start of the council's special session Monday.

The session by the U.N.'s top human rights body on the crackdown in Syria was delayed by several hours because of a technical glitch with the microphone system.

Ziegler said the 47-nation council is likely to agree to an investigation in Syria.