The first surge of International observers has arrived to Syria, as UN Chief Ban KI-moon urges restraint from Damascus regime and cooperation from the opposition.

The first surge of International observers has arrived to Syria, as UN Chief Ban KI-moon urges restraint from Damascus regime and cooperation from the opposition.

Six members in a first advance party of observers have arrived and are to be joined by others, increasing the team to 30 monitors who were approved by the UN Security Council on Saturday.
Should the ceasefire hold, the team will be expanded to 200 people.

"It is very important that the cessation of violence must continue," Ban said at a news conference in Brussels. "The Syrian authorities must exercise maximum restraint" and "the opposition forces should also fully cooperate."

Ban, who was in Brussels for a renewable energy conference, said the Syrian ceasefire accord remained "very fragile".

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, speaking alongside the UN secretary-general, also said that "we call on the Syrian government to fully respect the six-point plan as a matter of urgency."

Ban said there were no immediate plans to provide military protection for the UN observers, who arrived in Damascus on Sunday.
"We're not contemplating military protection at this time because we think that freedom of movement should be guaranteed," he said.