UN General Assembly
2013

of constitutional change in our Governments since independence. As a nation, we have striven to create a just society. We see an inextricable link between development and international peace and security. Without development, there can be no international peace and security, and without international peace and security the development agenda will not succeed. For Barbados, therefore, the rule of law at the national and international levels is an indispensable condition for sustainable development. Barbados is deeply concerned by the number of national regional and international conflicts raging throughout the world. We are yet more concerned that the threshold of what constitutes an acceptable level of violence and acceptable levels of atrocity grows higher and higher. The findings of the United Nations inspection team that chemical weapons were used in Syria are alarming. My country believes that the perpetrators of these acts must be brought to account. Moreover, we believe that the international community must work in good faith to find a political solution to the escalating and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria. At the same time, the international community