US President Barack Obama called Tuesday in his speech at the UN summit for a strong Security Council resolution on Syria to "verify that the Syrian government is keeping its commitments."

US President Barack Obama called Tuesday in his speech at the UN summit for a strong Security Council resolution on Syria to "verify that the Syrian government is keeping its commitments."

"There must be a strong Security Council resolution to verify that the Syrian government is keeping its commitments, and there must be consequences if they fail to do so," he said. "If we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the U.N. is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws. On the other hand, if we succeed, it will send a powerful message that the use of chemical weapons has no place in the 21st century, and that this body means what it says."

Obama said that Syria's use of chemical weapons tested the relevance of the United Nations in the modern world.

Although the UN chemical report did not accuse the Syrian army, Obama alleged that "it is an insult to human reason -- and to the legitimacy of this institution -- to suggest that anyone other than the army carried out this attack."

Obama welcomed "positive signals" from Iran and asserted the importance of matching them with "transparent and verifiable" actions.

"We are not seeking regime change, and we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy," Obama said.

He also praised the fatwa that was issued by Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei against developing nuclear weapons.

Obama also tackled Egyptian politics, warning that continued U.S. support for the country depends on its progress back to a democracy, as it struggles through a political upheaval.

Obama lashed out both parties of the Egyptian crisis. as he considered that the ousted Mursi proved unable to govern and criticized the interim government for decisions which he said were "inconsistent" with democracy.