Readouts
Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H. E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic, on the margins of the 67th General Assembly
New York, 1 October 2012
The Secretary-General today met with H. E. Mr. Walid Al-Moualem, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic.
The Secretary-General raised in the strongest terms the continued killings, massive destruction, human rights abuses, and aerial and artillery attacks committed by the Government. He stressed that it was the Syrian people who were being killed everyday, and appealed to the Government of Syria to show compassion to its own people.
The Secretary-General noted that reduction of violence could prepare the Government for a political process. He expressed deep frustration that, after 19 months of repression and fighting, the situation was still getting worse.
The Secretary-General and Foreign Minister discussed the growing humanitarian crisis inside Syria, and which was spilling over into neighbouring countries to an alarming degree.
Readouts on 1 October 2012
- New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Djibouti,on the margins of the 67th General Assembly
- New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. G.L. Peiris, Minister for External Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, on the margins of the 67th General Assembly
- New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, on the margins of the 67th United Nations General Assembly
- New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Basile Ikouebe, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Congo, on the margins of the 67th session of the General Assembly
- New York - Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Oldemiro Marques Balói, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique, in the margins of the 67th General Assembly