4 years 5 months ago
Transcript of press conference by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria
22 February 2017
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Thank you for all of you to be here, I’m convinced it will be worthwhile. We are going to give a serious try. This round is taking place again at the time when we want to give a chance to the Syrian people, to the Syria parties to try to have some type of dialogue leading more beyond than just a conflict.
Let me give you some few points and then of course we will take some questions. I have got with me some colleagues also, I’ve got here for instance our Representative in Damascus. She is my representative in a very difficult office which is the one…
4 years 6 months ago
Transcript of the stakeout by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria after his meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov in Moscow
16 February 2017
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I have been having today, three meetings, one with Minister Lavrov, one with Minister Shoygu and now with the Deputy Foreign Minister Gatilov. They were focusing on the following points:
The first one was Astana, because we are very keen, all of us, that Astana proceeds. The issue that they are focusing on - and should be focusing on - is the cessation of hostilities. Cessation of hostilities is fundamental in Syria and we need a mechanism. The UN is there to support it with a…
4 years 6 months ago
Transcript of stakeout by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura after meeting with Russian Minister of Defence Sergey Shoygu
16 February 2017
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Q: How do you “evaluate” these talks and how do you tell that you have achieved a mutual understanding on particular questions.
SdM: I had a very useful intense meeting with Minister Shoygu and his team. The main points were the Astana discussions at the moment and then the Geneva discussions taking place next week.
There was quite a clear understanding that the Astana current meetings are very important, because the aim at consolidation of the cease-fire, and the cease-fire is one of the most…
4 years 6 months ago
Transcript of press stakeout by Mr. Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the UN Special Envoy on Syria, after Humanitarian Access Task Force Meeting
16 February 2017
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The Humanitarian Access Task Force (HTF) of the International Syria Support Group was born exactly one year ago this week and it was initiated because people were at that time starving to death in the besieged areas in Syria. The mandate of the Task Force was to ensure that those countries, members of the Task Force, who have influence on the parties on the ground, help us gain access to these besieged and hard to reach areas with our humanitarian relief and our humanitarian workers.
So how did…
4 years 6 months ago
Statement from the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
13 February 2017
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The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to ensure a successful confirmation of arrangements for the convening of intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva. We can confirm that letters have been sent today, and also that consultations are continuing.
It is expected that delegations would arrive in Geneva on or about 20 February to enable prior consultations with the Special Envoy and his team before the formal start of intra-Syrian negotiations planned for 23 February 2017.
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4 years 6 months ago
Transcript of Mr. Staffan de Mistura’s Press Stakeout after Meeting the Security Council
01 February 2017
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President of the Security Council: Good after noon, we had a very substantial and quite long discussion this morning on several issues, starting with Syria followed by Iran and then the situation in Ukraine. I wanted to make sure that I was able to stand here now next to Staffan de Mistura, the Special Envoy as token of support for the work that the UN is doing on Syria. There will be I believe a more extensive press statement made later on today that Council members are still working on. So just enough for me to say now that we’ve had a very good…
