Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is
stepping down as the U.N.-Arab League mediator in the 17-month-old Syria
conflict at the end of the month, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said in a
statement on Thursday.
“Mr.
Annan has informed me, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab
States, Mr. Nabil Elaraby, of his intention not to renew his mandate
when it expires on 31 August 2012,” Ban said in a statement, adding that
he and Elaraby were in discussions on appointing a successor to Annan.
“Kofi Annan deserves our profound admiration for the selfless way in which he has put his formidable skills and prestige to this most difficult and potentially thankless of assignments,” Ban said.
“Mr.
Annan has informed me, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab
States, Mr. Nabil Elaraby, of his intention not to renew his mandate
when it expires on 31 August 2012,” Ban said in a statement, adding that
he and Elaraby were in discussions on appointing a successor to Annan.“Kofi Annan deserves our profound admiration for the selfless way in which he has put his formidable skills and prestige to this most difficult and potentially thankless of assignments,” Ban said.
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