The U.N. Security Council said it “fully supports” former Secretary-General and special envoy for Syria Kofi Annan’s six-point plan for a peace deal to end the ongoing crisis there. In a non-binding presidential statement that requires unanimous support from Council members — including, notably, Russia and China, who had vetoed an earlier resolution — the Council called “upon the Syrian government and opposition to work in good faith with the Envoy towards a peaceful settlement of the Syrian crisis.” As Annan reports back, the Council threatened that it “will consider further steps as appropriate.” The Syrian government unleashed helicopters and tanks in clashes against demonstrators in the Damascus suburbs today.
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