A Message from Ambassador Ford
by U.S. Embassy Damascus, facebook.comApril 6th 2012 12:58 PM
On April 5, the United Nations Security Council unanimously issued a Presidential Statement supporting the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and League of Arab States Kofi Annan’s six-point proposal. This proposal call for an immediate end to all violence and human rights violations, securing humanitarian access and facilitating a Syrian-led political transition leading to a democratic, plural political system, in which citizens are equal regardless of their affiliations, ethnicities or beliefs, including through commencing a comprehensive political dialogue between the Syrian government and the whole spectrum of the Syrian opposition. It also calls upon the Syrian government to remove its troops, including the Shabiha, and heavy weapons from their locations around cities no later than April 10, 2012. The Asad regime committed itself to this proposal on March 25, 2012.
The United States and the Friends of Syria are closely monitoring whether these required actions are occurring or not. We have seen media reports from the Asad regime that it has started to remove soldiers and equipment away from Syrian cities and civilian areas. We are providing some images to illustrate our conclusions at this point.
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