As UN Monitoring Mission Dies in Syria, a New Envoy Is Named
Dulcie Leimbach August 16, 2012
The United Nations Security Council will not renew the mandate for the monitoring mission it set up in Syria this spring to supervise a peace plan that never materialized. The mandate for the UN Supervision Mission, called Unsmis, expires Aug. 19. The unarmed mission, renewed in July for 30 days, is down to 100 officers …
