Good afternoon. You have being obviously listening because this has been an open meeting, so you're not going to reframe or re-paraphrase what had been said by the different delegations. Let me summarise it with, or summarise my own message based on what we have heard with the seven points: Point…

I thought 2017, the seventh year of war in Syria would be better. It is not. What changed was that the battle moved from Aleppo city, from Homs city, to eastern Damascus to Idlib, to Hama, to Ar- Raqqa. What did not change is that the civilian population is in the middle of this battle, the…

Thank you all of you for being here and having this special occasion and Federica let me say on behalf of the Secretary-General (SG), myself and the UN, how much we appreciate working hand in hand with you and with the EU. We need to be together because, as you know the situation is very complex.…

I thank the High Representative, Ms. Federica Mogherini for hosting us in Brussels today, and our fellow co-chairs from Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar, and the UK for organising this important conference in support of Syria and the region. This is the fifth conference of its kind, and I thank…

SdM: You heard it, we have very much a common line, and we have in particularly, moments like this one where we know that the international community in this conference tomorrow, is an element of supporting and reinforcing what the international will and what the UN is doing in Geneva. We have been…

SdM: Good afternoon all of you. I will remember that I have to stop for the interpretation definitely. You have been already hearing quite a few stakeouts from participants to this round of talks, so I will try to summarise the spirit of it. So bear with me! I would read few points but then, of…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is deeply concerned by the recent escalation of fighting in Damascus, Hama and elsewhere in Syria. He notes that the growing violations in recent days are undermining the ceasefire regime addressed through the Astana meetings, with…

Good evening everyone and thank you for being here. As you know yesterday the delegations and invitees all arrived and that Deputy Ramzy met them informally in their own hotels. I know the importance we attach to this round in particular which is the fifth round as you know of Geneva talks. I have…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is pleased to note that all invitees to the fifth round of intra-Syrian talks have arrived in Geneva. Deputy Special Envoy, Ramzy E. Ramzy, has begun preliminary informal consultations with them today. The Special Envoy is returning…

The Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura condemns terrorist attacks in Damascus that took place today, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the Syrian conflict. These attacks have claimed the lives of innocent civilians. They are also plainly designed to spoil attempts to sustain…