UN’s top official in Syria is stepping down after 7 years of conflict and tumult

Geir Pedersen, who has held diplomatic posts for decades for the world body and his native Norway, told the U.N. Security Council that “I have informed the secretary-general of my intention to step down.” Pedersen, 69, was appointed as the U.N.'s special envoy to Syria in 2018, seven years into the...

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