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Norwegian Major General Robert Mood, who negotiated with Syrian authorities the conditions for the deployment of an advance team, speaks to the press upon his arrival at Damascus airport on April 29, 2012
Monday, Apr. 30, 2012

Open quoteTen unarmed observers, 30 unarmed observers, 300 unarmed observers, even a thousand ... cannot solve all the problems.Close quote

  • ROBERT MOOD,
  • head of the U.N. observer mission to Syria, saying the success of special envoy Kofi Annan's plan requires the cessation of all violence
Photo: LOUAI BESHARA / AFP / GettyImages | Source: BBC