300 UN observers to Syria

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will decide when to deploy the additional observers. The Security Council on Saturday, the UN adopted unanimously a resolution authorizing the EVIO than 300 observers to monitor Syrian ceasefire seriously compromised by the death of more than 200 people since its inception ten days ago. At the same time, the first international observers present in Syria since last Sunday to monitor the ceasefire, on Saturday visited the province of Homs (center), object key city in the last days of violent bombings. The 300 unarmed military observers should be deployed "quickly" and "for an initial period of 90 days," the statement said. But first will require that the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, determine whether "consolidation" of the cease-fire allows the deployment. Violence in Syria has left over 9,000 dead in 13 months according to the UN.