Amateur video out of Syria shows the relentless shelling of Aleppo.<br/> <br />The video, which could not be independently verified by Reuters comes as the U.N. Security Council endorsed envoy Kofi Annan's plan to end the violence.<br/> <br />Annan has told the Syrian government and opposition that the year-long conflict must end at 6:00 a.m. local time on April 12 if the government meets an April 10 deadline to silence its weapons<br/> <br />He addressed the UN via videolink from Geneva<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) U.N. ENVOY KOFI ANNAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We must silence the tanks, helicopters, mortars, guns and stop all other forms of violence too - sexual abuse, torture, executions, abductions, destruction of homes, forced displacement and other abuses, including on children,"<br/> <br />His comments came after the 15-nation Security unanimously adopted a so-called "presidential statement" endorsing the deadline and warning Damascus of "further steps" if Syria did not meet the deadline.<br/> <br />Footage out of Homs shows few signs that anyone has given up the fight. Men said to be from the Free Syria Army continue to battle for control.<br/> <br />The United Nations says that more than 9,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began more than a year ago,. The government blames the violence on foreign backed insurgent groups.<br/> <br />Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.
