Lakhdar Brahimi

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Members of the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition group, arriving for a meeting with U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Brahimi was meeting first with a government delegation and later Friday with representatives from the Syrian National Coalition, said U.N. spokeswoman Alessandra Vellucci. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Lakhdar Brahimi, joint special representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers media questions after consultations at U.N. headquarters on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Lakhdar Brahimi (from right), the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria; former Irish President Mary Robinson; former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby; and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland attend a press conference after their meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Mr. Brahimi says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a cease-fire during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, talks during a joint press conference with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby (unseen) following their meeting at the league headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Mr. Brahimi says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a cease-fire during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)