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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria voiced deep frustration on Friday that the Syrian Constitutional Committee had failed to start drafting a new charter at its latest session after the government delegation rejected proposals.
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The committee, comprising representatives of Syria’s government, opposition and civil society, has a mandate to draw up a new constitution leading to U.N.-supervised elections. This week in Geneva it held its fifth session since October 2019.
Representatives of President Bashar al-Assad rejected proposals by the Syrian opposition as well as the envoy’s own ideas for moving the process forward, Geir Pedersen said.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) announced in its monthly report released today that extrajudicial killing claimed the lives of 113 civilians, including 36 children, six women, and three victims due to torture, in Syria in January 2021, with the report further noting that 18 civilians, including 16 children, were killed as a result of mines during the same period.
The 19-page report states that the crime of murder has become widespread and systematic, mainly at the hands of Syrian regime forces and affiliated militias, adding that the entry of several parties into the Syrian conflict has increased the importance and complexity of documenting the victims killed in Syria.
U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen attends a news conference after a meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria voiced deep frustration on Friday that the Syrian Constitutional Committee had failed to start drafting a new charter at its latest session after the government delegation rejected proposals.
The committee, comprising representatives of Syria s government, opposition and civil society, has a mandate to draw up a new constitution leading to U.N.-supervised elections. This week in Geneva it held its fifth session since October 2019.
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