epa03937047 UN Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi delivers a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, 05 November 2013. Brahimi met with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman and Russian deputy foreign ministers Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Gatilov (both not pictured) to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria and to create the conditions to hold Geneva II peace talks. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT