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US, Britain, France seek formal UN deadline for Assad (AFP)
US, Britain, France seek formal UN deadline for Assad(AFP) – 5 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS — The United States, Britain and France are working on a UN Security Council statement putting a formal stamp on an April 10 deadline for Syria to withdraw troops and guns from protest cities, diplomats said Monday.
The statement would again warn President Bashar al-Assad of possible "further measures" if he reneges on a promise to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to start implementing Annan's six-point peace plan.
The United States and other western countries have expressed strong doubts that Assad will move to end the year-old crackdown on protesters and opposition groups in which the UN says more than 9,000 people have been killed.
"Annan wants a statement by the council on the April 10 deadline, on the UN preparing an observer mission if there is a halt in hostilities and on the need to agree a political transition," said one UN diplomat.
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