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UN outlines Syria observer plan

Annan calls for humanitarian corridor; demonstrations testing truce

Agencies
A draft UN resolution has outlined plans to send an advance mission to Syria to monitor compliance with a UN and Arab League-backed peace plan.
The draft, prepared by the US, was expected to be voted on at the Security Council later yesterday, with monitors arriving by early next week.
Syria says it will accept the mission.
The ceasefire at the core of the plan has been in place since 06:00 (03:00 GMT) on Thursday - it is largely being observed but some clashes are reported.
Meanwhile, thousands of Syrians yesterday marched to test the regime's commitment to a UN-backed peace plan, and the fragile two-day old ceasefire was again shaken when security forces killed three protesters.
UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan, who brokered the ceasefire, urged Syria to open humanitarian corridors to deliver aid.
"Mr Annan is aware that we don't have a perfect situation in the country at the moment," his spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said. "There are detainees that need to be released, humanitarian corridors need to be opened."
Protesters rallied in the Qadam and Assali districts of Damascus, while other demonstrations took place in Irbin and Bibla outside the capital, according to videos posted on the Internet. There have been reports of demonstrations in Aleppo and Deir Ezzor after Friday prayer.
Sporadic clashes broke out between troops and rebels at Khirbet al-Joz on the northern border with TUrkey, itsaid.
Violence on Thursday killed at least 10 people, including seven civilians, and wounded dozens more.
The draft UN resolution calls on the Syrian government and opposition groups to comply with all aspects of Annan's peace plan, including troop withdrawals and an end to "all armed vio-
lence in all its forms".
It threatens unspecified "further measures" if the Syrian government "does not implement its commitments".
The team of 10 to 12 observers would monitor the ceasefire and check the Syrian army was withdrawing from population centres in accordance with the peace plan. A larger team of 250 observers are expected to follow.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the ceasefire was important but was just a first step.
Humanitarian groups must have full access, she said, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would "have to go", a step which is not included in the peace plan.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday said that he did not "believe in Bashar al-Assad's sincerity, nor unfortunately in the ceasefire", and said the international community should "assume its responsibilities and create humanitarian corridors so those unfortunates who are being massacred by a dictator can escape".