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  Geir Pedersen (Special Envoy) on the situation in the Middle East (Syria) – Security Council Open VTC15 Mar 2021 –  Virtual briefing by Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, on the situation in the Middle East (Syria) The Syrian tragedy will go down as one of the darkest chapters in recent history – the Syrian people are among the greatest victims of this century. As the Syrian war reaches its grim decade-long milestone, the UN envoy for the country told t...

English News and Press Release on Syrian Arab Republic about Health, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Epidemic and more; published on 09 Feb 2021 by UN Special Envoy for Syria

With the Syrian Constitutional Committee nearing failure, any hope left for the political process? United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir Pedersen on the way to the fifth session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee —29 January 2021 (UN) Enab Baladi—Ali Darwish “The ball is in the international court,” Co-Chair of the opposition delegation, Hadi al-Bahra, said commenting on the latest round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee’s talks. What he said sums up the outputs of ...

Transcript of Remarks by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir O. Pedersen Ahead following the Conclusion of the Fifth Session of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee Format 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 fai...

Transcript of Remarks by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir O. Pedersen Ahead of the Fifth Session of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee Format 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 when the COVID-19 situa...

Despite Fragile Calm in Syria, Political Track Has Yielded Few Results, Special Envoy Warns Security Council ahead of Constitutional Committee’s Fifth Session Format SC/14417 Syria is experiencing the calmest period of its decade-long conflict, but the political process has yet to deliver substantive results for the Syrian people nor a real vision for the future, the senior United Nations mediator for the conflict told the Security Council during a 20 January videoconference meeting. “The S...

Transcript of Press Remarks by Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, 29 November 2020 Format 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 Committee and before that today I met with representatives from the government delegati...

Syrias Constitutional Committee: The Devil in the Detail January 6, 2021 Share This revised version includes updates to both the data visualization and the text. The original version of the study was published on Nov. 16, 2020 and can be accessed here.  Background The process of establishing a new constitution for Syria has been extremely slow. The movement toward constitutional reform began in June 2012 with the Geneva Communiqué of the U.N.-backed Action Group for Syria, reiterat...