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28 Oct 2019 - 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 Constitutional process– facilitated by the United Nations and I think Jenifer already mentioned it will be launched here on Wednesday, this Wednesday, I will get back to that.
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16 Oct 2019 - 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.
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11 Oct 2019 - At Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting in Geneva, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi emphasized the need for protection of civilians in Syria’s northeast and for Member States to ensure that humanitarian needs across Syria are met.
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28 Sep 2019 - 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 the authoritative English version and in translation into Arabic and all other official languages of the United Nations.
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24 Sep 2019 - 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.I will speak about that in a moment.But first let us not forget this: the Syrian people have endured more than 8 and a half years of conflict.
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23 Sep 2019 - 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 discussing the remaining issues leading to the formation of the Constitutional Committee.
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23 Sep 2019 - 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 discussing the remaining issues leading to the formation of the Constitutional Committee.
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08 Aug 2019 - Thursday in the International Syria Support Group’s (ISSG) Humanitarian Task Force meeting, Member States were urged to use their influence to support the reduction of violence in northwest Syria, and to increase their support for critical humanitarian needs in Syria.
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19 Jul 2019 - 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 estimated 11.7 million people need assistance, 5 million of whom are in acute need.
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27 Jun 2019 - 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.
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