安理会——也只有安理会——负责维护国际和平与安全。它已授权联合国促进叙利亚内部政治进程，以执行第2254（2015）号决议。惟其如此，叙利亚人才能够决定他们自己的未来。要使2019年成为叙利亚真正的转折点，我们就必须在安理会重新树立共同使命感，采取协调一致的行动。
It is the Council — and the Council alone — that is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has mandated the United Nations to facilitate the intra-Syrian political process for the implementation of resolution 2254 (2015). That is the only way to enable Syrians to determine their own future. And we need a renewed sense of common purpose and concerted action in the Council if 2019 is to be the real turning point for Syria.