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Press Releases, Statements and Transcripts
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04 Mar 2025 - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir O. Pedersen, strongly condemns Israel’s ongoing military escalations in Syria, including airstrikes. He remains deeply concerned by continued violations of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement.
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03 Feb 2025 - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir O. Pedersen has been in Syria for the last weeks engaging the caretaker authorities and a broad spectrum of Syrians and following closely all developments on the ground.
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22 Jan 2025 - Really a pleasure to see you all. It's great to be back in Syria. It's the second time since the 8th of December, and I had the pleasure to meet with a wide range of Syrians and to be listening very carefully to their messages.
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18 Dec 2024 - I have been a few days here in Damascus.
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16 Dec 2024 - United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr Geir O. Pedersen met in Damascus today with a delegation of the Syrian Negotiations Commission (SNC) comprising different components of the SNC, including military representatives who have taken part in the recent military operations in Syria.
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16 Dec 2024 - United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr Geir O. Pedersen is in Damascus. He has so far met with Commander of the New Administration Mr Ahmed al-Sharaa and Prime Minister of the Caretaker Government Mr Mohammed al-Bashir.
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15 Dec 2024 - Listen, first and foremost, of course, the change that we're now seeing after the fall of the Assad regime has just been immense, and of course that change in itself creates great hopes, but we all know there are many challenges still ahead of us.
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12 Dec 2024 - In recent days, I have had the privilege of engaging with many Syrian women across Syria and those who were forced into exile.
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12 Dec 2024 - The images from Sednaya and other detention facilities starkly underscore the unimaginable barbarity Syrians have endured and reported for years.
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10 Dec 2024 - Let me start by saying that what has happened in the last few days, no one, absolutely no one saw this coming. I believe even the armed groups that are now in control of Damascus have been surprised by what has happened.
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