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Security Council backs plan by UN emissary for Syria

Proposal calls for peace talks, end to violence

By Colum Lynch

 |  Washington Post  

  March 22, 2012

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday endorsed international emissary Kofi Annan’s diplomatic plan to stop violence in Syria, crack open the door to humanitarian relief, and prod the Syrian government and opposition into talks on a political settlement. The endorsement constituted a rare show of unity by the Security Council on the crisis in Syria, where more than 8,000 people have been killed since President Bashar al-Assad’s government launched a crackdown on protesters a year ago.

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