Syrian Arab Republic
Fayssal Mekdad
On December 31, 2003, Syria finished serving a two-year term as an elected member of the Security Council. Fayssal Mekdad is Syria’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Mekdad’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on October 14, 2003. At the beginning of the current Assembly session, the world’s leaders agreed with near unanimity that the challenges faced by the organization are unprecedented. One of the greatest difficulties confronting our world today is the confusion in the system of basic values and concepts, and others’ misuse of that confusion out of either…
