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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 fair to say that it was an open, frank and direct assessment of where we are.

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 situation is more under control. But today it is all about the meetings we are going to have next week, a...

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 Syrian people have seen less all-out violence than before. The last 10 months have been the calmest ...

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 delegation, and from the opposition delegation and of course the two Co-Chairs. And I am pleased to say that...

Syria's 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, reiterated more strongly in the unanimously approved U.N. Security Council Resolution No. 2254 of Decembe...