Mr. President, Dear colleagues and friends at the Security Council, Let me say at the beginning how much my team and I are grateful for the support we received this year from the Security Council. Since this is my last briefing this year and the end of the Security Council membership for some of…

SdeM: Thank you Alessandra.Let me make some few comments and then of course I will be available and open for questions. We have just completed the 8thround of the intra-Syrian talks.I will give you some ideas and where we are, more or less.You must understand that the deep assessment of this round…

SdeM: Thank you very much. First of all let me pass the floor very quickly to Jan because we just had today a humanitarian taskforce and it did address a very serious issue that while we are trying to serious meaningful talks in Geneva, the humanitarian situation is concerning, very concerning in…

In light of media reports of material purportedly on the table in the intra-Syrian talks, the Special Envoy has decided to clarify where things currently stand by releasing the attached 12 Living Intra-Syrian Essential Principles paper dated 30 November 2017. This paper was distributed by the…

SdeM: Thank you very much. I will take questions of course, that is why I will just give you a little bit of a summary here. This round of talks in Geneva is number 8, and we are planning to have it lasting up to the 15th of December. As you remember the intention was to actually have them for…

Arabic version Special Envoy de Mistura recalls his previous requests that delegations participating in the intra-Syrian talks refrain from statements aimed at delegitimising other invitees.Having however noted unhelpful statements in recent days, he urges the cessation of such statements. The…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, 1. I am briefing you from Geneva, as we are preparing for round 8 of the UN-convened intra-Syrian talks. Let me explain how we got here over the past month, and the approach to the talks at the moment. 2. Last month, you remember, I said: after…

UN Special Envoy de Mistura takes note of the conclusion of the expanded opposition conference hosted and facilitated very effectively by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. He notes the broad and inclusive participation in this conference, including all opposition components identified in…

I want to thank Saudi Arabia for the great effort in preparing and convening this conference. It is high time, it is the right time, and it is done in the way that can help Geneva and the UN. I believe this will assist the UN-led negotiations, in Geneva, on 2254 for a political solution. I would…

Since his briefing to the Security Council on 26 October 2017 which laid out important points on the way forward on Syria, Special Envoy de Mistura and his team have been undertakingintensive consultations with the relevant stakeholders in preparation for the 8thround of the intra-Syrian talks, due…