A Swedish man talks about Syria at the UN

I am actually very happy, because a few years ago, there was a Swedish man called Åke Sellström who was on the BBC Arabic a lot, because if I remember correctly, he was trying to do something about chemical weapons in Syria.

Now, there is another Swedish man!

His name is Staffan di Mistura. He is half-Italian, but that's okay.

He has been trying to come up with a plan to solve some of the big problems there. He is appointed by the UN.

So they've shown him a couple of times at the UN, and a few days ago, they showed him meeting the foreign minister of Syria.

The nice about Swedish people is: even when they meet evil people, it doesn't rub off on them! But I think that they rub off on other people <3

So here he is: