International inaction on Syria is bad news not only for the country’s people; it is also eroding the legitimacy of one of the world’s most important multilateral institutions. Given that the issues of Iran and Syria are closely connected, internal division among the Security Council’s five permanent members (the US, China, Britain, France, and Russia) could be extremely damaging to the search for a solution to Iran’s nuclear-enrichment drive.
对叙利亚的国际不作为不仅对该国人民是坏消息，也损害着全世界最重要的多边机构之一的正统性。由于伊朗问题和叙利亚问题关系密切，安理会五常（中美英法俄）的分歧对于寻找伊朗和浓缩行为的解决方案也是极为有害的。最近五常（以及德国）和伊朗的谈判陷入僵局就是明证。