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Kofi Annan resigns from mission to save Syria

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Kofi Annan, the man the UN and Arab League hoped would find a solution to the Syrian crisis, has admittted defeat. In his capacity as Special Envoy to Syria, the Ghanaian diplomat and former UN Secretary General had proposed a "six point plan" to bring about a ceasefire between the Damascus regime and Syrian rebels. It had little impact; now Annan says the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, needs to unite to tackle the situation - and the rest of the UN agrees.

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koffi dear koffi

by Anonyme - 14/08/2012 - 14:14

8000000 death in congo thousands of death in cote d'ivoire millions still dying in darfour soudan black africans mass murdered in lybia coz black people are foreign in africa land of their ancestor and koffi anal want to save syrians..am ashamed of you mr anan you are a sell out and you belong to those black who sold other blacks to slavery

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