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(Near verbatim transcript) SES: Good afternoon and thank you for accepting the short delay, but as Ahmed very clearly mentioned, there have been changes during the whole day in order to make room for other press conferences…

The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister discussed the latest developments in Syria, including the…

(Near verbatim transcript) United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (SES): I am pleased to address you today here in Geneva. As you know, it was announced after my briefing to the Security Council and upon…

Kuwait, 31 March 2015 Your Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s a great…

(Near verbatim transcript) SES: Good afternoon. The reason why I was planning to see you and be able to talk to you is also to ensure, first of all, it is the beginning of the year; second, there is a lot of things happening…

Good afternoon, it’s true the discussion went on for a long time because the issue is certainly coming to the attention of the Security Council in view of the humanitarian situation and also the developments on the ground…

SES: Thank you. Good afternoon to everyone. Good to see you and my apologies for keeping you waiting a little bit today and previous days but I was looking for this opportunity to meet you. At the same time, I was thinking it…

Near verbatim transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi Geneva, 13 February 2014 JSRS : Good evening everyone. We just had a two hours meeting with Wendy Sherman, Under…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good afternoon everyone. I’m not sure that we’re going to meet everyday as we did the previous time, but I will certainly come every time I have something to tell you. Today I don’t have much…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good afternoon everyone. Had another fairly long meeting this morning, where we discussed a very sensitive and important subject that is the security situation in Syria and terrorism. I think…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good evening. Had a long day, with a long session in the morning and two shorter sessions in the afternoon, one with each delegation. In the morning, the two delegations were with us. In the…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good evening to you. I do apologise for being late. I am sure you have heard already that today we have met only in the morning but not in the afternoon, and I am sure you have heard all…