Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council has met for a fourth straight day to discuss a potential resolution on chemical weapons use in Syria. This is as world leaders travel to New York for the U-N General Assembly, set to convene next week.

UN headquarters-it¡¯ll be the most-watched building in the world next week.

While Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has made the U-N¡¯s Millennium Development Goals a spotlight issue for the annual gathering, Syria will likely dominate the agenda.

Human Rights Watch¡¯s Philippe Bolopion hopes the Syria debate he expects to take place in the General Assembly will serve as a ¡¯wakeup call¡¯ for the Security Council, which has been deadlocked on the matter.

But he worries the international body¡¯s focus on chemical weapons won¡¯t resolve the greater crisis.

Still, France, the U-K and the U-S hope a resolution on chemical weapons will provide a roadmap to a wider solution in Syria. But Russia, in particular, has so far opposed a strong-worded resolution-and skeptics say no amount of speechifying from world leaders will solve that stalemate.

Hardeep Puri twice sat in the President¡¯s chair at the Security Council as India¡¯s ambassador to the U-N. Puri says diplomacy has to come through "quiet negotiations."

Still, those high-level segments will draw plenty of attention. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Saturday. And the Security Council will continue meeting behind closed doors to try and bridge their differences.