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    Suspended UN mission, a 'major blow' to peace plan

    The U.N. Security Council is set to discuss the future of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria Tuesday (June 19) after the latter suspended its activities in light of escalating violence in the country.

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 18 June 2012
    A shell on a street in Homs, Syria. The U.N. Security Council will discuss the future of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria Tuesday (June 19) after the latter suspended its activities in light of escalating violence in the country. Photo by: David Manyua / U.N. Photo

    The U.N. Security Council is set to discuss the future of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria Tuesday (June 19) after the latter suspended its activities in light of escalating violence in the country.

    The close to 300 U.N. observers would remain in the country, but whether the monitors will resume activities will depend on daily evaluations, mission chief Robert Mood said in a press release.

    The decision comes as UNSMIS’ 90-day mandate nears its July 20 deadline. The violence has hindered the mission from carrying out its mandate and posed “significant risks” to the observers, according to Mood.

    U.K. foreign secretary William Hague called into question the “viability” of the U.N. mission following the suspension, Agence France-Presse reports. Meanwhile, the country’s main opposition group has urged the United Nations to send in armed peacekeepers instead to help stop the violence.

    The suspension, according to CNN, marks a “major blow” to U.N. Arab-League special envoy Kofi Annan’s failing peace plan, which has yet to see full implementation. It also underlines the increasing violence in the country, which is now on its 16th month.

    The unarmed observers had been attacked by government sympathizers in recent weeks. Three aid workers also suffered injuries from an explosion last week. These incidents pose risks to the delivery of humanitarian aid in the country, where, according to a Red Cross representative, needs are “steadily increasing.”

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      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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