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Acknowledges the close linkage between a ceasefire and a parallel political process, pursuant to the 2012 Geneva Communiqué, and that both initiatives should move ahead expeditiously, and in this regard expresses its support for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, which the ISSG has committed to support and assist in implementing, to come into effect as soon as the representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition have begun initial steps towards a political transition under UN auspices, on the basis of the Geneva Communiqué, as set forth in the 14 November 2015 ISSG Statement, and to do so on an urgent basis;","locator":"Operative paragraph 5, printed page 3/4"},{"id":"unsc-2254-excerpts/span/1823-2641","source_id":"unsc-2254-excerpts","start":1823,"end":2641,"quote":"8. Reiterates its call in resolution 2249 (2015) for Member States to prevent and suppress terrorist acts committed specifically by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh), Al-Nusra Front (ANF), and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al Qaeda or ISIL, and other terrorist groups, as designated by the Security Council, and as may further be agreed by the ISSG and determined by the Security Council, pursuant to the Statement of the ISSG of 14 November 2015, and to eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Syria, and notes that the aforementioned ceasefire will not apply to offensive or defensive actions against these individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, as set forth in the 14 November 2015 ISSG Statement;","locator":"Operative paragraph 8, printed page 3/4"}],"units":[{"id":"norm-2254-op5-ceasefire","source_id":"unsc-2254-excerpts","start":1194,"end":1821,"locator":"Operative paragraph 5, printed page 3/4","label":"A condition-linked ceasefire","claim":{"actor":"United Nations Security Council","subject_type":"LegalInstrument","relation":"expresses_support_for","verb":"expresses its support for","object":"A nationwide ceasefire linked to steps toward political transition","object_type":"NormativeObjective","statement":"Operative paragraph 5 expresses support for a nationwide ceasefire, linked in the text to initial steps by representatives toward a political transition under United Nations auspices.","modality":"source expression","polarity":"as worded in source"},"dependencies":["scope-op-8"],"qualifications":["The source’s conditional linkage is retained. 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