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Former United Nations Secretary General and current U.N. and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday that his bid to get Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his administration to accept a peace plan Annan proposed has been successful. Enacting it, however, is another matter. —KA MSNBC: “I have a six-point plan which the Security Council has endorsed, dealing with issues of political discussions, withdrawal of heavy weapons and troops from population centers, humanitarian assistance being allowed in unimpeded, release of prisoners, freedom of movement and access to journalists to go in and out,” he said.
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The Envoy - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad didn't win over any skeptics with his address to the nation today urging a national dialogue and blaming unrest that has killed an estimated 1,400 Syrians on saboteurs and foreign enemies... Read Post

The Envoy - Israeli elder statesman President Shimon Peres has arrived in Washington in a bid to jumpstart the perennially stalled Middle East peace process. The initiative comes amid ongoing unrest in the Arab worldâ??and mounting ... Read Post

The Envoy - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed horror yesterday at the torture and murder of a 13-year-old Syrian boy by Syrian security forces. She denounced Bashar al-Assad's pledges of reform as fraudulent and said the ... Read Post