... for a comprehensive and credible political settlement in Syria, and we welcome signs of progress towards that end. My Special Envoy, ... negotiating a political transition that will lead to a new Syria. And in the meantime, we must do everything possible to give hope to ...
... bringing an end to the horrific five-year-long conflict in Syria. I am glad these talks have started. The Special Envoy Staffan de ... long overdue. I urge all parties to put the people of Syria at the heart of their discussions, and above partisan interests. ...
... meeting. We discussed the situation in Ukraine and Syria and on Central African Republic and Mali, on this very urgent security ... the parties concerned. We also addressed the conflict in Syria and follow-up to the Geneva II Conference. I thanked the Prime ...
... been better demonstrated than in the ongoing destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons programme. Eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons marked an important step forward, unifying the ...
This year has begun with many crises at once. In Syria, I welcome the resumption of talks yesterday in Geneva. We know how ... Homs make up just a small fraction of those under siege in Syria. We need to continue pushing for a cease-fire. This will make ...
... and 50 days after the appalling use of chemical weapons in Syria. Far from being a relic of the past, chemical weapons remain a clear and ... to approve a first-of-its-kind OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria following the landmark work of the UN Chemical Weapons Investigation ...
... communities in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Let me be clear: the demands placed on UNRWA today are ... more than half a million Palestine refugees registered in Syria. Over half of them are internally displaced, while 60,000 others have ...
... oppressed. In Libya, Côte d'Ivoire, South Sudan, Yemen and Syria, by our words and actions, we demonstrated that human protection is a ... Council's growing use of commissions of inquiry, as in Syria and Libya. The Security Council can make more use of its own missions and ...
... especially disturbed by the blood that continues to spill in Syria. My distinguished predecessor, Kofi Annan, is the Joint Special Envoy ... solution to the crisis, and has sent UN observers to Syria. Our immediate goal is a cessation of armed violence in all forms by all ...
... it was important for me to brief you as soon as I could. Syria dominated the Summit meeting in a way no other political development has ... do something about it. Two and half years of conflict in Syria have produced only embarrassing paralysis in the Security Council. ...
