MaximsNewsNetwork: SYRIA: UN ACTION GROUP: NEW PEACE PLAN: Geneva 30June PT1

	MaximsNewsNetwork: SYRIA: UN ACTION GROUP: NEW PEACE PLAN: Geneva 30June PT1 MaximsNewsNetwork: ( www.MaximsNews.com ) 30 June 2012 CH UNTV: United Nations: Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations-backed Action Group on Syria today forged an agreement outlining the steps for a peaceful transition in the Middle Eastern country, while strongly condemning the continued and escalating violence that has taken place there over the past 16 months. "Today the international community has taken its cooperation to a stronger level, by being clearer and more specific," said Joint Special Envoy for the UN and the League of Arab States on Syria, Kofi Annan, in his remarks to the Group in Geneva. "They have laid out a path that we hope the Syrian people can embrace and work with." In a statement, the Group called for all parties to immediately re-commit to a sustained cessation of armed violence, to fully cooperate with UN monitors, and to implement the six-point plan put forward by Mr. Annan without waiting for the actions of others. The six-point peace plan calls for an end to violence, access for humanitarian agencies to provide relief to those in need, the release of detainees, the start of inclusive political dialogue, and unrestricted access to the country for the international media. The Group also agreed on a set of principles and guidelines for a Syrian-led transition that meets the aspirations of the Syrian people, which includes the establishment of a transitional governing body that would exercise full executive powers and that would be made up by <b>...</b>	From: MaximsNewsNetwork Views: 0 0 ratings
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