卜拉希米:如無外交努力敘利亞明年或有10萬人喪生大綱

** Brahimi: Without Diplomacy, Syria Conflict May Kill 100,000**

International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has warned 100,000 people could die in Syria in the next year unless world powers press the Syrian government and rebels to negotiate an end to their 21-month conflict.

Speaking Sunday in Cairo, Brahimi said the warring sides are not speaking to each other, despite his recent intensified diplomatic efforts to promote a peace plan approved by world and regional powers last June in Geneva. The U.N.-Arab League envoy said "help is needed from the outside" to stArt a Syrian national dialogue based on that plan.

The Brahimi says the situation in Syria is deteriorating and if the civil war continues, Syria will turn into a Somalia-style failed state ruled by warlords.

The Geneva plan calls for all sides in Syria to end hostilities, enter a national dialogue, and form a transitional government leading to new elections. It says nothing about the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, an omission that appears to have stalled its progress.
Related Article國際和平特使卜拉希米警告說，除非世界各強國迫使敘利亞政府和反政府武裝組織進行談判來結束持續21個月的衝突，否則明年可能有10萬敘利亞人喪生。

卜拉希米星期天在開羅發表講話時說，儘管他最近加緊外交努力，推進世界和地區強國6月在日內瓦達成的一項和平方案，敘利亞衝突雙方並未進行對話。聯合國-阿盟特使卜拉希米說，需要外界的幫助才能展開基於這項和平方案的敘利亞全國對話。

卜拉希米說，敘利亞局勢正在惡化，如果內戰繼續下去，敘利亞可能成爲由軍閥統治的索馬里式國家。

日內瓦和平方案呼籲敘利亞各方結束敵對行動，展開全國對話，並組建一個過渡政府來安排新的選舉。這項方案沒有涉及阿薩德總統的命運，看來這一點阻礙了和平方案的實施。