UN approves Syria peace plan

Plans to bring peace to war torn Syria may well see the light of day soon following the adoption of a draft resolution calling for peace conference in January by the UN and a ceasefire adopted unanimously by the Security Council’s 15 members.

The text of the resolution has been unanimously agreed on by the Security Council and a ceasefire aimed at ending the war in Syria may soon see the light of day.

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Members of the council agreed to approve the text, which came after hours of negotiation between world powers on Friday.

Al Jazeera’s Diplomatic Editor, James Bays, reporting from New York said; “the text was a long time coming and came despite reservations from Russia.
“There was lots of resistance from Moscow but Western diplomats are telling me they are very happy with what they have,” he said.

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