(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 02, 2007, Geir Pedersen (L), then UN special coordinator for Lebanon, walks alongside Hezbollah deputy Hassan Fadlallah (2nd L) and other officials during their tour in the devastated town of Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon. - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has informed the Security Council that he wishes to appoint the Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen as the next special envoy to Syria, diplomatic sources told AFP on October 31, 2018. Pedersen is currently Norway's ambassador to China and has previously served as its envoy to the UN. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)
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