With the deadline for Assad to withdraw his troops from Syria looming ever nearer, the UN Secretary-General has condemned the escalating violence which occurred in the seemingly never ending battle for a free Syria.
The violence spiked again at the weekend and reports state that more than 100 people were left dead. There had been concerns that with the impending deadline - which has been set for 10 April - that the violence would increase.
A UN team is already in Syria ahead of the deadline as preparations are being made to monitor the cessation of the violence should it happen but with Asssad make more demands ahead of the deadline, this is starting to look less likely.
The plan drawn up by the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan hoped to end the war, allow humanitarian agencies to access Syria, release detainees. and allow the start of a political dialogue.
A statement issued by the UN said:
"The Secretary-General demands that the Government of Syria immediately and unconditionally cease all military actions against the Syrian people. He reiterates that it is the responsibility of the Syrian authorities to now deliver on what they have promised, and to implement, fully and unconditionally, all the commitments under the six-point plan of Joint Special Envoy Annan,"
So far the uprising has left 8,000 dead - some put the figure at 10,000 - and thousands of Syrians have been displaced, many leaving their now war-torn homes for Turkey in a bid to find refuge while the humanitarian needs of the people of Syria deepen with 1 million left in desperate need of help.
The violence spiked again at the weekend and reports state that more than 100 people were left dead. There had been concerns that with the impending deadline - which has been set for 10 April - that the violence would increase.
A UN team is already in Syria ahead of the deadline as preparations are being made to monitor the cessation of the violence should it happen but with Asssad make more demands ahead of the deadline, this is starting to look less likely.
The plan drawn up by the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan hoped to end the war, allow humanitarian agencies to access Syria, release detainees. and allow the start of a political dialogue.
A statement issued by the UN said:
"The Secretary-General demands that the Government of Syria immediately and unconditionally cease all military actions against the Syrian people. He reiterates that it is the responsibility of the Syrian authorities to now deliver on what they have promised, and to implement, fully and unconditionally, all the commitments under the six-point plan of Joint Special Envoy Annan,"
So far the uprising has left 8,000 dead - some put the figure at 10,000 - and thousands of Syrians have been displaced, many leaving their now war-torn homes for Turkey in a bid to find refuge while the humanitarian needs of the people of Syria deepen with 1 million left in desperate need of help.
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