Good evening. I’m impressed to see all of you here so late. Thank you. We have just concluded a meeting of the Large Body. We had, as you all remember, a very good opening session on Wednesday. I think it was dignified, solemn and that we rose to the historic occasion. The last two days have…

Arabic versionOffice of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen Names of the members of the Small Body of the Constitutional Committee15 Members nominated by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic from among its 50 Ahmad Farouk Arnous Ahmad Kuzbari Ashwaq Abbas Amjad…

Arabic version Pursuant to the “Terms of Reference and Core Rules of Procedure for a Syrian-owned, Syrian-led, credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva” agreed between the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Syrian Negotiations…

Arabic versionFurther to the Terms of Reference and Core Rules of Procedure (the Procedures’ paper) and in accordance with the Co-Chairs prerogatives to ensure the good functioning of the Constitutional Committee and in conformity with the spirit of the sense of compromise and constructive…

Arabic version On the occasion of the launch of the Syrian-led, Syrian-owned Constitutional Committee facilitated by the United Nations, the Special Envoy for Syria welcomes to Geneva the 150 members of the committee, namely: 50 Members nominated by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic…

Arabic versionغير بيدرسن المبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة لسوريا الكلمة الافتتاحية للجنة الدستورية جنيف – قصر الأمم – 30 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2019 السادة أعضاء اللجنة الدستورية، الرئيس المشارك السيد أحمد كزبري، الرئيس المشارك السيد هادي البحرة. مرحباً بكم جميعاً في قصر الأمم، وفي إطلاق أعمال اللجنة…

Thank you so much Jenifer and good to see you all. Also, to those who have travelled far, good to see you here in Geneva. Actually, as we are speaking the 150 members of the Constitutional Committee are arriving here in Geneva. As you know we have agreed that this is to be a Syrian-led, Syrian-…

Good morning, as you know I have had discussions in Riyadh with the Opposition SNC, and today I continue those discussions here in Damascus with Foreign Minister Muallem. We obviously concentrated on the situation in the northeast, and I repeated the Secretary-General’s strong appeal that we…

The United Nations is today releasing the agreed Terms of Reference and Core Rules of Procedure for a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee to be facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva. ​They can be found here https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/775, in…

Dear High Representative of the EU and Vice-President of the Commission Frederica Mogherini, Dear Ministers, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is good to see so many good friends here today. Yesterday, for the first time in a long time, the Syrian people received some positive news…