U.N. Security Council approves resolution to send more observers to Syria
Posted April 21, 2012 12:31 pm.
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The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution that will expand the number of observers in Syria from 30 to 300.
The council also demanded an immediate halt to the violence that has escalated since a cease-fire that was supposed to take effect more than a week ago.
The resolution gives UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon the authority to decide when to deploy the additional observers.
One of the key developments that will guide Ki-Moon’s decision will likely be the consolidation of the cease-fire.
He has accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of failing to honour the agreed upon cease-fire
The resolution ends a European threat of non-military sanctions, which would have possibly been imposed had Assad failed to withdraw troops and heavy weapons from towns and cities in the nation.