(CNN) -- U.N.-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan is promoting a six-point initiative to end the violence, bring in relief, and forge a political process to address grievances in Syria. The U.N. Security Council endorsed a presidential statement last week welcoming Annan's recent appointment as a special envoy on the crisis. It also backed the six-point plan submitted to Syria, which Annan's office said was accepted by President Bashar al-Assad's regime. "The Security Council calls upon the Syrian government and opposition to work in good faith with the envoy towards a peaceful settlement of the Syrian crisis and to implement fully and immediately his initial six-point proposal," the presidential statement said.The plan calls for a Syrian-led political processIt calls for Syrians to "commit to ... a sustained cessation of armed violence"The government must allow "the right to demonstrate peacefully"The plan urges authorities to provide "a list of all places" where people are detained
Annan viewed _'s acceptance of the plan Tuesday as an "important initial step."