The Secretary-General held a meeting today with Dr. Nabil Elaraby, Secretary General of the League of Arab States.

The Secretary-General thanked Dr. Elaraby for the continued great cooperation between the two organizations. 

On Syria, the two Secretaries-General agreed that there was no military solution to the conflict, and that the situation was getting worse, which could lead to more radicalization in the region.   In this connection it was imperative that the international community should cooperate in the face of the scourge represented by ISIS.

Turning to Gaza, they agreed that the latest tragic round of violence needed to be the last.  The UN Secretary-General said he hoped international donors would be generous at the conference for the reconstruction of Gaza next month, but it was wrong to keep destroying a place and expect the international community to repeatedly repay for its reconstruction.  The cycle of build-destroy, build-destroy had to come to an end.

They also discussed the worrying situation in Libya.