这里是安全理事会，所以请允许我强调最重要的一点。联合国作为协调者和调解人可以开创每一种调解进程和每一种对话方式——无论是秘密会谈、秘密联络渠道、近距离间接会谈、技术性会谈、工作组、直接会谈、多方会谈、宪法委员会、全国对话等等。我已设法利用各种想法、信号、渠道和会议弥合国际分歧，并为此制定所有人都能接受的前进方针，以期始终支持我们的任务。我还努力公开和明确谈论对平民实施的令人震惊的暴力和侵害，谈论人道主义通行的必要性和打击恐怖主义的必要性，以及尊重国际人道主义法的根本重要性。但是这不能代替有影响力的各国的真诚努力，努力彼此开展对话并在安理会内外从事建设性工作，支持叙利亚人主导、叙利亚人自主的联合国进程。
This is the Security Council, so let me stress one point above all. The United Nations as a facilitator and mediator can create every sort of mediation process and every sort of dialogue — whether secret talks, backchannels, proximity talks, technical talks, working groups, direct talks, multi-party talks, constitutional committees, national dialogue and so on. I have sought to bridge international divides with ideas, messages, channels and meetings and by framing a way forward that all could sign on to in order to consistently support our mandate. I have also sought to speak publicly and clearly about the shocking violence and abuses against civilians, the need for humanitarian access and the need to counter terrorism, as well as the fundamental importance of respecting international humanitarian law. But that is no substitute for the genuine efforts of influential countries to talk to each other and work constructively within the Council and beyond in support of a United Nations process that is Syrian-led and Syrian-owned.