Thursday, August 2, 2012

Kofi Annan announces resignation as UN special envoy to Syria

Outgoing special envoy for Syria and former former UN secretary-general., Kofi Annan. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images

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.

Mr. Annan told reporters that when he accepted the job, “which some called ‘Mission Impossible’" — he wanted to help the international

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