As indicated in his briefing to the Security Council on 26 October 2018, Special Envoy de Mistura has been continuing intensive consultations on the early establishment of a constitutional committee. The Special Envoy was present at a Summit meeting on 27 October 2018 in Istanbul hosted by the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…

Arabic Querido Señor Presidente, Le agradezco mucho por esta oportunidad desde Beirut. I would take this opportunity to update you and Members of the Council since my briefing, which took place last week in New York. Today, I will focus particularly on an update after my consultations in Damascus…

Ahmad Makaila, the new Permanent Representative of Chad to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Makaila had been serving as Spokesperson of the…

Amadeu Paulo Samuel Da Conceição, the new Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Da Conceição served as…

Adriana del Rosario Mendoza Agudelo, the new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Mendoza Agudelo had been…

Special Envoy de Mistura visited Damascus today and met Mr. Walid Al-Moualem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic. They had a frank and intense exchange of views in a cordial atmosphere. The meeting took place following that of the…

SdeM: Good afternoon. We had a long meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister al-Moualem, and during this meeting, we had a very frank and very intense exchange of opinions concerning the constitutional committee and the political process in general. I hope you will forgive me if I…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

President of the United Nations General Assembly: This is my first press conference in my capacity as the President of the General Assembly in Geneva, when I assumed my post on 17 September. I am really delighted to visit the United Nations Office here in the midst of our anniversary, because…