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DAMASCUS TODAY REJECTED a call by UN chief Ban Ki-moon for it to declare a unilateral ceasefire, insisting that rebels fighting the government must stop the violence first.
“We told Ban Ki-moon to send emissaries to the countries which have influence on the armed groups, so that they put an end to the violence,” foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Maqdisi said.
Maqdisi said that twice during the abortive UN military observer mission deployed to Syria between April and the end of August, Damascus had implemented a ceasefire.
But he said the rebels “used the opportunity to expand their armed deployment and increase casualties due to terrorist activities”.
He said Foreign Minister Walid Muallem discussed the issue with Ban on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly earlier this month.
Muallem told the UN chief that governments that “finance, train and deliver weapons to the armed groups, notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey” should be stopped.
Ban urged the Syrian regime on Tuesday to declare an immediate truce to bring an end to the conflict that he said had left 20,000 dead over the last 19 months.
“It is unbearable for the (Syrian) people to continue like this. That is why I have conveyed to the Syrian government (a) strong message that they should immediately declare a unilateral ceasefire,” the UN chief said.
He urged “the opposition forces to agree to this unilateral ceasefire when and if the Syrian government declares it” and he called on countries supplying arms to either side to stop in order to ease the suffering of the Syrian people.
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Would gladly take a pay rise thanks very much. That way i can afford funnier friends
It’s all about work life balance for me.
I’ve worked shift work all my working life which includes nights and earlys and weekends included.Last year took on a project in work that meant i only worked days for 6 months ,tuesdays to fridays and no weekends.I dropped a considerable amount of money due to loss of shift pay but it was the best 6 months i’ve spent working in my life due to the weekends off ,no nights and sociable hours.I would gladly take a pay cut to work it permanently but in my line of work its not feasable.Theres way more important things to a job than money for sure
+1 million
Took a decent pay cut in recent years but now work a 3 day week most weeks and non anti social hours. Wouldlnt go back to the old way even if I was offered double my salary, work is a means to an end
….says anyone that’s getting a nice wage in the first place!
BS! I’d work with satan himself if I could have a pay rise!
Wait… I already do…
So when does the Landsdown Road pay restoration kick in? Ta
Getting paid more is far more desirable than office fun.
Sounds like a survey commissioned to discourage pay rises in place of bean bags and space invader machines.
Thanks the reason that the government gave themselves a pay rise is because they don’t have any craic in their work place
Obviously those surveyed are on good money, for most though a pay rise would be the preferred choice, its ridiculous to say the craic is more important than a proper wage.
Having the so called Craic can be sexual harassment, bullying, gossip mongering and depends who is doing it sociopaths or psychopaths…
The term craic can mean so many things to so many people including racism?
*crack
“Craic” drives me mad too. Or maybe it’s just that I’m no crack.
I highly doubt they’re saying that crack cocaine is better than craic with people!
Might make the day pass faster though! A bit of crack to help deal with the craic!
It’s not an Irish word. It has an unusual history; The English ”crack”was borrowed into Irish as craic in the mid-20th century and the Irish spelling was then reborrowed into English.
It may not be As Gaeilge but craic is an Irish word.
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