Lakhdar Brahimi
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr (R) meets with UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Cairo on May 19, 2013. An Arab League committee on Syria will hold an emergency meeting on May 23, ahead of an international peace conference on ending the country's civil war, the bloc's deputy leader said.
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This is the first hopeful news concerning that unhappy country in a very long time
There is every reason to expect the three other permanent members of the Security Council as a whole and indeed all the Security Council members to work together amongst themselves and with the Secretary-General to carry the process forwardMore quotes »
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Glimmer of hope in Syria
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