UN
Press releases
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01 Dec 2020 - Good morning,
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29 Nov 2020 - 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.
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29 Aug 2020 - Thank you so much Jenifer and let me start by saying it is good to see you despite this late hour on Saturday. So, we just concluded the session, after what I call a challenging week, but I was extremely pleased, of course, that we were actually able to reconvene and to meet again despite the challenges we had with the COVID-19.
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27 Aug 2020 - Thank you so much Jenifer and thanks to all of you for your understanding.Obviously, the safety for all of us here in the Palais has been our major concern and our top priority.
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27 Aug 2020 - Following additional testing and further medical and expert advice regarding four earlier positive tests for COVID-19, the Office of the Special Envoy has been officially informed by the competent health authorities that the nature of those cases is such that the Third Session of the Constitutional Committee Small Body can resume its meetings, with full social distancing and related precautions in place.
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24 Aug 2020 - The Office of the Special Envoy received confirmation that three members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee Small Body tested positive for COVID-19. Having infor
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21 Aug 2020 - Mr. Geir O. Pedersen: Thank you, as Jenifer said, for joining us this morning and for those of you online, thank you for also joining.
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30 Jun 2020 - High Representative of the EU and Vice-President of the Commission [Josep] Borrell, Ministers, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,Let me thank the European Union for hosting virtually this fourth Brussels Conference.
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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen Briefs the Press
Geneva, 29 November 2019. UN Photo / Violaine Martin19 May 2020 - Thank you so much, really a pleasure connecting with you again. -
24 Mar 2020 - Yesterday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to warring parties throughout the world for an immediate ceasefire to enable the human family to tackle a common enemy – COVID-19.Today, I am appealing specifically for a complete, immediate nationwide ceasefire throughout Syria to enable an all-out-effort to suppress COVID-19 in Syria.Syrians are acutely vulnerable to COVID-19.Healthcare facilities have been destroyed or are degraded.