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April 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The report will be discussed by the Security Council on Thursday and diplomats
said a resolution allowing the full observer mission could be ready by early
next week if there is agreement among the 15 members.
The council called for Ban to report back when it passed a resolution on
Saturday which sent an advanced party of 30 unarmed military observers to
Syria.
The United Nations says well over 9,000 people have been killed in Syria since
an uprising against Assad broke out in March 2011. Activists says scores
have died since the ceasefire started.
Ban said violence “dropped markedly” when the ceasefire began, but
that Syria “has yet to fully implement its initial obligations
regarding the actions and deployments of its troops and heavy weapons, or to
return them to barracks.
“Violent incidents and reports of casualties have escalated again in
recent days, with reports of shelling of civilian areas and abuses by
government forces,” he said.
The UN chief said only “partial” action has been taken on other
parts of the Annan plan. “While difficult to assess, it does not amount
yet to the clear signal expected from the Syrian authorities.”
The UN secretary general said it was “critical” for Assad to fully
carry out his promise to “cease troop movements towards population
centres, cease all use of heavy weapons in population centres, and begin the
pullback of military concentrations in and around population centres.”
At the moment there are eight observers in Syria, led by a Moroccan colonel.
The full mission would be led by an officer of at least the rank of major
general.
Ban said the team has so far been refused permission to go to the protest city
of Homs, with Syrian officials claiming “security concerns.”
Activists have reported heavy shelling of rebel-held parts of the city in
recent days.
The mission went to the revolt’s epicentre Deraa on Tuesday, where “it
enjoyed freedom of movement” and “observed no armed violence or
heavy weapons.”
But the UN leader confirmed violent incidents when the UN observers went to
Arbeen, in the Damascus suburbs, on Wednesday.
“A crowd that was part of an opposition demonstration forced United
Nations vehicles to a checkpoint. Subsequently, the crowd was dispersed by
firing projectiles,” said the report.
“Those responsible for the firing could not be ascertained by the United
Nations military observers,” it added. One UN vehicle was slightly
damaged, but no injuries were observed by the team.
Ban said the new mission, to be known as the UN Supervision Mission in Syria,
UNSMIS, would include political, human rights, civil affairs, public
information, public security, gender and other advisers.
However, it would not carry out humanitarian assistance duties.
Source: agencies
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