Syria heading towards ‘dissolution’, says UN's Ban
Ban calls for a renewed drive to halt the strife as conflict between the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels are poised to enter its third year
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Friday that the spiralling conflict in Syria, where some 70,000 people have been killed over the past two years, was breaking the country apart.
“The military solution in Syria is leading to the dissolution of Syria,” the UN chief said in Geneva, asking: “What atrocity must occur to finally stir the world to act?”
With the brutal, sectarian-tinged conflict between the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels poised to enter its third year next month, Ban called for a renewed drive to halt the strife.
“For two years now, we have seen suppression of people’s aspiration for change, the flight of ever-greater numbers of people from their homes, and the daily escalation of killing, war crimes and crimes against humanity,” he said.
“The United Nations and our humanitarian partners are doing all we can to provide assistance. But in Syria and anywhere else, we must never use humanitarianism to avoid the tougher choices,” he insisted.