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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
United Nations Secretary general Ban Ki-Moon Foreign powers have been urged to take action to prevent Syria turning into a bloodbath on a scale seen in notorious conflicts in Bosnia or Rwanda. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon drew a comparison...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Free Syrian Army soldiers in Aleppo take a break from the fighting. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters When the history of Syria 's catastrophic civil war comes to be written, 30 June 2012 will surely be recognised as the only true moment of hope.
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Arab states will not accept a new international envoy to Syria after Kofi Annan's resignation unless his or her mandate is to clearly negotiate a transfer of power, Qatar's prime minister said on Saturday. "Arab nations will not accept a new envoy...
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Sky News
| 11 months ago
Syrian forces backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships have clashed with rebels in the northern city of Aleppo, as fighting continues in the capital Damascus. And as the violence rumbles on, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has said the...
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Telegraph India
| 11 months ago
With UN peace envoy Kofi Annan walking out of his mission yesterday, hopes of a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Syria may have been dashed, but the unfortunate turn of events has raised India's stock at the UN. New Delhi's vote in the...
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The Hindustan Times
| 11 months ago
While the US and its allies reacted with anger to United Nations negotiator Kofi Annan's resignation, India on Thursday urged the international community to remain engaged in Syria. India would have liked Annan to "persevere", but if he is giving up,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia expressed serious concern Friday over attempts by Syrian rebels to gain control of Aleppo and condemned foreign nations for providing the armed opposition with military supplies. The foreign ministry said the latest evidence from Syria's...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Assembly approves non-binding resolution expressing "grave concern" at escalation; Syrian forces storm last rebel stronghold in Damascus, blast Aleppo with helicopters; Ban: Potential war crimes being committed. The UN General Assembly on Friday...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
THE UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security Council and the world at large into action on stopping the country's civil war. Before the vote on Friday, Secretary-...
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USA Today
| 11 months ago
General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown Friday and demanded the lockdown of its chemical and biological weapons. The vote came as the more powerful Security Council has been deadlocked by Russian and Chinese vetoes on resolutions...
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CNN Blog
| 11 months ago
General Assembly resolution approved Friday stresses "grave concern" over the deteriorating conflict in Syria and slams the government for its actions and the Security Council for its "failure" to counter the crisis. The assembly adopted the Saudi-...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
A long-expected Syrian army onslaught to drive rebel forces out of Aleppo is imminent, following a military build-up around the country's biggest city, a senior United Nations official said. President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed more than 80...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The United Nations General Assembly convenes Friday to consider the situation in Syria amid reports a major battle is shaping up in the commercial hub of Aleppo. The meeting comes after special U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan resigned after months...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Violence flares ahead of UN vote 3 August 2012 Last updated at 08:48 ET There has been renewed fighting in Syria ahead of a UN General Assembly vote to condemn its own failures to put an end to the unrest. Rebel positions in the city of Aleppo have...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The resignation of UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, "opens the gates" for those backing a military intervention into the country to force out the ruling authorities, a Russian minister has said. Annan, who assumed his post in February...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russia said Friday that major powers should "urgently" replace former Syria mediator Kofi Annan, who quit his post after blaming a lack of international support for his peace efforts. "A worthy candidate to succeed Kofi Annan should be urgently found,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
India has said it would have liked UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, who resigned from his post, to persevere in his efforts to broker peace in Syria, asserting that the international community cannot walk away from its obligations in the troubled...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington remains committed to an "effective and swift" political transition in Syria as envisioned by UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan, who announced his resignation on Thursday. "We remain committed...
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Kansas City Star
| 11 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, vowing to confront China over its own international trade policies.
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Not only did they not put in any effort to implement Annan's six-step plan... these countries endeavored to have his mission fail," he charged. He did not name any countries, but Tehran in the past has accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of arming...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Moscow and its allies must persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, departing U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan wrote in an op-ed piece. At the same time, Washington and allies must press Syrian rebels to negotiate with people...
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CNN Blog
| 11 months ago
General Assembly will convene over the Syrian crisis Friday, a day after Kofi Annan quit as special envoy to the nation following months of failed attempts to stop the bloodshed. Annan, a former U.N. chief, has scrambled to forge peace amid reports...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Annan resigned as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria complaining the international community had not done enough to support his bid to persuade Bashar al-Assad to accept a peace plan. World powers traded blame on Friday after Kofi Annan quit as...
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Israel National News
| 11 months ago
The UN and Arab League have begun their search for a replacement.
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Former UN chief Kofi Annan on Thursday called on Russia and the United States to shoulder responsibility for saving Syria from catastrophic civil war as he announced he was quitting as international envoy. Writing in the Financial Times , Annan...
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Inter Press Service
| 11 months ago
IPS Articles Jose Luis Diaz, Amnesty International's head of office and representative at the United Nations, said Annan's resignation again points up the failure of the U.N...Annan, a national of Ghana and a former U.N. secretary-general, was the...
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The Sun UK
| 11 months ago
United Nations chief Kofi Annan quit his job as Syrian peace envoy yesterday as the bloodshed intensified. A frustrated Mr Annan said the Syrian people desperately need action as he blasted the finger pointing and name calling on the UN Security...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan has decided that his Mission Impossible in Syria was exactly that. The former United Nations secretary general announced Thursday he is relinquishing at month's end his role as special envoy to Syria admitting the failure of six months of...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The UN estimates that 200,000 Syrians have left Aleppo over the past 10 days as the government trains its mortars, tanks and helicopter gunships on the neighbourhoods seized by the rebels. AP video Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
The resignation of Kofi Annan, the point man for international efforts to bring peace to Syria , emphatically confirmed what events on the ground had already been making clear: The country's fate is far more likely to be decided by force than by...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-08-03 09:57 AM Frustrated by the failed attempts to end Syria n conflict, special peace envoy Kofi Annan announced his resignation on Thursday as diplomatic...
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Miami Herald
| 11 months ago
The resignation Thursday of veteran diplomat Kofi Annan and the collapse of diplomatic efforts on Syria by the United Nations and the Arab League all but assure a bloody finish to the uprising against President Bashar Assad. Annan's tenure as...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Agencies Annan leaves after announcing his resignation at the United Nations in Geneva...Secretary-General Kofi Annan has quit his post as international peace envoy to Syria, shooting down hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the increasingly bloody...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
as an envoy, I can't want peace more than the protagonists, more than the Security Council or the international community for that matter." Annan said "continuous finger-pointing and name-calling" in the Security Council had hindered his attempts to...
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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
UN chief Ban ki-Moon said discussions were on to appoint his successor. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Annan cited finger-pointing, name-calling in the 15-nation Security Council as one of the reasons for his decision to step down. There may be...
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Epoch Times
| 11 months ago
August 2, 2012 UN envoy Kofi Annan looks on before a meeting at his office at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on July 20, 2012.(Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images) United Nations special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, resigned Thursday amid heavy...
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Russia Today
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan, who has been mediating the Syrian crisis as a special UN-Arab League Envoy, is stepping down from the post, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says. " Mr. Annan has informed me, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Mr. Nabil Elaraby,...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Michael Lipin August 02, 2012 After months of shuttle diplomacy, international envoy Kofi Annan is giving up his bid to resolve Syria's 17-month-long conflict. Annan said Thursday that he will end his peace mission on August 31, when his mandate...
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GMA News
| 11 months ago
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is quitting as international peace envoy for Syria, frustrated by "finger-pointing" at the United Nations while the armed rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad becomes increasingly bloody. As battles raged on...
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Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general who has been the point man for a failing international peace plan for strife-torn Syria, is quitting as special envoy to Syria as of Aug. 31, the U.N. said Thursday...Secretary-General Ban Ki-...
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USA Today
| 11 months ago
White House blames Kofi Annan's resignation on Russia, China Updated The White House blames Kofi Annan's resignation as special U.N. envoy to Syria on the failure of Russia and China to back his peace plan for the 17-month conflict. Annan will step...
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Sky News
| 11 months ago
UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan has quit his post, complaining of a lack of support and the increasing militarisation of the conflict. Mr Annan, a former UN secretary-general, headed up diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire from Syrian...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
The United States on Thursday blamed the resignation of UN peace envoy Kofi Annan on the refusal of Russia and China to back resolutions targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. White House spokesperson Jay Carney, speaking aboard Air Force One,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria. (AFP) Kofi Annan resigned as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria on Thursday, complaining the international community had not done enough to support his bid to...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
38 Zeenews Bureau United Nations: Kofi Annan has resigned from his post as the UN-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria, the United Nations announced on Thursday. "Annan has informed me, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States,...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
UN's Arab League mediator Kofi Annan announces resignation, expresses frustration at UN Security Council's inability to agree on action; expects plan to resolve crisis to continue in his absence. Khaled al-Hariri Former UN Secretary-General Kofi...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan said Thursday he will step down from his high-profile role as special envoy for Syria at the end of the month, delivering blistering criticism of world powers' failure to unite over the country's escalating violence. At an impromptu...
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AKI
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan on Thursday resigned as the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Serbia as violence escalates in the 17-month conflict that has killed around 20 thousand people, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. "My consultations...
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Al Jazeera English
| 11 months ago
50 Annan's resignation is the latest sign that the outlook for a diplomatic solution in Syria remains bleak [Reuters] Kofi Annan is quitting as UN-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, UN leader Ban Ki-moon has announced, as the 17-month-old civil war...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is looking for a successor to Kofi Annan to serve as an envoy to civil-war wracked Syria.
Annan said Thursday he is resigning the position effective Aug. 31. Ban says he is discussing possible...
