SYRIA WAR: Kofi Annan resigns as UN special envoy to Syria. - Zee News

Kofi Annan has resigned from his post as the UN-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria, the United Nations announced on Thursday. "Annan has informed me, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Nabil El Araby, of his intention not to renew his mandate when it expires on August 31, 2012," Ban said in a statement here.