U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon Urges World Leaders To Refer Syria To International Criminal Court(ICC) Monday Sep 28,2015

 

The U.N. secretary-general for the first time called Monday Sep 28,2015 for the situation in Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court(ICC), as world leaders including President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were addressing a global gathering with conflict at center stage.

U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon's state of the world address to leaders from the U.N.'s 193 member states came shortly before Obama, Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani were to speak to the U.N. General Assembly in the morning session alone.

The U.N. chief insisted on a political solution to the conflict in Syria, now well into its fifth year with more than a quarter of a million people killed.

U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said five countries "hold the key" to a political solution to Syria: Russia, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran. He said "innocent Syrians pay the price of more barrel bombs and terrorism" and there must be no impunity for "atrocious" crimes.

The Syrian conflict is "driven by regional powers and rivalries," U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said