BAN DECRIES ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA, CONDEMNS USE OF ‘BARREL BOMBS’

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Date: 26 Dec 2013 17:00:01 -0500
Subject: BAN DECRIES ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA, CONDEMNS USE OF
'BARREL BOMBS'
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BAN DECRIES ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA, CONDEMNS USE OF 'BARREL
BOMBS'New York, Dec 26 2013 5:00PMAs efforts intensify to bring the
Syrian sides to a negotiating table in Switzerland, United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his grave concern about the
continued and indiscriminate use of heavy weapons and mortar shelling
in the ongoing conflict, most recently in hard-hit Aleppo which has
been the site of a "barrel bomb" campaign by Government forces.

"Further escalation of violence will only serve the agendas of those
who see military means as the only way forward, at the expense of the
Syrian people who have suffered enough already," Mr. Ban's
spokesperson said in a
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7376">statement.

Mr. Ban has spoken out against the use of so-called "barrel bombs" –
oil drums filled with explosives and shrapnel and dropped by aircraft
– which he said are adding "yet another appalling dimension to the
fighting."

"All parties to the conflict must adhere to international humanitarian
and human rights law," said today's statement. "All civilians must be
protected in any situation."

Well over 100,000 people have already been killed in Syria and 8
million driven from their homes, with 2 million of them seeking refuge
in neighbouring countries, since the conflict first erupted in March
2011.

Preparations are underway for the international conference in which
the Syrian Government and the opposition will officially meet for the
first time to discuss peace efforts.

The conference, due to start in Montreux on 22 January 2014 and then
continue in Geneva, is led by Joint Special Representative of the UN
and the League of Arab States for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, and
counterparts from the United States and Russia, with participants from
more than 30 countries.

The goal of the so-called "Geneva II" conference is to achieve a
political solution to the conflict through a comprehensive agreement
between the Government and the opposition for the full implementation
of the Geneva communiqué, adopted after the first international
meeting on the issue on 30 June 2012, which called for the creation of
a transitional government that would lead to holding elections.

Mr. Ban today reiterated his support for the talks, urging everyone
involved in the fighting to "work immediately on reducing the levels
of violence and focusing instead on a peaceful, political solution to
the conflict."

He also appealed for all people detained and abducted as a result of
the conflict to be freed, and for an end to the sieges, as well as
humanitarian access to those in need.Dec 26 2013 5:00PM
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