UNITED NATIONS
UN and Arab League's Special Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi called on the UN Security Council to take action to work on a solution for the ongoing conflict in Syria.
Brahimi briefed at UN Headquarters following a closed-door session with the Security Council about latest development in Syria.
After the session, Brahimi spoke at a press conference and said, he shared his own point of view and observations about the Syria crisis with members of the Council.
He stressed, he tried to update the Council members on Syria, and said, "Syria is being destroyed bit by bit. And in destroying Syria, the region is being pushed into a situation that is extremely bad and extremely important for the entire world."
Brahimi noted, he also discussed the Geneva communique, which lays out key steps in a process to end the violence in Syria and said, "I am now calling on the Security Council to take action because the Geneva declaration that contains, indeed, a lot of elements that would provide for a reasonable solution to the conflict cannot be implemented as it is. It needs action from the Council and I have suggested a few ideas to them."
Upon a question about submitting his proposals to the UNSC, he said members of the Council received sense of urgency that something ought to be done and something ought to be done quickly” to stem the crisis in Syria and its consequences for the entire region.
He explained the communique and said it was for the establishment of a transitional governing body, with full executive powers and made up by members of the present Government and the opposition and other groups, as part of agreed principles and guidelines for a Syrian-led political transition, so he said, "I asked the Council to lift the ambiguities. I thin all the power and authorization has to be on the transitional government."
Brahimi added, they would come together with the permanent members of the Security Council at a dinner where they would continue assessing the situation.
Furthermore, upon a question about what he thinks over the news of, "he is resigning from his post", Brahimi said, "I am not a quitter. The United Nations has no choice but to remain engaged with this problem, whether I am there or not. The moment I feel that I am totally useless, I will not stay one minute more."
