最后，我要感谢安东尼奥·古特雷斯秘书长给予的信任、建议和鼓励，感谢我自己的团队在过去四年半时间里不懈努力，保持谈判进程不失活力并不断前进，虽然有时是以渐进方式，但从未放弃。我对他们感激不尽。我相信联合国工作人员的坚韧不拔和创造力可以让叙利亚发生根本变化，我祝愿我的继任者圆满完成他的重要工作。
In closing, I would like to thank our Secretary-General, António Guterres, for his trust, advice and encouragement, as well as my own team, which, over the past four and a half years, has worked tirelessly to keep the talks process alive and moving forward, albeit sometimes incrementally, but never giving up. I owe them an enormous gratitude. I am convinced that the tenacity and ingenuity of United Nations staff can The situation in the Middle East S/PV.8434 make a fundamental differencefor Syria, and I wish my successor every success in his vital work.