Ban ki-Moon presents deadline to the Syrian authorities

UN makes many announcements on Syria, puts sanctions and presents the deadlines to the Syrian authorities to end the bloodshed in the country.

UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon announced that the 10 April timeline to fulfill the Government’s implementation of its (ceasefire and troop withdrawal) commitments, as endorsed by the Security Council, is not an excuse for continued killing.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sharply criticized the Syrian government on Friday for its latest attacks on civilians and demanded that it keep its pledge to halt all military operations. Ban’s press office said about this in a statement.

“(Ban) strongly condemns the latest escalation of violence,” the statement said. “He deplores the assault by the Syrian authorities against innocent civilians, including women and children, despite the commitments by the Government of Syria to cease all use of heavy weapons in population centers.”

“The 10 April timeline to fulfill the Government’s implementation of its (ceasefire and troop withdrawal) commitments, as endorsed by the Security Council, is not an excuse for continued killing,” it said.

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has said the government and opposition must stop fighting at 6 a.m. local time on April 12, if Damascus meets its deadline 48 hours earlier to pull back troops from cities and cease using heavy weapons, Jerusalem Post writes.

Clashes in Syria started on March, 2011. According to the more that 8.000 people have already been killed during this term. Opposition claims Bashar al-Assad must resign but the latter still stands against the pressures.