Articles tagged with: kofi annan
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Tuesday, 14 Aug, 2012
Conditions in Syria have taken important turns in recent weeks. For one, fighting has intensified in the country’s two main cities, with some experts calling this a new phase in the conflict. According to recent coverage by the BBC, rebel fighters have heavily embedded in Aleppo’s Salah Al-Din district. The rebels also control several other districts, including some east of Aleppo.
Most recently, the Rebel Free Syrian Army has claimed that it has shot down a military aircraft near the Ira...
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On 2 August Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and the current UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria, announced from Geneva that he would not renew his mandate when it expires in August. Annan specifically claimed that the lack of unity amongst the United Nations Security Council as well as increasing militarization within Syria had rendered his position ineffective.
Annan, who took up his post as special envoy in February, was charged with developing a plan that woul...
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Despite attempts by Hilary Clinton to woo her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov into accepting Kofi Annan’s last ditch peace plan, calling for a transitional government that ...
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Friday, 29 Jun, 2012
The new peace initiative from the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has already run into trouble, receiving criticism from both the Syrian government and the rebel...
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Diplomatic pressure on Syria has intensified even further this week, with the UN making its strongest condemnation of President Bashar Al-Assad’s government yet, following news o...
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Thursday, 12 Apr, 2012
A new chapter in the unfolding Syrian crisis began this morning as a tenuous ceasefire went into effect between the forces of the Syrian government and the Free Syrian Army (FS...
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