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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi, Geneva, 28 January 2014
28 January 2014
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(Near verbatim transcript)JSRS : Good evening to you. I do apologise for being late. I am sure you have heard already that today we have met only in the morning but not in the afternoon, and I am sure you have heard all sorts of explanations. And I am sure you are going to ask me all questions, lots of questions about that, no matter what I say, so I won’t say much. You know, I think I will repeat again that these are not easy negotiations and they haven’t been easy today, they haven’t been easy these past days…
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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi Geneva, 27 January 2014
27 January 2014
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JSRS : Thank you again for your patience and your interest. We had another meeting in the morning with the two parties in the same room and a meeting with each party alone with me, in the afternoon. I would like to make an observation about some of the people that are talking to the media. It’s normal that the two parties talk to the media…in my opinion, too much. But I have told them this afternoon that there was need to be responsible and respect if possible the confidentiality of the discussions and if you don’t…
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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi at the Palais des Nations, 26 January
26 January 2014
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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi - Geneva, 26 January 2014(Near verbatim transcript)
JSRS: Good afternoon everyone. Today we had a meeting with the two parties together in the morning, and a meeting with each side alone in the afternoon. We find that this manner of bringing the two parties together and, then, from time to time, and more often than that, speaking to the parties separately is very useful. When I meet the parties together, I…
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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi at the Palais des Nations, 25 January
25 January 2014
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Transcript of press conferenceby Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar BrahimiGeneva, 25 January 2014
(Near verbatim transcript.)
JSRS: Good evening ladies and gentleman. Thank you very much for coming again. What I have to report is that we had two sessions today, in the same room, with the two delegations. I think in the morning we met from just 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. or something, but this afternoon we met from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. We haven’t achieved much but we are continuing. The two…
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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi at the Palais des Nations, 24 January
24 January 2014
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Transcript of press conferenceby Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar BrahimiGeneva, 24 January 2014
(Near verbatim transcript.)
Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS): Good afternoon, or good evening, I don’t know. Thank you very much for being here. As you know, we were in Montreux on Wednesday. It was a long day. Participation of a large number of countries and three regional organizations. And we moved back here yesterday. So, I repeat, we were in Montreux on Wednesday…
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UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHAEL MØLLER AS ACTING SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
09 January 2014
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, as Acting Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament.
Mr. Møller was appointed Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva on 5 November 2013.
The Conference on Disarmament was established in 1979 as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community. The terms of reference of the Conference on Disarmament include practically…
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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi (Geneva, 20 December 2013)
20 December 2013
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Transcript of press conferenceby Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar BrahimiGeneva, 20 December 2013JSRS: Good afternoon everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very, very much for your patience. We just finished the last segment of our meetings today. That is, as you know, we met first in the morning and the beginning of the afternoon in the trilateral format with the Russians and the Americans, and then we met with the P5, and the last meeting, in the last meeting, the four neighbours…
7 years 8 months ago
Transcript of the press conference by the Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi (Geneva, 25 November 2013)
25 November 2013
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Transcript of press conferenceby Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi
Geneva, 25 November 2013JSRS: Good afternoon everyone. Again, sorry for being late. We’ve just finished the meeting of our trilateral group. As you know, we have agreed on the date for the conference. It will be the 22nd of January here in Geneva. We are still discussing the complete list of participants, and we will be meeting again on the 20th of December for another…
7 years 9 months ago
Transcript of the press conference by the Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi (Geneva, 5 November 2013)
05 November 2013
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Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi - Geneva, 5 November 2013JSRS: Thank you very much. Sincere apologies for coming this late to you, but we have just finished a series of meeting that we have had today. We first had a trilateral meeting, that is, the United Nations, the Russian Federation and the United States, and then we had a meeting with the rest of the P5 and with the countries that have…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHAEL MØLLER OF DENMARK ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
05 November 2013
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Michael Møller of Denmark as Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Møller will replace Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The Secretary-General is grateful for Mr. Tokayev’s outstanding contribution and commitment in spearheading the Organization’s work.
Mr. Møller brings to the position a wealth of experience, having served for more than 30 years as an international civil servant in the United Nations. Most recently he was…
