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Newshour: UN Approves 30-Day Ceasefire In Syria

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UN Approves 30-Day Ceasefire In Syria

24/02/2018 GMT

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The UN Security Council unanimously approve resolution demanding 30-day Syrian ceasefire

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria.

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a thirty-day humanitarian ceasefire across Syria. The resolution follows a week of intense bombardment of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta in the suburbs of Damascus.

Also on the programme: UN peacekeepers from Ghana are withdrawn from South Sudan after allegations of sexual misconduct, and a warning to Chinese users of the internet.

Picture: The UN Security Council. Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images.

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