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April 4, 2012

U.N. Team Heads to Syria for Talks on Ceasefire Monitoring 
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An advance team from the United Nations peacekeeping department is
expected in Damascus within 48 hours to discuss deployment of observers
to monitor a ceasefire in Syria. As part of a six-part peace plan put
forward by envoy Kofi Annan, 200 to 250 unarmed U.N. observers would be
deployed to Syria. Nabil El-Araby is secretary general of the Arab
League.

Nabil El-Araby: "There is a political path which Kofi Annan is
implementing. In order for this political path to succeed and for the
aspirations of the Syrian people to be achieved, there must be an
immediate ceasefire. That is what I have said, and I have requested for
a binding Security Council resolution because of the recent
developments. But this does not mean the use of force."



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