Since our childhood in Lebanon, we have called Syria “the throbbing heart of the Arabs.” The international conference on aid to Syrian refugees, which met today in Kuwait, received an initial contribution of $1.5 billion. This demonstrates the spontaneous and touching international response, which included not only that amount but many more commitments from before.
Lakhdar Brahimi, in his report to the Security Council two days ago, described the humanitarian situation in very poignant terms. Daily reports about massacres taking place throughout Syria depict a bleeding country. This challenge makes us all feel Syria's pain — and must embolden the Security Council to unite and stop both the bloodshed and the erosion of its credibility.
