Kofi Annan Delays UN Syria Vote After Intense Fighting

By Oliver Tree: Subscribe to Oliver's | July 18, 2012 4:17 PM GMT

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(Photo: Reuters)<br>Kofi Annan has resigned as the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria.
(Photo: Reuters)
Kofi Annan has resigned as the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria.

U.N. envoy Kofi Annan has asked for a vote on Syrian resolution to be delayed in the wake of intense fighting in the capital Damascus, Al-Jazeera has reported.

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Britain's U.N. Mission tweeted that it will considering Annan's request. Major Western nations have already draft a resolution that vows to implement nonmilitary sanctions against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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