Natalie Samarasinghe

Natalie Samarasinghe is Deputy Director (Policy & Communications) at the United Nations Association of the UK – the UK’s leading source of independent analysis on the UN and a grassroots movement campaigning for a safer, fairer and more sustainable world.

Syria: why we can’t give up on diplomacy

On 1 September, Lakhdar Brahimi took over from Kofi Annan as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria. His task is not an enviable one, even for such a capable operator. But the new envoy has a few options for ending the Syrian civil war through diplomatic action.

By Natalie Samarasinghe

/ 4 Sep 2012