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Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria faciliatates the Syrian Constitutional Committee
Today, the Eighth Session of the Syrian-led, Syrian-owned Constitutional Committee concluded in Geneva.

I just now came from a meeting with the His Excellency Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad. We had a very good meeting. We discussed a range of issues related to the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254.

Thank you so much Joseph, Ministers, Excellencies, colleagues, and friends,

Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, briefs the before the opening of the Syrian Constitutional Committee. UN Photo by Violaine Martin
Let me start by emphasizing the obvious, and that is that Syria remains one of the gravest crises in the world and that there is a clear need for progress towards a political solution.

As the conflict in Syria enters its twelfth year - marking another grim milestone – Syrians continue to suffer in profound ways, and the hardship is only deepening.

Question: What about your discussions with Mr. Mikdad, what’s new about these discussions?