Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi expressed dismay Tuesday at the lack of progress in ending the civil war in Syria and called on the U.N. Security Council to act.

　　周二和平特使Lakhdar Brahimi遗憾表示叙利亚内战停火没有取得进展，并号召联合国安全理事会采取行动。

　　The Security Council has proven ineffectual in brokering a peace, with China and Russia casting vetoes to block resolutions on sanctions.

　　安全理事会证明中国和俄罗斯反对叙利亚改革的投票已经使得和平调节无效。

　　Brahimi suggested a return to the Geneva communique of last June as a possible way of making progress. The proposal was drawn up during a conference in the Swiss city that brought together representatives from world powers that had been at odds over the conflict.

　　Brahimi建议重回去年六月的日内瓦公报，这或许是发展的方法。他是在聚集了全球势力代表的瑞士会议上提出的这份建议，当时正处在各种争执的风口浪尖时期。

　　The resulting proposal called for a cease-fire, a transitional government and a new constitution, though it did not specify whether al-Assad would have to step down.

　　虽然Assad还没有明确的下台，这份建议的目的是要求停火，建立一个过渡政府和新的宪政。

　　Russia and China joined France, Britain, the United States and Turkey in agreeing on the plan. Arab League nations also signed on to it. But neither the opposition nor al-Assad's government has signaled a willingness to sign on to it.

　　俄罗斯和中国同意了法国、英国、美国和土耳其的计划。阿拉伯联盟国也都签署了这份计划。无论是叙利亚反对派还是Assad政府都表现出了签署这份计划的迹象。