JE: We just finished the meeting of the Humanitarian Task Force, a very bleak report was delivered from us, on the UN side, I feel as if we are now returning to some of the bleakest days of this conflict again, at least the fears are that we are now returning with civilians in cross fire in too…

Monsieur le président [François Delattre, France], dear friends, ambassadors, Let me update you on developments and lay out some of the plans that we have for the next round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, and then brief you on some of the other potential initiatives. We are seeing very…

SE: Thank you, thank you very much. Well, I confirm this is a very good and timely moment for having this type of consultations - because we are clearly moving from the period of de-escalation into almost - and we hope forever - defeating terrorism, as defined by the UN. Now it is the moment for…

Arabic version Question: Mr. de Mistura, are you satisfied with the outcome of the meeting? Special Envoy: This meeting, like every meeting I have been having with His Excellency Minister Shoigu, has been very useful. This was a very important and timely opportunity to discuss how to move from…

At the Humanitarian Task Force today, we reported on two uniquely contradictory trends: On the one hand, we are making progress in reaching more Syrians with more assistance; on the other hand, we are not able to protect civilians. It has gotten worse in terms of protection of civilians and…

Mr. President, 1. Let me update you first on the latest developments, and then turn to the way ahead on the political track and the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254. 2. First, what’s happening on the ground. The Amman discussions and the meetings which have taken place very…

SdeM: Good evening. You heard many valid comments so I will try to be short and to address nine, but specific points. The first one is definitely our gratitude, and I think everyone has said it, to his Excellency the President of Kazakhstan for arranging, supporting and making sure that this…

SdeM: Hello everybody, good to see you, as you know for logistical reasons we are having it here, there is no other opportunity. I would like to offer some comments because I was chairing today the HTF since Jan Egeland was not present, and then of course I will make some comments on the political…

Mr. President, I last briefed the Security Council after the 7th round of the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, which concluded on the 14th of July. Since then, we have been active in a range of diplomatic efforts and continuing contacts. I have recently held high-level consultations in Tehran and…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy: Good afternoon. As usual we will give you a very brief political update, not much has been happening as you know in the past week since the Special Envoy delivered his political update. The Special Envoy and the team have been in continuous contact with many of the interested…