I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East..

Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea..

So I've gone in and out of the UN, working on counter-terrorism, on UN reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the ye….

I've been involved in and out of the UN for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!.