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Near verbatim transcript of the press stakeout given by the Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Jan Egeland
16 June 2016
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JE: We just finished a meeting of the Humanitarian Task Force, of the International Syria Support Group, and this is our findings.
After several really very bad weeks for humanitarian access in Syria, we have made progress of late in reaching the besieged areas in Syria. It was very significant that we…
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Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
16 June 2016
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The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister exchanged views on the situation in Syria. The Secretary-General emphasized that the coming weeks were crucial in advancing a political process through…
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Near verbatim transcript of the press stakeout by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at the UN Office at Geneva
13 June 2016
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Deputy Secretary-General: Thank you very much. It is good to be back in Geneva, great to see you. I came from New York this morning. I am asked to speak at the Human Rights Council this afternoon. I was the President of the General Assembly ten years ago and conducted the negotiations creating the Human Rights Council. We have…
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Near-verbatim transcript of press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
09 June 2016
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My apologies but I just finished a long and intense discussion at the Humanitarian Taskforce and in view of the fact that there are so many issues coming up and being discussed, I had to stay until the end, of course, so my apologies for keeping you waiting.
One or two general comments and then of course I will also address some issues related not only…
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Near Verbatim Transcript of the Joint press stakeout by UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Ramzy E. Ramzy and UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland
02 June 2016
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UN Deputy Special Envoy, Ramzy E. Ramzy
Good afternoon everybody. We just concluded a meeting of the Humanitarian Taskforce. It was an important and useful meeting. It comes against the backdrop of two developments, as you are aware.
There has been some positive movement in terms of humanitarian access…
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Joint press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland
26 May 2016
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Joint press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland
Special Envoy de Mistura
Good afternoon. I am going to address two points and then I will leave it to my friend and colleague, Jan, to actually go deeper on this. But the two points that I would like to address is 1) the issue of the…
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Media statement by the UN Special Envoy for Syria following the question on resumption
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26 May 2016
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Following the joint press stake-out earlier today in Geneva between the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland, the Special Envoy briefed the Security Council on the current situation in Syria. This was his first briefing to the Council since the conclusion of the latest round of talks in…
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Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Syria
25 May 2016
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The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Jableh and Tartous, Syria, on 23 May, for which Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh) claimed responsibility, during which more than a hundred people were killed and injured. They expressed their deep sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims, as well…
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Joint press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland after the Humanitarian Access Task Force meeting
19 May 2016
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Special Envoy de Mistura: Good afternoon. I am here to explain, because it is the first opportunity following (Vienna), also to explain to you what happened in Vienna and elaborate further. I owe it to you. You are in Geneva. My base is in Geneva and then link it to what has been the…
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Joint stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz
18 May 2016
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Joint stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz
[The statement below by the UN Special Envoy followed opening remarks by the Austrian Foreign Minister]
Thank you very much. I will speak in English although as you know I speak German and I understand very well what the…
