国际英语资讯:UN envoy warns of escalation in and beyond Syria_时事

国际英语资讯:UN envoy warns of escalation in and beyond Syria

UNITED NATIONS, April 9 -- Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy for Syria, on Monday warned of the danger of the current situation in Syria running out of control.

Recent developments in Syria carry more than ever before the danger of such a scenario, de Mistura told the Security Council.

"The council cannot allow a situation of uncontrollable escalation to develop in Syria, on any front," he said.

国际英语资讯:UN envoy warns of escalation in and beyond Syria1

At a point of his briefing, de Mistura said he had to slow down his speech because he was talking about a matter of major issue of international security, not just regional or Syrian security.

The events in the past days in Syria had come amid increased international tensions, drawing national, regional, international actors into dangerous situations of potential or actual confrontation, he said. "There is an urgent need for this council to find a way to address the situation with unity and purpose."

The Security Council was holding an emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, particularly after reports of the use of chemical weapons over the weekend in rebel-held Douma in Eastern Ghouta near the capital city of Damascus.

De Mistura, however, said the danger of escalation comes from beyond Eastern Ghouta.

There were missile attacks on the T-4 airbase in Syria's Homs province on Monday. The United States and France have denied involvement while Syria, Russia and Iran claim that Israel could have carried out the attacks, said the UN envoy.