A step in the right direction:
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is quitting as international peace envoy for Syria in the face of an armed rebellion against President Bashar Assad whose violence shows no sign of abating after 17 months of strife.
Just now?
I wouldn’t be so optimistic. After all, it’s the UN we’re talking about here. They’re probably going to appoint Jimmy Carter to replace Annan.