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[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban: "Only a political solution" is viable in Syria

 

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Ban: "Only a political solution" is viable in Syria
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that "only a political solution can address" the Syrian conflict and that supplying weapons "would not be helpful." Talk Radio News Service (6/14), The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (6/14), FoxNews.com/The Associated Press (6/14), ABC News/The Associated Press (6/14)
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"So long as he's backed by Russia, there is little chance that Assad will face some military defeat that will compel him to the negotiating table. It's high time that the international community engage on the diplomatic front with renewed vigor." UN Dispatch (6/14)
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are forging a cooperative relationship between the two agencies. "[I]f we are to have any hope of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity, there's just no question we have to work with everybody," Kim says. Reuters (6/15)
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G8 to focus on Syria as Russia vows to block no-fly zone
The Group of Eight meeting likely will focus on Syria as Russia challenges the U.S., the U.K. and France on their backing of the Syrian rebels. Russia is opposed to no-fly zones over Syria. Reuters (6/17), Al Jazeera (6/17), Reuters (6/16), The Guardian (London) (6/16)
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