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NEAR VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS STAKEOUT BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON AND MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM
29 February 2016
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Secretary-General:
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and Maestro Barenboim.
It is a pleasure for me to welcome today United Nations Messenger of Peace, Maestro Daniel Barenboim and members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
For the past nine years, Maestro Barenboim has used his extraordinary talent and commitment to promote peace and tolerance, the core values of our Organization, as a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Well before that, he was uniting young musicians from Israel and Arab countries to foster…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
29 February 2016
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“THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS”
Monsieur le Président du Conseil des droits de l’homme [M. Choi Kyong-lim],
Monsieur le Président de l’Assemblée générale [M. Mogens Lykketoft],
Monsieur le Haut-commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme
[Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein],
Mesdames et Messieurs les représentants,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
It is a pleasure to be here in Geneva once again at the Human Rights Council.
This Council is a vital guardian of human rights. Your mechanisms give victims and human rights defenders…
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Transcript of the Press Conference by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, Geneva 26 February 2016
26 February 2016
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SdeM: Today, there’s been quite a lot of discussions and events taking place here in Geneva related to what happened just now. And by midday today, there were 97 armed groups plus the Government, all the major regional and international stakeholders, who indicated in time – by, as you remember, midday, which was the time for indicating their willingness to accept the framework of the cessation of hostilities. So that was the first thing which took place today.
Then, of course, all those acceptances were meant by those who were…
5 years 6 months ago
Transcript of Press Stakeout by Mr. Jan Egeland following the meeting on Task Force on Humanitarian Access in Syria
18 February 2016
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Geneva, 18 Feb. 2016
My name is Jan Egeland, I am the Special Adviser of the Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. I Co-chaired this second meeting of the task force for the humanitarian access for the International Support Group for Syria, and I am happy to say that we could report progress since the first meeting a week ago. Because in the last 24 hours 114 big trucks delivered life-saving humanitarian supplies to 80,000 people inside besieged areas and that is the beginning of the task that we were assigned to…
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Transcript of stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura Damascus, 18 February 2016
18 February 2016
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SdeM: Let me first of all say I had a conference call with the 18 countries who are part of the International Support Group. We had a video conference just today in Geneva, and we were reporting together with Yacoub El Hillo and Khawla Mattar how this long night took place. And I must say, I must say, they were all very encouraged by the fact that more than 100 trucks, 114 trucks, were able to reach 82,000 people Madaya, Mouadhimiyeh, up all the way to Kafrayah and Fouah, and also in Zabadany.
So I must say that this was a difficult test…
5 years 6 months ago
Statement by the Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Michael Møller on the death of former UN Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali
16 February 2016
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My colleagues and I at the United Nations Office at Geneva join Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in expressing sadness about the death of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
My thoughts and sympathies are with his wife, Mrs. Leah Boutros-Ghali, and the rest of the family. My profound condolences also go to the Egyptian people, and to the late Secretary-General’s many friends around the world.
Geneva, 16 February 2016
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AT JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE: “SUPPORTING SYRIA AND THE REGION”
04 February 2016
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Thank you, Prime Minister David Cameron. Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Never has the international community raised so much money on a single day for a single crisis.
The Supporting Syria and the Region conference has been a great success. I would like to thank and highly commend the leadership of Prime Minister David Cameron, and co-sponsors, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and His Highness the Emir of Kuwait for their strong leadership, engagement and generous contributions, and…
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16.02.03 -Transcript of the Press Stakeout of the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura
03 February 2016
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First of all let me say that my obligation to open these talks on behalf of the Secretary-General in January came from a resolution, a Security Council resolution, well they instructed me to start the talks. We were ready; the agenda has been also ready 2254. I made it clear at the Security Council, on behalf of the Secretary-General and in public speeches that the talks will not be meaningful, will not be meaningful, unless they will also be accompanied by a tangible benefit for the Syrian people. We have said it many times. This is why I…
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16.02.01 - Transcript of the Press Stakeout of the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura
01 February 2016
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SdM: Good evening, you probably heard, and I am sure you did, the comments made by the spokesperson for the HNC. We had a two-hours meeting with the HNC. As far as we are concerned their arrival to the Palais des Nations and initiating the discussion with us is the official beginning of the Geneva talks.
Of course we do respect very much and we heard very clearly their very clear position. They feel, and they told you, that there is a priority from their point of you and probably you must have heard it , of having successful talks, Intra-…
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16.01.29 - Transcript of the Press Stakeout of the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura
29 January 2016
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I will speak in English but we do have also a very good lady who will be doing some interpretation in Arabic when and if there is a need for it. Thank you.
Good evening, as you know I have just have had a meeting with the delegation of the Syrian government. The Syrian government has sent a substantial delegation which has arrived this afternoon and we have had a preparatory meeting. It is standard practice to have whenever there is a beginning of negotiations or intra-Syrian process, we call them for an opportunity for going through the…
