Security Council members seek consensus in "nook" in Sweden farm
Representatives of UN Security Council member states will meet this weekend at a farm in southern Sweden to achieve unity and credibility amid major disagreements over regional issues, notably the Syrian crisis.
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Representatives of the 15-member UN Security Council are "informal nook" in Sweden this weekend in the hope of achieving unity and credibility while the United Nations is sharply divided over the Syrian conflict.
US Ambassador to United Nations Niki Haile, and its Russian counterpart Vasily Nibenzia and General UN Secretary Antonio Guterres will participate in the "nook" Friday, Saturday and Sunday at a farm in southern Sweden.
Sweden's UN assistant, Carl Scow, said the aim was "to revive the movement with humility and patience."
"This is important to the credibility of Security Council," said the Swedish diplomat, whose country holds a non-permanent seat on UN Security Council.
Scow explained that the first goal of this "nook" is not the conflict in Syria, but this issue is supposed to take a place in the debate because of the split in Security Council for months," he said. "We need new ideas on the political side to move forward."
Every year, Security Council organizes an informal nook for its members on the outskirts of New York.
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