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In this photo provided by the United Nations, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, joins Lakhdar Brahimi as Brahimi announces his resignation as Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at United Nations headquarters. After nearly two years in the position, Brahimi’s resignation becomes effective on May 31. (AP Photo/The United Nations, JC McIlwaine)
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Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria, speaks during a news conference after closed meetings in the U.N. Security Council, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at United Nations headquarters. Brahimi resigned Tuesday, following in the footsteps of his longtime friend, former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan, who resigned from the same job in August 2012 after failing to broker a cease-fire as the country descended into civil war. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi listens during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Brahimi will resign as the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy on Syria after a nearly two-year effort that failed to bring peace to the war-ravaged country, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He will step down May 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
