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Saturday, April 14, 2012 -- 11:39 AM EDT
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U.N. Security Council Agrees to Send Ceasefire Monitors to Syria
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday unanimously authorized the deployment of ceasefire monitors to Syria.
Russia and China joined the other 13 council members and voted in favor of the Western-Arab draft resolution. The first 30 unarmed military monitors are expected to leave within days.
The vote had been expected Friday but was held up by Russian objections to much of the text.. The Russian ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said Saturday that "substantive changes had been made to make it more balanced."
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