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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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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News August 05, 2012 Iranian media said Sunday Tehran has asked Turkey and Qatar to help secure the release of 48 Iranian national kidnapped Saturday in Damascus. Iran has described the victims as religious pilgrims. However, al-Arabiya...
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Times of India
| 11 months ago
Syria for the situation prevailing in the country, but finally abstained from voting after the draft could not be rid of reference to the July 22nd League of Arab States resolution that called upon Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down. The...
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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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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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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution criticising the Security Council's failure to act on the Syria conflict, which UN leader Ban Ki-moon said has become a "proxy war". The resolution also condemning president Bashar al-...
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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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The Age
| 11 months ago
He cited the Syrian government's ''intransigence'' and the opposition's ''escalating military campaign'' as major impediments to his peace efforts, along with a lack of unity in the international community on how to deal with the crisis. The conflict...
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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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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
A Saudi Arabia-drafted resolution on Syria, which is set to be voted upon in the UN General Assembly, has dropped its demand for President Bashar al-Assad to step down and sanctions be imposed against the country after some member states, including...
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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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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
EPA The British government intends to step up help to the Syrian opposition, William Hague has revealed. As diplomatic efforts falter, underlined by the resignation of the UN envoy Kofi Annan on Thursday , the foreign secretary disclosed that Britain...
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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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BBC
| 11 months ago
The UK is to increase the assistance it is giving to Syrian opposition forces in the coming weeks, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said. The UK would be offering a "great deal" of "practical" help to forces opposed to the regime of Bashar-al-...
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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
Arab nations have dropped an explicit demand for President Bashar al-Assad to quit from a resolution on the Syria conflict to be voted at the UN General Assembly on Friday. With the international community reeling from the resignation of UN-Arab...
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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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Russia Today
| 11 months ago
Kofi Annan's resignation from his post as the UN-Arab League joint envoy to Syria has prompted an ample international reaction. While most countries regretted the decision, some used the opportunity to take new jabs at the Syrian leadership. ...
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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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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Editorial His was described as a mission impossible pretty much from the start. Would the Nobel laureate whose career had weathered some spectacular lapses in international peacekeeping the Rwandan genocide, the Srebrenica massacre, Somalia and...
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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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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Kofi Annan's resignation as Syria peace envoy a "great shame" that should not deter efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. "Kofi Annan is a man of great merit, a brilliant diplomat...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton called Thursday for a rapid appointment by the UN and the Arab League of a successor to Kofi Annan after he quit as Syria peace envoy. Expressing her "deep regret" in a statement, the English...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
International disarray over the bloody crisis in Syria has been starkly underlined when the UN envoy Kofi Annan announced that he was resigning because of the failure of what he said had become a "mission impossible". The former UN secretary general...
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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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Daily Nation
| 11 months ago
Thursday Kofi Annan said today he had quit as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, complaining of a lack of support and the increasing militarisation of the conflict. I did not receive all the support that the cause deserved, Annan told a hastily...
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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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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
At an impromptu news conference in Geneva, Annan said the international community and U.N. Security Council had failed to back his efforts to enforce a cease-fire and bring about a transition of power. When the Syrian people desperately need action,...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Prime Minister David Cameron today called on the United Nations to ramp up pressure on the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad, after international peace envoy Kofi Annan announced he was stepping down. Mr Cameron said that the resignation of the...
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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...
