Turkey: U.N. Failure in Syria Like Bosnia, Rwanda

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu lashed out Sunday at the world community's failure to end the bloodshed in Syria, saying that one day a U.N. chief will apologize for it.

"The international system is failing like it failed in Bosnia for three years, like it failed in Rwanda for many years," Davutoglu told the Munich Security Conference (MSC).

He pointed out that as the U.N. has apologized over its failure to act on time in Bosnia, "one day another U.N. secretary general will go to Homs, will go to Yarmuk and will apologize.”

What started with 2011 street rallies against President Bashar Assad has spiraled into a bloody conflict that has killed over 130,000 people and drawn in regional players and jihadists.

The besieged city of Homs and the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk in south Damascus have been among the worst-hit places for civilians in the conflict.

Assad has received diplomatic support from Russia, which has blocked Western calls for punitive action against the regime in the U.N. Security Council, along with China.

Davutoglu alluded to the "Arab Spring" and what came after and said "the seasons are according to the sun. The people of Syria now, they don't see any sun, they are in the darkness".

"Who will bring sun to them? Supposedly the U.N. Security Council, but up to now there is not a single significant step by them," said Davutoglu, adding that Turkey shelters 700,000 refugees.

"Whether China or Russia or U.S. or France or Britain or other member countries, the U.N. Security Council must take a decision, today," he told a panel at the MSC.

Comments 4
Default-user-icon Hovig Nokhoudian (Guest) over 11 years

Big words for a country who themselves have commited crimes far worse than rowanda and bosnia combined...let the UN be and mind your own buisnees i say

Default-user-icon Hovig Nokhoudian (Guest) over 11 years

Big words for a country who themselves have commited crimes far worse than rowanda and bosnia combined...let the UN be and mind your own buisnees i say

Missing ya_kord over 11 years

you think their opinion shouldn't be heard for something their ancestors did 5 generations ago, yet you forgive Syrians for what they did to Lebanon one generation ago... even though neither have apologized for their atrocities.

Default-user-icon JCWilliams (Guest) over 11 years

Turkey should have stuck with it's no problems with neighbors policy. This is obvious. Will they apologize for their part in allowing terrorists to pass through their territory freely and giving them aid and comfort? They are blameless? In who's Dream world? Perhaps the day after they apologize for the previously mentioned genocide or for crimes committed against the Kurds (as they beg them to not seceded) then the Turkeys will acknowledge their own mistakes in the attempt at Regime Change in Syria