“The Syrian conflict has now raged for 10 years roughly
the length of [the First World War and Second World War] combined,” Geir Pedersen,
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, told council members, adding
that the tragedy will go down as one of the darkest chapters in recent history.
He stressed the need to put a new means of international
discussion in place and a new international format for the necessary diplomacy
and cooperation.
Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN (Photo: VNA)
For his part, Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of
Vietnam to the UN, echoed other council members’ view on the necessity of