The resolution 2043 adopted on Saturday states that unarmed military observer monitors will be deployed if UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon decides the conditions on the ground are safe enough for their deployment.
Earlier in the day, an advance team of UN observers visited Syria’s western province of Homs to monitor a ceasefire brokered by UN-Arab league envoy, Kofi Annan.
The observers met with the provincial governor and toured the Baba Amr neighborhood in the city of Homs.
The city of Homs, the provincial capital, has been the scene of heavy clashes between Syrian forces and armed groups earlier in the year.
Calm has returned to most parts of Syria since the ceasefire was implemented on April 12, though there have been reports of sporadic clashes in some parts of the country with Damascus accusing armed groups of violating the truce by continuing attacks on government forces.
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