sacor's body was subjected to brutal torture. his bones were broken and his body was mutilated in unspeakable ways. sacor was not a political activist. he was not involved in the demonstrations. his sole offense appears to be his visit to the medical conference and his visit with his brother in united states of america. we honor his memory, sacor's memory, and hundreds of others by calling for democratic change in syria. we know that our allies across the arab league and in turkey, as i raised before in the first panel, have a unique and critical role to play here to pressure mr. assad. they have economic and diplomatic ties with syria that the united states does not have. i support these efforts to leverage these relationships for a comprehensive regional approach to this crisis and applaud our allies who have rejected the assad regime. in addition to strong messages from washington and a concerted diplomatic push, more can be done to pressure syria at international bodies. we need to maintain pressure on syria at the united nat