Kofi Annan Resigns As Syria Envoy -- The Guardian
Syrian peace mission impossible because of militarisation on the ground and lack of international unity, says former head of UN
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 said it had been a "sacred duty" to take up the position five months ago to try to find a solution to the conflict. But growing militarisation and a lack of unity among world powers had changed the circumstances.
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