premise: Asked about the impasse in negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme and the chances of military action, Annan said he did not think the Middle East could "take another crisis".
  "It's in a very precarious and delicate state at this moment and I have indicated quite clearly that on the Iranian issue we need to do whatever we can to get a negotiated solution and that, in my mind, is the only one."
  A military solution would be "extremely unwise for that country and for the world and everything should be done to stop it."
  Turning to Darfur, where ethnic violence has killed hundreds of thousands of people and left millions homeless, Annan said the situation was "deeply disappointing" as Khartoum has rejected a plan to allow UN peacekeepers in.
  "It's tragic but we do not have the resources or the will to confront the situation -- as in, if you did it, would you make the situation worse, or would it be better?"
   What is the situation that Annan does not have the resources to confront?
hypothesis: make the situation worse