The diplomat in charge of trying to end syrias long and bloody civil war, the United Nations general secretary ban kimoon said that ambassador brahimi will resign. He has made the threat many times before, lets listen to his words, and when you listen to ban kimoon its worth bearing in mind if this diplomat could not have solved the problems of syria, who can . Lets listen to them. Its very sad that i leave this position, and leave syria behind in such a bad state. But as you said, secretary general, i have absolutely no doubt that you will continue as you have to do everything that is humanly possible to work with security council, with neighbors of syria, and, indeed, with the syrians themselves to end these crisis. Mr. Brahimi has long been recognized as one of the worlds most brilliant diplomat and outstanding proponent of the United Nations. That the objective to which he applied his extraordinary talents has proven elusive has proven a tragedy. Reporter mr. Brahimi said that this
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The federal government the diplomat that spent nearly two years trying to find a solution to the conflict in syria is leaving his post. Bangui moonannounced that Lakhdar Brahimi will resign at the end of this month. Al jazeeras diplomatic editor james james bays is at the United States. Ban kimoon called Lakhdar Brahimi a brilliant diplomat. Doesnt that statement indicate how detractable syria diplomacy is at the moment. Reporter absolutely. He did the job for two years, and the man before him, kofi annan, they have both resigned, both saying they cannot find peace in syria. We are looking into the abyss. Its a serious moment for the Peace Process in syria. Why did dr Lakhdar Brahimi resign. Hes speaking to the Security Council telling them. Hell brief the press in a short time. We know the main reason he got both sides around the table in geneva, two rounds of talks. In the end the government side around the table wouldnt agree to the compromised agenda. He said if the Syria Governmen
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