Syria crisis kofi annan

• BEIRUT — Special U.N. envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged in an interview published Saturday that the international communitys efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed.
(Huffington Post)
• UN special envoy Kofi Annan has acknowledged that the international is the architect of the most prominent international plan to end the crisis in Syria, which activists say has killed more than 14,000 people since March 2011.
(MSN UK News)
• Russia and China say they are committed to the peace plan of U.N. envoy Kofi Annan that prescribes national dialogue, but reject the position of Western powers and their Gulf Arab allies that Assad must step down to enable reform in Syria.
(Reuters)
• The UN envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan. Photo: AFP He also insisted that Iran had a role to play in resolving the crisis - a position the West strongly opposes because Iran is a key supporter of Dr Assad.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
• BEIJING (Reuters) - China rebuffed on Saturday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintons accusation that Beijing and Moscow have hindered the resolution of the crisis in Syria plan drafted by U.N.
(Reuters UK)
• Speaking at the Paris meeting, French President Francois Hollande urged al-Assad to take responsibilities for the 16-month crisis and to hand six-point peace plan drawn up by Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria.
(Xinhua News Agency)