UN General Assembly
2012

on and accepted by all Syrian and international parties. The conflicting interests among some countries and their disagreements on how to address the Syrian conflict no longer serve any purpose, because the time has come to take collective action that can preserve security, stability and development for every country in the Middle East, especially since the alternative would be the spread of violence, killing, destruction and chaos. We believe that it is not in the world’s best interests to allow the Middle East to become another global f lashpoint. I would also like to take this opportunity to say that my country welcomes the appointment of Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi as the Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria. We hope that he can provide practical and concrete proposals to pull Syria out of the current cycle of violence and killing. We are aware of the complexities that arise in any discussion of the question of Palestine at sessions of the Assembly. We all know, however, that while the United