Thank you so much for organizing this opportunity. Merci beaucoup pour être tous ensemble dans le même message. The message is very clear. I was the other day in Geneva where I met John Kerry and the Minister of Foreign affairs of Saudi Arabia. I was yesterday in Moscow to meet Sergei Lavrov the…

The horrific fighting and bombardment in recent days, especially in and around Aleppo, is creating new areas with endless suffering and no access for humanitarians. So, the diplomats sitting in the ISSG are faced with the following dilemma. They seem to be having new possible besieged areas on our…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration. Geneva activities Committees The Committee…

SE de Mistura: First of all, thank you Minister Lavrov and thanks to your colleagues for having allowed the possibility for an urgent, sort of, consultation which we have been very eager to have with yourself, even on a holiday today. The main priority/reason why, as you know, I came here was of…

Remarks by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura First of all I want to thank you, Mr. US Secretary, for having been so actively involved and coming all the way here to Geneva to address urgently an issue that you are very much caring about. It was the US and the Russian Federation…

Arabic ملاحظة للمراسلين بيان لمكتب المبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة لسوريا، السيد ستيفان دي مستورا، عقب الاجتماعات مع وزير الخارجية الأمريكية ووزير خارجية المملكة العربية السعودية جنيف، 2 مايو 2016 التقى المبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة لسوريا، ستيفان دي مستورا اليوم بوزير الخارجية الأمريكي السيد جون كيري…

The following remarks were made today by Michael Møller, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony at the Palais des Nations celebrating the Olympic spirit: “It is my distinct honour to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations…

This paper sets out an account of developments and the work plan executed by the UN Special Envoy during the round of UN facilitated Intra-Syrian Talks held in Geneva between 13-27 April 2016.Agenda The work plan for this round of Talks was based upon the agenda as set by Security Council…

SdeM - Good afternoon. I think I have said all what I needed to say yesterday night or early morning, but you will see it is obviously linked to the discussions we have had now at the special meeting we just ended. So I will give the floor to you Jan, in order to focus on what we discussed and on…

The twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by…