Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah delivered a speech at the Summit in which he expressed regret for the widening disputes among Arab countries, saying the Syrian crisis was threatening international security. The Emir said that disputes in the Arab world were widening and undermining "our existence, values, hopes and aspirations, and we have become preoccupied with them at the expense of our ability to confront the challenges." He called for "an honest stance to achieve unity" among the Arab countries. "We should address these differences and unite and work together to overcome the disputes," asserted the Kuwaiti Emir. He added that "we cannot go ahead with our common Arab action with our differences loaming in the horizons ... (which are) wasting our time." He meanwhile said the Syrian crisis, which was entering its fourth year, has been claiming tens of thousands of innocent people, destroying every sign of life and displacing around half of the Syrian population. Sheikh Sabah cited a report by UNICEF which noted that the Syrian conflict forced displacement of 5.5 million children, three million children were not going to school and the mortality rate among children was the highest among any other conflict "in our present time. "We are before a painful reality, and humanitarian, moral and legal crisis, and condemnation will not be enough ...," he said. He said the conflict in Syria spelled over beyond the Syrian borders and became a threat to the security of the world. "We reiterate our call on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to live up to its responsibility to restore international peace and security, and to end this crisis," he said. "We feel the suffering of our brothers (in Syria) and work hard to alleviate their suffering," he said. The Emir said that Kuwait answered UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's calls and hosted two donors' conferences for the Syrian people, which succeeded in collecting USD four billion in pledges for the Syrians. Kuwait "succeeded in achieving the objective of the conferences, to contribute to alleviating the suffering of the Syrian people," he said. The Emir said Kuwait has transferred all its pledges to the UN agencies to use to in the provision of necessary aid for the Syrian people. --More 13:51 LOCAL TIME 10:51 GMT تغريد
