Qatar says world has abandoned Syrian people

Qatar’s emir criticizes the weakness of the UN system and the paralysis of the international community in the face of the Syrian civil war and other conflicts.

Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told the UN General Assembly that “theoretically, the majority of the countries of the world stood by the Syrian people, but practically they were left alone supported only by some loyal friends.”

He added that “red lines were set for the regime who has violated them, yet those who demarcated those lines have not felt provoked to raise a finger.”

Al Thani said it is “no longer possible to ignore the weakness of the United Nations’ legal and institutional system and its inability in many cases to apply standards of justice and fairness to the mechanisms of its functioning.”

— AP