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Press Statement by the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
The Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE) has completed two days of joint technical meetings at the United Nations in Geneva with opposition experts from the High Negotiations Committee, the Cairo platform and the Moscow platform. These meetings took place in the context of the consultative…
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Statement from the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will reconvene the intra-Syrian talks under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 16 May 2017. In this round and subsequent ones, he is looking forward to intensified work with invitees on the items on agenda of the talks, within the context of the overall…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria
The Secretary-General is encouraged by the agreement today in Astana, Kazakhstan, by guarantor countries Iran, Russia and Turkey to de-escalate violence in key areas in Syria. It will be crucial to see this agreement actually improve the lives of Syrians. The Secretary-General welcomes the…
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Note from the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
Geneva, 1 May 2017 - UN Special Envoy de Mistura will be joining the high-level meeting on Syria in Astana on 3 and 4 May. In view of the urgency and importance of re-establishing a de-escalation of the situation in Syria and moving on confidence-building measures, he has agreed to attend the…
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Statement attributable to the Secretary-General on Syria
I continue to follow the situation in Syria closely and with grave concern. I was abhorred by the chemical weapons attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria, and the death and injury of many innocent civilians. I have long stated that there needs to be accountability for such crimes, in line with existing…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on alleged chemical weapons attack in Idlib
The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by the reports of alleged use of chemical weapons in an airstrike in the Khan Shaykhun area of southern Idlib, Syria. The Secretary-General expresses his heartfelt condolences to victims of the incident and their families. The United Nations is not currently…
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Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Syria
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is deeply concerned by the recent escalation of fighting in Damascus, Hama and elsewhere in Syria. He notes that the growing violations in recent days are undermining the ceasefire regime addressed through the Astana meetings, with…
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Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Syria on the fifth round of intra-Syrian talks
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is pleased to note that all invitees to the fifth round of intra-Syrian talks have arrived in Geneva. Deputy Special Envoy, Ramzy E. Ramzy, has begun preliminary informal consultations with them today. The Special Envoy is returning…
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Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Syria on the recent terrorist attacks in Damascus
The Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura condemns terrorist attacks in Damascus that took place today, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the Syrian conflict. These attacks have claimed the lives of innocent civilians. They are also plainly designed to spoil attempts to sustain political…
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Security Council Press Statement on Syria
On 8 March 2017, the members of the Security Council were briefed by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, and reiterated their support for his leadership of the United Nations’ efforts to facilitate the lasting political settlement of the Syrian crisis through an…