Thank you so much Jenifer and let me start by saying it is good to see you despite this late hour on Saturday.
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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
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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 Constitution
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The Office of the Special Envoy received confirmation that three members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee Small Body tested positive for COVID-19.
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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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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 Martin
Thank you so much, really a pleasure connecting with you again.
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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.
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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on the Anniversary of the Syrian Conflict
Geneva. UN Photo / Violaine Martin
The Syrian conflict is now entering its tenth year. The suffering of the Syrian people during this tragic and terrible decade still defies comprehension and belief.
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Press Stakeout Special Envoy for Syria on the Syrian Constitutional Committee