U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura to step down at end of November

The UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Wednesday announced he will step down at the end of November after more than four years in the key post. "I will myself be moving as of the last week of November," De Mistura told the UN Security Council during a meeting on the crisis in Syria.

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Published October 17,2018

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U.N. SYRIA ENVOY STAFFAN DE MISTURA TO STEP DOWN AT END OF NOVEMBER

United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told the Security Council on Wednesday that he plans to step down at the end of November for personal reasons after more than four years in the role.

He is the third person to fill the job during the more than seven-year Syrian conflict. His predecessors - former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi - both quit frustrated by global deadlock over how to end the Syrian war.