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SYRIA HASN'T FULLY COMPLIED WITH ANNAN PEACE PLAN: U.N. CHIEF

By Louis Charbonneau
April 19, 20127:52 AM GMT+2Updated 13 years ago
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By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has not fully complied with a U.N.-backed peace
plan for the country and has yet to send a "clear signal" about its commitment
to ending more than a year of violence, the U.N. chief told the Security Council
in a letter obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.
At the same time, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced hope that there may be a
chance for progress on ending a 13-month conflict that has brought Syria to the
brink of civil war.
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Ban proposed an expanded U.N. monitoring mission, which, if approved by the
council, would be comprised of "an initial deployment" of up to 300 unarmed
observers to supervise a fragile week-old ceasefire between forces loyal to
President Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters seeking to oust him.
But he cautioned that the fighting had not ended.
"The Syrian Government has yet to fully implement its initial obligations
regarding the actions and deployments of its troops, or to return them to
barracks," he said in a preliminary assessment of Syria's compliance with a
resolution on Syria the Security Council passed on Saturday.
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"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 Government reports violent actions by armed groups."
"The cessation of armed violence is therefore clearly incomplete," Ban said,
adding that both sides say they are committed to ending the "violence in all its
forms."
Diplomats on the 15-nation council say Ban's report and a briefing they will
receive from U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan's deputy, Jean-Marie Guehenno,
on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. (1300 GMT) will be crucial in determining whether the
conditions are right for deploying a larger monitoring mission to Syria.

U.S. and European diplomats on the council have suggested that Syria's lack of
full compliance with its obligations to end the violence might make it difficult
for them to support a new resolution that would be needed to deploy an expanded
observer mission.
'OPPORTUNITY FOR PROGRESS'
The Security Council approved a resolution on Saturday that authorized the
deployment of an advance team of up to 30 unarmed observers to Syria. It was the
first council resolution on the Syria crisis that China and Damascus' close
ally, Russia, did not veto. They vetoed two earlier resolutions.

On the subject of Damascus' partial compliance with Annan's peace plan, Ban
said, "It does not amount yet to the clear signal expected from the Syrian
authorities."
"I remain deeply concerned about the gravity of the situation in the country,"
Ban said. "However, without underestimating the serious challenges ahead, an
opportunity for progress may now exist, on which we need to build."
Ban said the violence had decreased in recent days since a shaky April 12 truce
came into force. He said a monitoring force would be helpful in securing an end
to all fighting, although it was essential the conditions be right for its
deployment.

"Developments since 12 April underline the importance of sending a clear message
to the authorities that a cessation of armed violence must be respected in full,
and that action is needed on all aspects of (Annan's) six-point (peace) plan,"
he said.
"At the same time the very fragility of the situation underscores the importance
of putting in place arrangements that can allow impartial supervision and
monitoring," he said.
An advance team of monitors in Syria had visited the town of Deraa and "enjoyed
freedom of movement" there, Ban said. But he noted that "the team's initial
request to visit Homs was not granted, with officials claiming security
concerns."
Ban said that what would initially be a 300-strong observer force "would be
deployed incrementally over a period of weeks, in approximately ten locations
throughout Syria." It would be called UNSMIS. He said an earlier U.N. proposal
of 250 observers was insufficient.
"It would be a nimble presence that would constantly and rapidly observe,
establish and assess facts and conditions on the ground in an objective manner,
and engage all relevant parties," he said.
Annan's peace plan calls for an end to fighting by government security forces
and rebels, withdrawal of heavy weapons from towns, return of the army to
barracks, humanitarian access and dialogue between the government and opposition
aimed at a "political transition" for the country.
Ban also said that there had been "no substantive progress" in negotiations for
humanitarian access in Syria.

Reporting By Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Peter Cooney

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