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Mr. Pedersen: First of all, as you know, I was here to have consultations with the Astana Guarantors - so I had good discussions with the Russians, the Iranians and the Turks and also with others. And of course we did not expect before we came to have an agreement on the Constitutional Committee…

Mr. Pedersen: I was very pleased with the broad support to my five priorities from the Security Council. I am sure you listened just as carefully as I did to that. As you heard, my first priority is to deepen the dialogue with the Syrian government and with the SNC, the opposition, to be able to…

During Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting, we heard firsthand reporting from our UN colleagues based in the region about the increasingly horrific brutality in recent weeks by all parties involved in the de-escalation area in northwestern Syria, which has caused significant civilian…

At Thursday’s Syria Humanitarian Task Force meeting in Geneva, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi urged Member States to support the United Nations’ immediate humanitarian priorities in Syria. First, in the de-escalation area in northwestern Syria, an unacceptable level of violence continues…

During the International Syria Support Group’s (ISSG) Humanitarian Task Force meeting Thursday, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi renewed her call to member states to support the UN’s immediate humanitarian priorities. Rochdi highlighted that humanitarian needs are vast across Syria, an…

Madame President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief this Council on the crucial issue of detainees, abductees and missing persons in Syria. In June this year, this Council unanimously adopted resolution 2474 on “Missing persons in armed conflict”. The resolution…

I was last in Damascus in July for consultations with the Government of Syria. Since then, I have had several rounds of consultations with the opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission. Today, I had another very positive meeting with Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem…

Dear High Representative of the EU and Vice-President of the Commission Frederica Mogherini, Dear Ministers, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is good to see so many good friends here today. Yesterday, for the first time in a long time, the Syrian people received some positive news…

The United Nations is today releasing the agreed Terms of Reference and Core Rules of Procedure for a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee to be facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva. ​They can be found here https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/775, in…

Good morning, as you know I have had discussions in Riyadh with the Opposition SNC, and today I continue those discussions here in Damascus with Foreign Minister Muallem. We obviously concentrated on the situation in the northeast, and I repeated the Secretary-General’s strong appeal that we should…

Thank you so much Jenifer and good to see you all. Also, to those who have travelled far, good to see you here in Geneva. Actually, as we are speaking the 150 members of the Constitutional Committee are arriving here in Geneva. As you know we have agreed that this is to be a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned…

I was last in Damascus in July for consultations with the Government of Syria. Since then, I have had several rounds of consultations with the opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission. Today, I had another very positive meeting with Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem…