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

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN, World Bank forge partnership to reduce poverty Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   June 17, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story 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." 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