The world community, including China, has piled pressure on Syria's government to end 17 months of bloodshed as the UN Security Council ordered the end of the Syrian observer mission.
The United Nations Security Council ordered the end of its Syrian observer mission on Thursday, two weeks after the resignation of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan and the failure of his six-point peace plan.
The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS), led by Norwegian General Robert Mood, had been tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Annan plan and documenting abuses by President Bashar Assad's regime and anti-government rebels.
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