The UN has voted to deploy monitors to Syria to oversee the ceasefire
UPDATE: The Syrian Network for Human Rights has claimed fifteen people were killed in Syria on Friday, among them three defected soldiers and a casualty who was tortured to death.
The United Nations security council has unanimously voted for the first wave of Syria cease-fire observers to be deployed to the war-stricken country.
Britain's foreign secretary William Hague welcomed the monitoring missiondescribing it as a "vital step" in supporting the Syrian truce.
"It is essential that it begins its work urgently and without impediment," he said in a statment.
"The Syrian government must ensure the team has freedom of movement and access and it must not obstruct communication.
"I again urge the Syrian regime to comply with Kofi Annan's plan in full. It must stop troop movements towards population centres; end the use of heavy weapons in civilian areas; and withdraw the military to their barracks."
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This seems a bit strange...there is a ceasefire which no-one is paying any heed to....the country is obviously in the midst of a civil war, yet we are going to send in a Monitor Team to make sure the "ceasefire" is being adhered to....
This seems ludicrous - does nobody in the UN watch the news? How many lives of innocent UN military observers is it going to take, before they finally decide that their peace-brokering has been a complete failure? This is utter madness - let the politicians and beaurocrats from the UN go to Syria to monitor their "success"!!!
buchanallan: This seems a bit strange...there is a ceasefire which no-one
Any Country who supported Terror in syria,who supplied arms for 10 year old children's use,satalite phones to guide these children to their targets, who allowed mercinarys to use their soil to raid syria, the so called friends of William Hague and the Nato gang,should not be accepted to take part in Mr Annan's vital Mission to bring peace for all the Syrian people.
asamuel806: Any Country who supported Terror in syria,who supplied arms for
Well let's hope the UN has more influence and power to uphold the ceasefire than the League Of Arab Nations monitors had/did during their brief and wholly ineffectual soiree to Syria. Somehow I doubt it. It is in the rebels self interest to provoke Assad's forces into continued breaches of the ceasefire to gather further public support. Assad will not be deposed anytime soon and the ceasefire strengthens his position as it implies tacit approval of his regime by the UN whose intervention demonstrates its understanding that there is violence and mayhem on both sides. I am no supporter of Assad but I believe if enough Syrians turned against him he would have to leave. As I have said before we simply don't know the extent of the support the rebellion has. Assad retains the support of the armed forces. police, secret service et a.l Until that alters and there is a significant and publicly acknowledged increase in the support of the Syrian nation for Assad to leave he is safely ensconched in the seat of power.
majdf18148: Well let's hope the UN has more influence and power
I suspect you have been reading too much GE Debord again, he was angry at the world. When you read an article or a post try and see what the writer is actually saying. Picking on a single line or phrase as you are predisposed to demonstrates a lack of vision and wider understanding. In this particular case, as Hugh Albert has realised, my point is the UN intervention will not assist in usurping him from power and we have no real idea of the actual support he has in Syria.
majdf18148: I suspect you have been reading too much GE Debord
As I said befor no one member should have the power to veto the UN Security councle actions, look how meny lives have been lost during this delay. May the power of the lord bring peace to the Serians
NAVRETRD: As I said befor no one member should have the
United States has used the veto on 82 occasions between 1946 and 2007; and has used its veto power more than any other permanent member since 1972. (Wikipedia).
eric14: United States has used the veto on 82 occasions between
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The Huffington Post UK | By Lucy Sherriff Posted: 14/04/2012 16:41 Updated: 14/04/2012 19:31