叙利亚的悲剧由于其可怕的人的层面——也因为它反映并突出显示了我们的集体无能——仍将是我们这一代人的标志之一。正是本着这种精神，在安理会会议厅里，我与法国人类学家利蒂希娅·阿特拉尼-迪奥一道，呼吁我们大家确保这场悲剧不会使联合国垮台。今天叙利亚正处于十字路口，而伊德利卜等地仍面临着巨大风险。我们坚信，今天，也许是七年来头一次，我们有一个狭窄的机会之窗来形成解决叙利亚冲突的真正政治势头。然而，由于最近几天的局势发展，这一机会之窗可能会消失。
The Syrian tragedy, due to its terrible human dimension — but also because it reveals and revels in our collective impotence — will remain one of the markers of our generation. It is in that spirit that, in this Chamber and with the French anthropologist Laetitia Atlani-Duault, I call upon us all to ensure that this tragedy does not become the downfall of the United Nations. Today Syria stands at a crossroads, while the risks in Idlib and elsewhere remain immense. Our conviction is that today, perhaps for the first time in the past seven years, we have a narrow window of opportunity to foster real political momentum to settle the Syrian conflict. However, this window of opportunity is likely to disappear, given developments in the situation in recent days.