Kofi Annan gave up as Syria mediator....

The former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, conceded the failure of diplomacy to resolve Syria’s conflict when he announced his resignation as international peace envoy today.

Mr Annan, who had served as the joint envoy of the UN and the Arab League, will step down at the end of August. There was no word on any possible successor. Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary general, announced the impending departure with “deep regret”.

Mr Annnan, who was appointed in February, devised a six-point peace plan designed to resolve Syria’s civil war. In theory, this proposal commanded the united support of the UN Security Council, the Arab League – and President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews