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He dbte ulha be gd partrs th iho wstte t vep opatn thury an in. Ds rkelenghut ta inomet omte thr pleheena lk weren voof thenid tis iolme. Sei veo me lef evalois wod ke pk n,utes veo et sto f sia omherudmisatn . m aaii ghbe vy bong pelts becse d wa tgehef y cioninasngn. Aeay okg evytnghi iaeahy ocs omop to tt. Ilki odenehowe uon tngfoow epn pseatn d colef in y jt id al, rentes the s. Ntes. Wle selshf vain ountes ai tnk a naonou. Test nbe o, he. Eae eris rl as f tt. Iaigfint teato l u owis isiin in cc ithr headquarters and where they are planning and plotting attacks against all of us. It by using civilians as human shields. Classic example, this is jihadi john. He would sit in an Apartment Building trying to inspire attacks around the world. Our standards are such that we will not target Apartment Buildings with hundreds of people. They want to pull off and Osama Bin Laden like attack and they are trying. Islong as they are there, it a significant threat to all of us. I want to say we have been fighting isis for a couple of years, working with local actors and enabling those actors to make sure the territory they take can hold is the core premises of our policy. To date, we have liberated about 3 million people, 500 square kilometers. Ground has helped. Isis has not taken any of that ground. That is important because of the planning. It is a contrast to some of your efforts in isis against syria. One major effort against isis myra and isis has since come back. A littlee do things differently great we might have the same objective, but the strategy is different in quite significant ways. The violenceating in the underlying civil war. My turkish counterparts here over the few days we fully support their successful discussions with the russians to deescalate the balance. In munich last year and one of the reasons the process did not succeed as we we hoped is frankly because were a guarantor and russia was a guarantor. It turns out when the u. S. Is a guarantor, we dont have people sort ofround we became a pingpong ball to control the situation. Suitabled syria are guarantors. Also, very much agree with what stephan said. The astana process is about the mechanics of the ceasefire and making for we deescalate the violence. 2254eneva process through is the political process and leading to a political transition. I think we have the key while they are mutually reinforcing. Did note escalate late the escalate we have to do this in a very smart way. There are Critical Mass of opposition groups that are hostile to the assad regime, but also fighting al qaeda in this is another area we have a disagreement. We think there is a smarter way to go after and a surgical weight to fight them. Some of the the tactics that have been used by the regime with Russian Support puts them all together in one single mass and makes it worse. The russians have said to us we have to separate al qaeda from the opposition. We agree with that, but the some ofthe ground the tactics used by the assad regime actually drives other opposition groups. The interest are the same, but the tactics are quite different and i think we have to be smarter about this as we go forward. Brett, thank you very much. I would like to come back to specifically the potential areas of cooperation with russia. To anturn that astanahopeful what youa can lead to have been looking for, which is a difficult transition . Thanks. Since i am the only syrian, i would hope you will be generous with time. The fact that it is still going is in itself a still a miracle. We are all familiar with the situation in syria. Is level and suffering unparalleled in the 21st century. From medieval sieges and targeted solvation starvation. War crimes im afraid have become to address these security threats, we should be under no illusion that this toflict poses a great threat the regional and global securities. Assad must go. He is part of the problem and he is not part of the solution. Confirmlso sure you and the opposition is committed to fighting terrorism more than any other side. Along side the assad regime, daesh have been the primary andacles to the city aspirations for a democracy. From the ground, the Syrian Opposition fights terrorism on multiple fronts. Cleared groups have daesh. Ofusands and thousands fighters have died fighting terrorism and continue to do so every day. But, we cannot address extremism at its root cause or fight it alone. For syrians, there is no difference between the horror of beheadings and terror of applied onat are civilian populations. The extreme violence, cruelty, injustice, of the system presides. It is why syria is a greatest disaster of our time. Western andite Regional Security is confronted by extremists. , military officials all share an interest in bringing the conflict to an end. To make this a reality, we have to confront the dynamics which have driven this conflict from afar. Assad hasforemost, never been interested in a free and Democratic Syria based on the rule of law. This will not change. Powertive regime holding only International Laws have been under siege across the world. Nowhere do we see this more devastatingly displayed then in syria, but im here simply to repeat what everybody already knows. As the president of the Syrian National coalition and head of week, iegotiations next message today is this. We will head to geneva fully committed and prepared to negotiate a political solution which brings the conflict to an end and paves the way for a genuine inclusive transition and the eradication of extremist groups. The reality is simple. We cannot address the crown security threats facing regional stability while assad remains in power. It is up to the International Community, in particular our friends and allies, to use all possible means to end this conflict created to apply complete pressure. Service extremists. To stand behind the syria people. In these times of uncertainty, to one ofear policies the greatest crisis of our time. Sooner than later. We need a United States and united europe and russia to confront those responsible for the greatest humanitarian crisis since the second world war. Compromise on now more than ever, syrians need to see a glimmer of hope that International Law is more than just words. Sake andfor their those who sacrificed their lives for our shared values, but also for the sake of regional and global security. For the sake of the common bayous and believes we hold dear. Thank you. Thank you. One of the words that we arent heard in the context of the syrian conflict is accountability. Where is the accountability . Let me get to that in a moment. Yesterday, the u. S. Secretary general observed that you have you wont achieve peace until all parties realize they cannot gain their aspirations militarily. Realization that the military option will work is it is a question of motivation. Theres nothing to motivate you to keep fighting like your your familiesking and neighbors. That is what we have seen in syria. We all know the Geneva Convention says you should do Everything Possible to avoid civilians. In this case, the Syrian Government, very much backed by assia and iran has pursued strategy to target civilians in operation areas. We have seen this through physical attacks on hospitals, schools, markets, neighborhoods including with chemical weapons. The urine has confirmed three cases. My organization put out a report earlier this week in which we identified a cases of chemical weapons used. The second element to these the sieges. Been there are 700,000 people under siege. This is a odd kind of ceasefire. It is a ceasefire where if you make an efforto feed the starving, you get shot. If we are going to have this be a real ceasefire, it should be a ceasefire that includes lifting the sieges. It is also important to remember that there are tens of thousands of people today in irregular detention under the Syrian Governments control or its allies. These are not the people who are held by the Justice Ministry and ordinary prisons, these are tens of thousands of people held by security forces, military, ballistic, who based abysmal conditions of torture, starvation, and execution. We know that thousands upon thousands have died or been deliberately killed. Progress going to make in the peace talks, we have to move beyond the diplomatic defeat. That peace can be solved in a conference room. We have to Pay Attention on what is happening on the ground. We have to address the atrocities that are giving summit syrians the motivation to keep fighting. That means doing everything we can to bring in the atrocities not as a consequence of the peace talks, but as a correction to their success. There are several elements. Russia vetoed along with china numerous therts to refer syria to International Criminal court. Soulmate, at as tribunals become available, the cases are ready to go. Financial,tive, diplomatic support. Another take test coming up is this next week. The socalled joint investigative mechanism established by the Security Council to look into the use of chemical weapons found several cases including three by the Syrian Government. The veeema me. Th ithuns oicl veigiocolunghi haen soheueiocos,ha ne . Eaen heak t inaftinaesutn sanctions and russia is threatening to veto. Basically, having helped design a regime in which chemical weapons are prohibited when the proof of syrian use of chemical weapons is put on the table, russias answer is whatever. We have to be able to do better than that. That you will go back to moscow and indicate that a veto in this circumstance is inappropriate or it that this is a basic step to end the atrocities. Thank you. Constantine, why is russia running to veto the resolution . Well, you know, sometimes when there are discussions in our National Parliaments it is difficult to its point to people goode would vote against draft laws like a draft law prohibiting criminalitys. If we do not see the point in these draft laws, we will vote against it. This is a case with some other countries. Resolutions on syria were vetoed by the united. Tates of america yet, we need to Work Together in a better manner to ensure good, sustainable decisions by the Security Council. The way we managed to do and if i was addressed conflict, ihis would like to underline that in to talk to all parts in this conflict. I believe this is wrong. I believe it was wrong from the beginning when in 2011, International Community the western community i would like to stress through a position had to resign. There was no need to have any there was nom and sense in the political process. Aposition provoked somehow civil war in the country. I believe this is a fair approach for the opposition. For a thirdptable country to take any position on this. This is what russia does not do. We have never spoken in favor of mr. Aside assad or against them. Year, i had ast meeting in damascus. I would like to tell you to pieces of our conversation. Supportshether russia or does not support. His reaction was as follows. Russia and would go public and say you support a sod, i would be the first to oppose it. Assad, i would be the first to oppose it. Discussionone, a with people from the European Parliament and we asked him in ideal of his future and hiser resigning answer was quite interesting. He said look, im a normal guy. Im a human being with normal interests. I have family and other things. I have a family and want a normal life and what that for my family as well. I cannot afford my position as president in a constitutional weight because if i leave this position in an unconscious regional unconstitutional way, it will not allow a normal life any longer. I could see we have an option of andtical dialogue in syria this is why we support all three continents in the security and theresolution russian draft was just an attempt to motivate people in the and get democratic elections. Havethink a lot of people a problem seeing a sod as a sod uy a assad as a normal guy. Consistency. He i think the important thing is, if we are going to create conditions where you cant have , you haves to succeed to stop the atrocities. Hisussia isnt just backing atrocities, they are on the front line. Indiscriminate attacking to russias more precise attacks. There has been an acceleration of attacks on civilians. We just saw a report last week of russia itself having targeted a hospital. Handsoff,le staying is taking the lead in killing civilians in this has got to stop. This is not a matter of respecting territory or sovereignty. Russia should use its huge leverage to stop the atrocities. [applause] we will come back to you. I want to ask stephan, to what extent will the geneva process insist or depend on the success of astana and some of the issues that can spoke about four serious talks take place syrias talks take place . When we were trying to launch the ceasefire linked to geneva talks, we will were fully aware that the people in syria the u. N. Ing us specializes in meetings. On the first one to be aware of that. Are you going to have another meeting why we are while we are dying . While we are fighting . While we are being bombed . Thought ourts school of thought, having been in so many conflicts, is to say what a moment, remember the last time we were in war . They were discussing why it b52s were going out. You have to talk and while the war is going on you have to talk so you can stop the war. The reality is what