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ing thus far." Carney's comments contrasted with a more positive assessment Friday by U.N. officials, who insisted that the peace plan developed by Kofi Annan, a former U.N. secretary general who is serving as the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, remains on track. "A crisis that has been going on

.-Arab League envoy for Syria, remains on track. "A crisis that has been going on for over a year is not going to be resolved in a day or a week," Annan's spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, told reporters in Geneva. He pointed to U.N. efforts to triple the number of truce monitors in the country, from about 50

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of science. In the midst of the boycott, for example, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and UNICEF headquarters suggested to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he send Ibrahim Gambari, the secretary-general's advisor for African affairs, to Nigeria as a special envoy. As researcher's Judith R. Kaufman

adquarters suggested to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he send Ibrahim Gambari, the secretary-gene

d its membership is believed to have diversified, with anecdotal evidence suggesting that foreign fighters from Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia and Sudan may be in Boko Haram's ranks 57 In recent years, northern Nigeria has also seen the formation of splinter groups emerging from Boko Haram, the most

yria: Intense diplomatic maneuvering over the past few weeks has had little impact on the continuing violence in Syria. UN-Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on July 9. The focus is now on promoting dialogue between the regime and opposition groups. Ru

ence in Syria. UN-Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Dama

tary President General Ibrahim Babangida, is a prominent northerner and cousin to the Sultan of Sokoto, Nigeria's highest Muslim spiritual figure. Sudan: A $2.4 billion deficit and 30 percent inflation rate, combined with pressure from the International Monetary Fund to launch an emergency austerity

iplomatic approach to both countries. But if regime change in Syria is the goal, Security Council resolutions and six-point plans from the likes of Kofi Annan are doomed to failure. Only a E FTA_R1_02204140 EFTA02720611 combination of economic and military pressure, by Assad's opposition or outsiders,

Obama is seeking a bargain. So it's no wonder Tehran sought to add Syria to the topics for discussion at the last session of negotiations — or that Annan wants to include Iran in a new "contact group" to broker a settlement in Syria. The Obama administration rejected both proposals — because they ar

icymakers. How then can China's recent veto behavior in the Security Council be explained? Previous Chinese actions vis- a-vis the atrocities inside Sudan provide insights. While China still cherishes the principle of state sovereignty, Beijing has actually over time become more socialized into the fr

of science. In the midst of the boycott, for example, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and UNICEF headquarters suggested to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he send Ibrahim Gambari, the secretary-general's advisor for African affairs, to Nigeria as a special envoy. As researcher's Judith R. Kaufman

adquarters suggested to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he send Ibrahim Gambari, the secretary-gene

d its membership is believed to have diversified, with anecdotal evidence suggesting that foreign fighters from Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia and Sudan may be in Boko Haram's ranks." In recent years, northern Nigeria has also seen the formation of splinter groups emerging from Boko Haram, the most