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US says may not allow renewal of UN mission in Syria
[Dawn] The United States warned Saturday it may not allow the renewal of the UN ceasefire monitoring mission in Syria after the first three months, and called for greater international pressure on the government of  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad. Despoiler of Deraa... Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations ...an international organization whose stated aims of facilitating interational security involves making sure that nobody with live ammo is offended unless it's a civilized country... , told AFP that UN Secretary General  the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... must now make a "careful judgment" about conditions in Syria before sending 300 unarmed monitors there. "Our patience is exhausted. No one should assume that the United States will agree to renew this mission after 90 days," Rice told the Security Council after it authorized the full ceasefire observer mission. Under UN resolution 2043, the unarmed military observers will be deployed for an initial period of 90 days if UN leader Ban Ki-moon decides it is safe for them to go. "If there is not a sustained cessation of violence, full freedom of movement for UN personnel, and rapid, meaningful progress on all other aspects of the six point plan, then we must all conclude that this mission has run its course," Rice said. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-22 |
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