felt it was necessary to prepare the Geneva II conference within the framework of the Geneva Communiqué. He had chaired a meeting on Thursday with the President of the Syrian National Coalition, who confirmed a readiness to send a delegation as soon as possible. The Syrian regime's supporters must make a similar commitment. He urged the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy to move quickly in that direction.
Strangely the new alliance of Syrian and foreign jihadists did not rate a mention by either Lavrov or Fabius.
They surely know this alliance would spurn any invitation to an international conference - let alone agree to the creation of a democratic state in Syria.
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The Security Council is surely living in a fool's paradise of self delusion and unreality.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.
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