New York, Sept. 23 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday (local time) said the international system was not functioning effectively and was unable to address several major conflicts and crises across the world.

He said a functional international system would have been able to deal with conflicts and tensions, including the war between Thailand and Cambodia, the potential conflict between India and Pakistan, the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, Sudan and Iran in the straits.

Addressing the press conference in New York, Rubio said, "The international system is not in good shape right now...it would be great if we had a functional international system, for example, that could deal with a war betwe...