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Thursday 01 Oct 2015 - 11:26 Makkah mean time-18-12-1436
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New York (IINA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for using all the tools available to the United Nations to help steer the Middle East and North Africa towards a path of freedom, safety and dignity, citing in particular the obligation of the international community to ensure a peaceful solution to the conflict in Syria and accountability for serious crimes committed there, UN News Center reported.
“Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen are our common concern, and their resolution is our shared responsibility,” Ban told a ministerial-level meeting of the Security Council on the settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering the terrorist threat in the region.
He said the region is in the midst of some of the deadliest conflicts and worst humanitarian emergencies ever, with terrorist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Qaeda affiliates “elevating the horror and complicating the search for solutions.”
“Syria has proven to be the most intractable,” Ban stated, referring to the use of chemical weapons, the rise of ISIL and other extremist groups, the worst refugee crisis since World War II and the displacement of 8 million people inside the country”.
He appealed to the Council to strongly support the efforts of his Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, to promote a comprehensive and credible political transition based on the 2012 Geneva Communiqué, which sets out a clear roadmap for a democratic transition and remains the basis for any peaceful settlement.
Wednesday’s Security Council meeting was chaired by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whose country holds the rotating Council presidency for the month of September.
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