SdM: Let me read to you some comments and then of course I will take some questions, so don’t be intimidated by the formality of my comments. Today we concluded a sixth round of the intra-Syrian talks. You must have seen and you have seen, it was a short round and this was intentional. We wanted a…

First statement: Earlier this week the Special Envoy informed the sides that he intended to establish a technical process to address constitutional and legal issues in the intra-Syrian talks. Having taken into account observations and moving beyond the initial discussions triggered by an internal…

SdM: I have here with me Stephanie Koury, who is our director in the office we have in Damascus, and on my right side Ambassador Ramzi, who has just been back from a short mission to Damascus. This is basically a preparatory meeting in order for us to try to give you an idea in what direction we're…

Transcript of press Conference of Deputy of UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy (Arabic and English) المؤتمر الصحفي لنائب المبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة رمزي عزالدين رمزي دمشق 13 أيار 2017 سؤال: الاجتماعات مع الوزير المعلم او مع المسؤولين في الخارجية السورية…

SdM: Good afternoon, I am here with Jan Egeland, so I will give the floor to Jan so that we have some questions related to its own area of attention, separately from the political ones. So I will more or less address now the other issues and will take some questions of course. First of all, let's…

Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will reconvene the intra-Syrian talks under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 16 May 2017. In this round and subsequent ones, he is looking forward to intensified work with invitees on the items on agenda of the talks, within the context of the overall…

Good afternoon, Today in Astana I think we have been able to witness an important promising positive step in the right direction in the process of de-escalation of the conflict. As you all know there is already a ceasefire. The ceasefire was established in late December with the involvement of two…

I would like to address the issue that you are familiar with: the concerns that have been coming out based on some events that have taken place in Syria. I would like to say that the United Nations is very concerned at the reports of escalation in Syria, including, allegedly, reports of air…

Geneva, 1 May 2017 - UN Special Envoy de Mistura will be joining the high-level meeting on Syria in Astana on 3 and 4 May. In view of the urgency and importance of re-establishing a de-escalation of the situation in Syria and moving on confidence-building measures, he has agreed to attend the…

Staffan de Mistura: Good afternoon, We will do it like this, I will first do a briefing and then take some questions and then my friend Jan Egeland will do his own about the humanitarian side, so that we don’t confuse questions between political and humanitarian. But let me say anyway one thing…