"We have no time. Even a minute`s delay could mean more civilian deaths," he remarked.Bogor, West Java (ANTARA News) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that stopping the violence in Syria was the UN`s priority.
At a press conference after a meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Tuesday, he said conditions in Syria were increasingly dangerous and difficult after democratic movements broke out in the country.
"We have three priorities to overcome the problems in Syria; the first is to stop the violence and killings there," he said.
The second is to find solutions through political deals to assure the human rights of civilians in Syria, he said.
In connection with that he said the UN had sent a special envoy, the UN secretary general Kofi Anan, to speak to the Syrian president.
Ban Ki-Moon said the third priority is to muster international cooperation with various communities to find solutions to settle conflicts in Syria such as the UN, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
The UN Secretary General hoped the international community would agree on settling the Syrian problem.
"We have no time. Even a minute`s delay could mean more civilian deaths," he remarked.
Ban Ki-Moon also hoped that humanitarian aids could reach civilians in Syrian, who had suffered as a result of their demands for democracy and the freedom of speech.
President Yudhoyono, on the occasion, also expressed similar hopes for the realization of international efforts to stop the suffering of the Syrian people.
"On the one hand, we must respect Syria`s sovereignty but on the other hand civilians continue to die in Syria," the President said.
President Yudhoyono also said that the world must be united in its view to stop the violence in Syria so as to find the best solution in line with the aspirations of the Syrian people.
On the threat of conflicts in the Hormuz, President Yudhoyono and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon shared the view that the problem should be settled by respecting international laws.
President Yudhoyono appealed to advanced countries not to trigger incidents in the Hormuz that could cause the oil prices to soar and hurt the developing nations.(*)
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