UN chief calls for Syria ceasefire to be ‘immediately implemented’

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 GENEVA, Feb 26, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres on Monday demanded that a Security Council resolution for a 30-day ceasefire in war-ravaged Syria be “immediately implemented and sustained.”

The UN chief hailed the adoption of the resolution last Saturday after days of drawn-out debate, but stressed that “Security Council resolutions are only meaningful if they are effectively implemented, and that is why I expect the resolution to be immediately implemented and sustained.”