mr. annan said it was important regional governments help solve the crisis and resolutely pressed home the message that there's still time and that he received assurances from both sides. >> if everyone respects it, then by 6:00 a.m. thursday morning the 12th, we should see a much improved situation on the ground. >> but among the swelling numbers of refugees that fled into turkey, people seem to have already given up. thousands of people including children have been killed. we know the world is stacked against the syrian people. >> i don't think the issue a will fulfill the timeline given by kofi annan. we feel like all these timelines are just a play. >> under the annan proposals the got to the military withdrawal from urban areas should be well under way. it says it's doing just that, but this according to a man fisming says this is a new check point. there's no sense from outside governments that a concerted withdrawal has been taking place. so the protests go on, too. here in the area call

mr. kofi annan's mission. syria is on board officially speaking. we notified that officially speaking this morning to the president of the council, the american ambassador, as for the security regime of the united nations, mr. ban ki-moon. so we are on board officially speaking both through the capital, damascus, as well as through the permanent delegation of syria to the united nations represented by my... what we are suggesting is that mr. kofi annan since he is the mediator entrusted by the security council as well as by the secretary general and the so-called international community and since he got official written commitments from the syrian government so he should also get in touch with the other parties involved in this dramatic crisis we are going through. so that he will get similar commitments, similar guarantees that everybody will be on board of this mission in order to enable to him succeed. he is the one who should get back to the syrian authoritys with such guarantees because he is the one who committed himself to the syrian governme

mr. annan reported that the syrian foreign minister sent him a letter yesterday in which he said that the syrian military will begin immediately, and by april 10 will complete the cessation of all forward deployment and use of heavy weapons and will complete its withdrawal from population centers. these are steps a through c in the six-point plan. item two, mr. annan said he wished he had this confirmation of action center, in other words that the april 10 at dublin would have ideally been earlier than is. but he urged the government of syria to start immediately and to ensure that forces moved no further into population centers. and as he related, that commitment was provided by the syrian authorities. mr. annan reported that he is expecting details from the syrian government very shortly on the other aspects of his six- point plan, including key requests for humanitarian access, the two-hour daily humanitarian card, as well as access for the media, and of course the political process. mr. ann

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on the one hand, mr. annan obviously cannot ignore government violations because that means his credibility is at stake, but on the other hand, i think he would be reluctant to fully declare the plan a failure because that would men an end with talks of the government and the rising spector of civil war. that is manager that concerns everyone here. the security council is also waiting to hear what he might recommend for further action. >> reporting from the u.n. now a look at some of the day's other news. in yemen, 33 people including nine soldiers have been killed in a suspected al qaeda attack on army barracks. eight fighters were also killed in the clashes where islamist control significant territory. a team of american experts is helping pakistan search for survivors after an avalanche. more than 120 soldiers and 11 civilians were buried on saturday which the after -- avalanche hit. police are searching for a costa rican diplomat who was kid mapped on sunday night. he was abducted in his diplomatic car from

well during the closed door briefing a lot was discussed between mr kofi annan the u.n. envoy to syria and the security council members what we do know so far is that mr anon says that there's been no progress on the ground in syria so far as to implementing a cease fire he also suggested the security council to consider creating a cease fire monitor mission but the biggest news so far is that according to mr anon syria has agreed to an april tenth deadline for a partial implementation of is six point peace plan and according to what is said syria has agreed to stop all acts of violence within forty eight hours of that april tenth deadline mr kofi annan urged the security council to support for that april tenth deadline where partially his peace think i'm partially be implemented now we have been reporting that kofi annan did lay out a six point peace plan a few weeks back calling on both sides in syria to stop fighting stop their troop movements and stop the use of heavy artillery in heavily populated areas mr announce a peace plan also demands for i daily to our humanit

mr. annan was speaking at a press conference in tehran after talks with the iranian government, which is one of syria's key allies. reports from syria suggest the regime forces are continuing their operations against civilians while some troops have pulled back from towns and cities. mr. annan said he'd spoken to the syrian authorities in a bid to try to end the violence. >> i've also approached governments with influence to ensure that all parties respect the cease-fire, understanding and ensure that by -- if everyone respects it, i think by 6:00 on thursday the 12th, 6:00 in the morning on thursday the 12th, we should see much improved situation on the ground. >> well, the bbc's jonathan head is at the turkey-syria border. i asked him for the latest on the stream of refugees who've been arriving from syria. >> yes, there are continued stream of refugees. it goes up and down. it's not stopping because there are so many displaced people on the syrian side of the border who are insecure because

a successful what we are acting according to mr annan claim he was doing the with agree will take place. the thing we need to reach the cut commitment and again by mr annan himself after he consults with both our saudi arabia turkey and the others that one is the government. and we respect the end of. the other. we do the same and will not fill the vacuum but the opposition claims that fighting is continuing in damascus and in other same terms and that the fighting is actually getting worse there certainly is a lot of skepticism. listen to both sides as far as bashar assad goes they risk it this isn't that he will continue with his troop withdrawal and actually meet this deadline and then the skepticism being voiced by countries such as russia particularly because we arming the opposition and rebels and this follows a friends of syria meeting that's all countries like qatar and saudi arabia pledging millions of dollars to pay the salaries of rebel fighters and at the same time we heard from the united states a pledge that if it would provide communication equipment so there is a lot of

mr. kofi annan. they were shelling and shooting rockets in several locations in syria, south of syria, and also a village -- >> the message clear from the activist view, the fighting just goes on. thank you very much, indeed. joining us from homs. plenty more to come from us. including, 100 years exactly since the titanic set sail from southampton. there is a ceremony taking place at the dock from where she sailed. we will bring you more. russia has criticized north korea's plans to launch a rocket, accusing the country of disregarding the will of the united nations. china and south korea have also joined in the combination. so far pyongyang has shown little regard as it marks the 100th birthday of the reclusive state's founder kim il-sung. our correspondent is in p'yongyang, one of a group of journalists who has been invited in what is usually a very much closed country, to witness the event. but here in pyongyang, it is a gray and wet afternoon but at the west coast satellite launch center, it has

through his deputy mr nasr of what . kofi annan is keeping daily contact with the syrian government all right well we are minister of foreign affairs they're keeping a close eye as this story develops appreciate you coming on the show that was middle east analyst on that you work that's going to do it for now we'll see you right back here and a half hour. wealthy british scientists are. sometimes the tireless fight. for. market finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy with much cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into all kinds of reports on our t.v. . if. any is easy. to. see.

russia and china repeated what mr. annan also said, the sooner the better. u.n. observers should be sent to syria to see what is really going to happen there. kofi annan also says urgent humanitarian aid should be brought to the people and refugees should have the right to come back to their homes. >> ok, and the cease-fire seems to be holding, but there have been reports of attacks on both sides. what will happen if it does not work? >> i think the security council is going to come together and possibly discuss more sanctions taking place against syria. i think the discussion is going to start again, whether countries like saudi arabia or qatar, those countries should or should not give weapons to the syrian rebels. >> thank you very much. we will have more background an analysis of the situation in syria later on. >> the european court of human rights has ruled tomb -- that a german law to make a criminal offense does not contravene human-rights. >> a german man was jailed after he had four children with his sister. >> brother and sister and for a long time love

it is up to mr. annan to take the time and space to get this plan to work. it is his call in assessing whether the government is keeping its promise or not to end military operations by the deadline of tuesday, april 10. given the fact the violence has been escalating and given the fact the government has come up with these new conditions, for keeping its commitment, it seems not likely that deadline will be capped. we do know that kofi annan has not given up on the plan. he is working and had contact with syria's allies asking them to put pressure to comply with its commitments. it is not clear what the next steps will be diplomatically if, in fact, it becomes obvious the plan has completely unraveled. on the one hand, kofi annan cannot ignore government violations because that means his credibility is at stake but on the other hand, he would be reluctant to fully declare the plan a failure because that would mean an end to talks with the government and the rising specter of civil war and that is something the concerns everyone here. the security council is

this is all preconditions by the cease fire idea completely and line what mr annan six more plug and go. and i hope that your channel understands that and to fast news agency. somebody would almost know it was the question for. the u.s. authorities or you have been watching a live news conference on the future of the cease fire in conflicts in syria taking place here and moscow and this news conference was given by the syrian foreign minister a wall the wall and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov stay with our team for more and alex's of this and of course remember that you can get the highlights on our website r.t. dot com so stay a day it was r t. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so or like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you were going to charge was a big.

the important thing is that mr. annan has got the russians on board. the >> [speaking foreign langua] >> this plan is that syrians have to take the first step. we support this initiative. if those who fight against the syrian government do not follow this example, i don't think we will achieve any results. >> hoping for better times, the international red cross president, jakob kellenberger was in syria. he wanted two-hour daily truce. he also wants access to detainees. activists say that in the meantime, the authorities are punishing known opponents by demolishing or setting fire to their houses in many areas, including this one. there are fears that there may be more of this sort of thing as next week's deadline approaches. jim muir, bbc news. >> in the last few minutes, a spokesman for the u.n., kofi annan, has said an advanced team is due in damascus in the next 48 hours to discuss the deployment of international monitors. james robins has joined me here. you kind of get the feeling you have been here before. nevertheless, what do we know about thi

. >> our expectation is the promises given to mr. annan must be kept. it's essential operations should stop immediately, an army unit be withdrawn immediately. >> whatever syria promised, that withdrawal clearly is not happening yet. if anything bombardment of operation neighborhood has come fiercer of than any time in the year-long conflict. days before the deadline when all of this is supposed to start. jonathan head, bbc news, istanbul. >> meanwhile the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has criticize the syrian government for pressing on attacks with -- for pressing on attacks on people who want president assad to stand down plfment ban said the use of the army should stop at once. security forces in bahrain have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters who rallied in support of a leading human rights activists. demonstraterers held portraits into an activist who's been on hunger strikes to close for 60 days and is now in hospital. supporters say he's close to death. he's appealing against a life sentence he received for

. >> we are already implementing this, and we notified mr. annan. >> reporter: in the eastern damascus suburbs, we stopped at a store and immediately opposition followers found us. do you believe that the army has promised to respect a cease fire? "not a bit," said these men. "we're going to demonstrate tomorrow. we're not afraid. our aim is to get rid of assad." over the past year, vast crowds of people marched in cities across syria. then, they were demanding more freedom and political change, but that was before the crackdown. has this military operation not made the problem worse by killing thousands of people? >> you have to know that the casualties are not only from one side. >> reporter: fair enough, but thousands of them are from that side and those people hate you. >> what's the way out? what's the way out? it's reconciliation. it's dialogue. >> pelley: liz palmer is joining us in damascus. liz, the foreign ministry spokesman said reconciliation and dialogue, but what are the chances that's going to happen now? >> reporter: well, this is a

some parties within the middle east politics trying to sabotage the peace plan that is a range by mr annan and the u.n. i think somebody in qatar and. they're not liking the plan and they want the bloodshed to continue in syria and probably we have seen and witnessed in the past couple days major abreast from other third organization and getting from arab countries into syria and causing all of these against the stability of syria and i think in my estimate the peace plan should have signed by and by the qatari and the sudanese and the united states. because because these factors are actually causing. the ability and escalation could continue at this point we don't understand how mr obama would say i'm supplying all kinds of. different supplies mostly weapons to the opposition and at the same time you want to have a peace is working at this point. a series of explosions have rocked the afghan capital in a coordinated way for the taliban attacks across kabul with targets including the presidential palace the afghan parliament a nato headquarters most of the targets were in the seas diplomat

some parties within the middle east politics trying to sabotage the peace plan that is a range by mr annan and the u.n. i think somebody in qatar and soon. they're not liking the plan and they want the bloodshed to continue in syria and leaf we have seen and witnessed in the past couple days major of rest from other terrorist organization and tearing from arab countries into syria and causing all these against the stability of syria and i think in my ass the message the peace plan should have signed by the qatari and the sudanese and the united states. because of because these factors are actually causing. instability and escalation could continue at this point we don't understand how mr obama would say supplying all kinds of. different supplies mostly weapons to the opposition and at the same time you want to have a peace plan is working at this point. coming up later in the program appeasing the voters. we have a country. for free it's about this truly world with the you. and the mafia on the front of. the. french model. politicians campaign with radical views which they believe in succe

joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course of believes that this most recent development in syria is a step in the right direction but it is a good resolution is a fundamentally newsgroups the system went in syria in showing that consensus. and main goal should be to comply with the resolution any deviation in terms of being so you should have the mandate is unacceptable libyan model should remain in the. in the meantime u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice left the meeting on saturday not showing as much optimism as russia and many other countries had susan rice took to her twitter feed to say the deployment of three hundred or three thousand unarmed observers cannot on its own stop assad's murderous rampage susan rice said that external pressures are additionally needed to solve the problem in syria the us ambassador also said that washington and its allies are preparing for action that will be required if assad persists to quote slaughter clearly this is. is undermining in many ways the effort that is needed me from inside the security council to support the six poi

even better so this is our approach and this is something which was one of the suggestions which mr annan was making to the council. russia's stance remains the same and that is all parties must lay down their arms but for a cease fire to work all sides need to commit to it there is a lot of skepticism here in washington about kofi annan is trying the u.s. accepted the plan but it almost designated as doomed even before the plan had a chance to work but so far it has worked violence has reportedly stopped and the ball is now in the opposition's court it has russian about it when i think that he took it said. now the syrian opposition is to formulate their attitude towards political dialogue take a listen to what you call the instead of talking about demonstrations opposition leaders must finally formulate their attitude towards political dialogue because i mean not only our delegation other delegations were speaking about the need for a political process in syria but there can be no political process with all political dialogue and frankly there is one thing which mr john and i hope is go

mr. annanthe the team joined by some of his staff will trouble again to syria this week -- will travel again to syria this week to continue the supervisory mission. finally he asked the security council to support the deadline, and given the urgency of the situation, to begin consideration of a potential monitoring mission. under the secretary general and brees in short terms early stage contingency planning for such a mission. all members of the security council expressed full support when called for business and political process but leads to a transition to democracy, reiterated more than once by the joint special envoy. some members expressed concern the government not use the next day's to intensify violence and expressed some skepticism, but in general, council members expressed willingness to monitor a cessation of violence is achieved. i am happy to take questions. drugs can you give me an idea of -- >> can you give us an idea of how difficult it would be? >> i think they can provide th

getting a better reception than mr. annan. we spoke by phone. r mccain, the syrian government agreed to withdraw its troops from major cities by today as part of kofi annan's peace plan. has the u.n. been played here? clearly, they've gone beyond the deadline. >> i think it's very obvious they've been played, just like the arab league proposal that bashar al assad had agreed to before they were played. the fact is, anderson, if bashar assad withdraws from the city then the protesters obviously take over, and he can't do that. the resistance will take over the cities the moment the tanks and artillery are withdrawn. >> senator lieberman, have we reached the end of the line diplomatically? >> well, i think we have. i don't know how many times world leaders are going to have to be deceived, lied to by assad before they realize that this man can't be trusted. to me one of the most profoundly troubling parts of the trips that john mccain and i have made these last couple of days is talking to the syrian opposition to the free syrian army and find notw

. >> did mr. annan say -- if they carry out these three points, the on voigt will go to the opposition and call on them to carry out the cessation -- >> halt to offensive actions. if you take the three elements ,f the special envoy's proposal that amounts to the government halting its side of the military activity. the joint special envoy was clear that the subsequent step would be to prevail upon the opposition within 48 hours to reciprocate in halting violence on its side. at that point, he was asking that the council be ready should that both of those steps occur too swiftly consider endorsing the dispatch of a monitoring mechanism. >> you just said that the government should stop offensive actions. are the rebels an offensive force to overthrow? what incentive do they have to stop fighting? >> i am making a very simple point to try to relate what it is we understood mr. annan to be expanding to the counts against today. the first step is for the government to implement elements a through c in the pl

mr kofi annan agreed to be the special envoy and he's looking into bringing about a cease fire and coffee and iran would be a huge a petition that he has and the track record which he has been he has i think we should. try speace to succeed in syria i think. he would be doing good it's obvious to this region as a whole and the world as a whole if he succeeds in bringing a meaningful cease fire immediately and then working out to a lasting solution. bringing in all the stakeholders to discussion and then consultations well what we've been talking about is of course needs but i started this program by saying that india has been and still is the major partner of russia in the reason so everybody is waiting well india and russia will sign any trade agreements can you give us a date on that or at least. approximately well you know i'm here to outline the big. meetings and the same climbing there it so happens that this happens to be the sixty fifth year and it would city for. establishing a traumatic relationship it then soviet union and the present russian we have gained enormously in what as

mr. kofi annan is trying his best under circumstances that by definition are doomed to fail. >> ambassador, is always good to talk with you. thank you very much indeed. >> china's longstanding battle to silence activists has led to many being arrested. in some cases, they have been imprisoned. over the weekend, one dissident defied authorities by escaping and making his way to beijing where his supporters say he is safe. chen guangcheng's extraordinaire ordeal is made more spectacular by the fact he is blind. our correspondent has the details of this remarkable story. >> blind since he was two, chen guangcheng has become an icon in china. on the internet, hundreds copy his image, appalled that the sightless man has been locked up for the past seven years, exposing abuses like the forced abortions under the one-child policy. chen and his family were under house arrest. up to 100 guards watching s every move. he smuggled this video out last year, so they beat his family savagely. western nations have called for his release. today, out of the blue, this. "i have escaped,' speaking directly to