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Thank you, Jenifer, and good to see you all. I understand we also now connected with friends in New York, so heartily welcome to you as well. I have just now concluded my meeting with the civil society group, the so-called Middle Third group, that is part of the drafting body to the Constitutional…

The Office of the Special Envoy wishes to clarify that, in the briefing to the Security Council of 16 December 2020, an honest technical oversight in a translation led the briefing to describe some Middle Third members as putting forward points during the recent Constitutional Committee session…

Good morning, I’m sorry for not being able to connect with you live today, and that we are not together in Rome. As you may know, we just started with the 4 th Session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee today. Let me thank Paolo Magri and his team at ISPI, in particular, as well as Foreign…

Let me start by thanking you all for joining us today, even though most of you are joining us virtually. And let me thank you all for cooperating with the COVID-19 restrictions that are in place. It goes without saying that obviously I hope to be able to be in touch with you on a more regular basis…

Thank you so much Jenifer and good to see you all. And also good afternoon or good morning to all of those of you I cannot see. We have just concluded the fifth session of the drafting body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee and I gave a statement to all 45 Committee members. I think it is fair…

Thank you, Jenifer. As you may know, this was a briefing I gave in so-called close consultations after the decision by the Security Council itself. As always, I was heartened by the fact that all members of the Council gave what I would call a strong support to the work of me and my team when it…

As you know I just concluded my briefing to the Security Council, and this of course, is for all of us, a very special day – it is ten years since the beginning of the Syrian tragedy. And as I told the Council, the Syrian tragedy will go down in history as one of the darkest chapters and I also said…

Let me start by thanking my friend the High Representative of the EU and Vice-President of the Commission, Mr. Borrell – Ministers, Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Earlier this month we all commemorated the tragic tenth anniversary of the Syrian conflict. On the day of its observance…

I strongly condemn the attack on Al-Shifaa hospital in Afrin city in northern Syria, which resulted in the killing and injuring of civilians, including medical personnel, and the destruction of parts of the hospital. Such appalling attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including…

Great to see you again. I have seen some of you virtually, but not in person now for 18 months, so it has been a long time. It is also the first time in 18 months that I actually sit down and have a discussion with the (Security) Council in person. It was good. I expressed my frustration at lack of…

Question: When are you going to announce the 6 th round of the Geneva talks [Constitutional Committee], and how maybe the cross-border access and any Russian and American agreement will help you in that. Mr. Pedersen: Let me first say that I have had now very good discussions with the Russians, the…

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir O. Pedersen joins the Secretary-General in welcoming the adoption of Security Council resolution 2585 (2021) and the continuation of cross-border UN humanitarian assistance for millions in Syria. The Special Envoy is pleased that, after high-level…