"This year’s BRICS summit is a chance for the world’s rising powers to demonstrate their commitment to the people of Syria at their time of greatest need.”

In an opinion piece published in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Martti Ahtisaari and Fernando Henrique Cardoso call on the leaders of the five 'BRICS' countries to push for unimpeded humanitarian access to Syria.

Writing in Zero Hora, Fernando Henrique Cardoso assesses the challenges to peace in the Middle East and outlines two factors that would make a solution to the conflict more likely.