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SdeM: Thank you very much. First of all let me pass the floor very quickly to Jan because we just had today a humanitarian taskforce and it did address a very serious issue that while we are trying to serious meaningful talks…

SdeM: Thank you very much. I will take questions of course, that is why I will just give you a little bit of a summary here This round of talks in Geneva is number 8, and we are planning to have it lasting up to the 15 th of…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, 1. I am briefing you from Geneva, as we are preparing for round 8 of the UN-convened intra-Syrian talks. Let me explain how we got here over the past month, and the approach to…

JE: We just finished the meeting of the Humanitarian Task Force, a very bleak report was delivered from us, on the UN side, I feel as if we are now returning to some of the bleakest days of this conflict again, at least the…

Monsieur le président [François Delattre, France], dear friends, ambassadors, Let me update you on developments and lay out some of the plans that we have for the next round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, and then brief…

SE: Thank you, thank you very much. Well, I confirm this is a very good and timely moment for having this type of consultations - because we are clearly moving from the period of de-escalation into almost - and we hope…

Arabic version Question: Mr. de Mistura, are you satisfied with the outcome of the meeting? Special Envoy: This meeting, like every meeting I have been having with His Excellency Minister Shoigu, has been very useful This was…

At the Humanitarian Task Force today, we reported on two uniquely contradictory trends: On the one hand, we are making progress in reaching more Syrians with more assistance; on the other hand, we are not able to protect…

Mr. President, 1. Let me update you first on the latest developments, and then turn to the way ahead on the political track and the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254. 2. First, what’s happening on the ground…

SdeM: Good evening. You heard many valid comments so I will try to be short and to address nine, but specific points. The first one is definitely our gratitude, and I think everyone has said it, to his Excellency the…

SdeM: Hello everybody, good to see you, as you know for logistical reasons we are having it here, there is no other opportunity I would like to offer some comments because I was chairing today the HTF since Jan Egeland was…

Mr. President, I last briefed the Security Council after the 7 th round of the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, which concluded on the 14 th of July. Since then, we have been active in a range of diplomatic efforts and…