In this task, you are given a sentence in the Swedish language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

Den återger kontrasten mellan premiärminister Baraks personliga fredsansträngningar och den reserverade hållningen, den rent av fysiska frånvaron, hos Damaskus starke man, president Assad, vid förhandlingsbordet i Förenta staterna.
It contrasts Prime Minister Barak' s personal peace efforts and the distant attitude, even physical absence, of the strong man of Damascus, President Assad, at the negotiations in the United States.

De utgör dessutom miljöfarliga ämnen av värsta slag.
Moreover, they constitute environmentally hazardous substances of the worst kind.

Herr talman, det är positivt att vi i denna reglering också kan vara flexibla.

It is good that, in establishing the present regulations, we can also be flexible.