The United Nations Security Council reached agreement Friday on a plan that aims to end civil war in Syria.
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The resolution calls on the United Nations secretary-general to convene representatives of the Syrian government and opposition “to engage in formal negotiations on a political transition process on an urgent basis, with a target of early January 2016 for the initiation of talks”.
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The document stresses the need for a mechanism of “monitoring, verification and reporting” of the ceasefire.
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The agreement also recognizes developing countries’ right to special safeguard mechanism aimed at protecting their farmers. hard } to narrow differences on issues including agriculture and the future of the Doha round.
Meanwhile, Syria’s main opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, warned that earlier global hopes for a ceasefire by January 1 were unrealistic.
But the resolution makes no mention of the most contentious issue, the future role of Syrian President Bashar Assad. “Syria must remain a united, secular, multi-religious and multi-ethnic state, safe for all groups of the population”.
In an article published by British daily The Guardian on Friday, Zarif said preconditions concerning the conflict in Syria “do not represent the wishes of the Syrian people; rather, they reflect the agendas of outside actors, none of whom have the right to impose their will on an independent nation”.
John Kerry, US secretary of state, said the resolution aims to install a transitional government within the first six months, paving the way for elections within the next 18 months.
He said Kerry’s efforts in NY offered “an opportunity, not to turn back the clock- it’s going to be hard to completely overcome the devastation that’s happened in Syria already- but to find a political transition that maintains the Syrian state, that recognises a bunch of stakeholders inside of Syria and hopefully to initiate a ceasefire”.
The deal on the draft resolution came on the sidelines of a meeting of the International Syria Support Group at New York’s Palace Hotel.
U.N. Security Council members have unanimously approved a U.N. resolution endorsing a peace process for Syria including a cease-fire and talks between the Damascus government and the opposition.
Notably, the resolution says members of Syria’s diaspora can vote in the election, which gives more say to people who have fled the conflict.
The roadmap, which also calls for a nationwide ceasefire that would not apply to ISIL, Nusra Front and some other militant groups, was worked out in two rounds of ministerial talks in Vienna. U.S.-led air strikes against the groups will continue during the peace process.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the two most important issues are launching political negotiations among Syrian parties and implementing a U.N.-monitored cease-fire.
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Aside from the hosts, the ISSG meeting brought together Britain, the UAE, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, China, Egypt, Germany, France, Iran, Iraq and Italy.
