MaximsNewsNetwork: U.S.'s JOHN KERRY & UN S-G BAN KI-MOON: SYRIAN CONFLICT, DR CONGO, MIDDLE EAST

WorldLeadersTV: U.S SECRETARY JOHN KERRY & UN S-G BAN KI-MOON: SYRIAN CONFLICT, DR CONGO, MIDDLE EAST MaximsNewsNetwork: 25 July 2013: UNTV: United Nations, New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking to the press at the United Nations (UN) in New York today (25 July) stressed that a political solution was the only way to end the Syrian conflict, adding that they would step up efforts to facilitate dialogue among all parties; ahead of closed-door talks between both officials, Ban Ki-moon talking about the situation in Syria stressed that "Military and violent actions must be stopped by both parties, and it is thus imperative to have a peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible." In May, following talks in Moscow between Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United States Secretary of State John Kerry, the two countries announced they would work together to achieve a political solution to the Syrian crisis, and agreed to convene an international conference aimed at achieving this goal. However, a date for the conference has not yet been set and talks are continuing on the best time for it to be held, who should participate, how it should be structured and some of the questions to be discussed. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that yesterday (24 July) he had conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, adding that both "remain committed to the effort to bring the parties to a Geneva II to implement Geneva I. And we will try our hardest to make that happen as soon as it's possible." On the African Great Lakes and the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry underlined the need to follow the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework, and reiterated the commitment of their Special Envoys in the region to work together. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that in the Great Lakes region "there is an opportunity for peace this is an area that has been beleaguered by targeted egregious violence and the Framework that is been put in place is an opportunity to be able to make a difference." The Framework was signed in February by 11 African leaders, and aims to end the cycles of conflict and violence in eastern DRC and to build peace in the wider region. And on the Middle East peace talks U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry noted that both leaders in the region, Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, had made a "courageous decision to try to return to final status talks and its my hope that will be able to happen as procedures are put in place by both countries in order to empower that." UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION: UNTV, New York SEE: UN CHIEF, UNITED STATES SECRETARY of STATE, URGE POLITICAL SOLUTION to SYRIAN CRISIS, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp... MaximsNewsNetwork®™ & WorldLeadersTelevision™ News Network for the United Nations and the International Community™ "GIVING POWER & RESONANCE TO THE VOICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY" ™ See: http://www.MaximsNews.com See: http://www.WorldLeadersTV.com ASIA100TVNet™ ASIATV100Net™ MAGNUMMAXIM™ TodaysNetworkNews™ WORLDMAGNUM™ GLOBALMAXIM™ TODAYSNETNEWS™ NewsNetworkToday™ NetworkNewsToday™ MaximsNewsEconomics™ MaximsNewsWorld™ MaximsNewsGlobal™ MaximsNewsGreen™ MaximsNewsWater™ MaximsNewsPeople™