News Alert: U.N. Security Council Unanimously Agrees to Send More Observers to Syria

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Saturday, April 21, 2012 -- 11:55 AM EDT
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U.N. Security Council Unanimously Agrees to Send More Observers to Syria

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved on Saturday a resolution that expanded the number of observers in Syria to 300 from 30 and demanded an immediate halt to the violence that has been escalating since a cease-fire took effect over a week ago.

The resolution approved Saturday gives Secretary General Ban Ki-moon the authority to decide when to deploy the additional observers, based on developments on the grounds including "the consolidation of the cease-fire."

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