UN General Assembly
2014

communities concerned can help rebuild trust and understanding, turning the page on a better future for the youngest country in the world. It is hard to find the words to describe the situation in Syria. After more than three years of deadly fighting, the country is barely liveable. Every kind of horrible act has happened there. More than 170,000 people have died, millions are refugees, and large parts of the country are in ruins. With fighting and mass atrocities being committed every day, any hope of ending the war is a remote dream for those still trapped there. Albania joined the initiative taken by some 60 States Members of the United Nations to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court. Unfortunately, like many other initiatives on Syria, the effort was vetoed in the Security Council. We reiterate and reaffirm that the perpetrators of atrocities in Syria must be held accountable and that the people of Syria deserve relief and justice. The events this year in Ukraine have been deeply