Though the final word on the state of the Syrian ceasefire is expected to come on May 5 in a statement by special envoy Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today issued a statement accusing the regime of “not complying” with the terms of the agreement.
The statement cited some heavy weaponry remaining in major population centers as well as army personnel, saying that Ban was “deeply troubled” by that. Reports have more fighting today in the city of Hama, though both sides blamed the other for the violation.
And while it’s clear the ceasefire is far from solidly in place, violence is definitely down in the two weeks since it came into place. The expectation of an imminent collapse has both sides issuing statements making it clear that they believe the other side is entirely to blame.
Ban’s statement is likely to add to Western calls for the UN to invade Syria. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe made it clear yesterday that they plan to push a vote on the issue as soon as Annan’s statement is released.
I'm going to have to call bullsh*t on old Ban Ki. Syria is not complying? Syria is crawling with CIA mercenary goons and there is open civil war afoot. What the hell is the government of Syria supposed to do? Oh wait sorry, they're supposed to lay down and allow US/NATO to shoot lights out on the Syrian people ala Libya style humanitarian intervention. Right.
Hey Ban Ki? Can you say diplomatic hypocrisy?
Ban Ki has shown his utter incompetence in crisis after crisis. His only job is to be the mouthpiece of the troika in UN SC. Iraq, Afghanistan, abuse of his power in making decisions on Kosovo, Ivory Coast, Libya. Now in Syria — he is beyond riduculous. Everybody knows what is going on there. Not even a pretense of humanitarianism. It is "Assad must go, and until he does we will empower a bunch of criminals to cut the civilians in pieces, execute them by slitting throats, bomb businesses and kill school principals — until the "international community" comes to bomb the heck out of the entire country! it is as blatant as that. The "friends' of Syria are basically telling Syrian people: we will subject you to these criminals until you turn over Assad. And if you do not, we will bomb all your infrastructure, your homes and schools, your factories and government buildings. We will put you back into stone age — and then, for a good measure, we will let the criminals lose on your homes to punish you for your intransigence. Just like Libyans are now paying for their lack of support of the drugged people on pickup trucks. Humanitarianism on steroids!
Don't trust Reuters resumes, heres the source: http://www.un.org/sg/statements/?nid=6026
Ban-jusa, how Koreans call Ban Ki-moon, because he is such a boots licking small clerk as a man, is striking again. His statements lately sound more like Hillary's own fantasies. It is pity that UN has a leader who is leading to disaster via his own subservience to his superiors.
I still don’t give a fuck. It’s not my country and none of my business.
JLS, If you live in KSA, Qatar, USA, or in one of the NATO countries then you should give a **** because it is your country that’s behind all the **** in Syria.
‘…a statement by special envoy Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today issued a statement…”
Please read the first paragraph again. It’s not clear who issued the statement, Kofi Annan or Ban Ki-moon.
No problem if the statement was from Ban Ki-moon. He’s proven to be in the pocket of the west. Also, the terrorists were the ones that refused to sign the peace deal, so the onus is on them.