UN-Arab League envoy to Syria resigns

Kofi Annan his quit his post as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria.

According to the BBC, Annan told journalists at a press conference on Thursday that the people of Syria need help now, but said the UN Security Council hasn’t been doing enough.

Annan authored a six-point peace plan for Syria which was intended to end the fighting. The plan has never adhered to both sides of the conflict and violence has continued to escalate.

Russia and China have vetoed resolutions set by Annan three times making it impossible to impose a peace plan. They have stated the reasoning behind the vetoes is that they don’t want a regime change from the outside.

Annan said that if a successor is chosen they might choose another path to resolve the Syrian crisis which first started in March 2011.

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