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Good morning, I’m sorry for not being able to connect with you live today, and that we are not together in Rome. As you may know, we just started with the 4 th Session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee today. Let me…

Thank you, Jenifer, and good to see you all. I understand we also now connected with friends in New York, so heartily welcome to you as well. I have just now concluded my meeting with the civil society group, the so-called…

Thank you so much Jenifer and let me start by saying it is good to see you despite this late hour on Saturday. So, we just concluded the session, after what I call a challenging week, but I was extremely pleased, of course…

Thank you so much Jenifer and thanks to all of you for your understanding. Obviously, the safety for all of us here in the Palais has been our major concern and our top priority. That is why we took no chances and immediately…

Mr. Geir O. Pedersen: Thank you, as Jenifer said, for joining us this morning and for those of you online, thank you for also joining. As you know, it has taken us a little bit of time before we could actually tell you that…

High Representative of the EU and Vice-President of the Commission [Josep] Borrell, Ministers, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me thank the European Union for hosting virtually this fourth Brussels…

Thank you so much, really a pleasure connecting with you again. O f course, I had hoped it could be in person, sitting together with you in Geneva. Maybe in the not too distant future, we will be able to do that again. I am…

Yesterday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to warring parties throughout the world for an immediate ceasefire to enable the human family to tackle a common enemy – COVID-19. Today, I am appealing specifically…

Your Royal Highnesses, your Excellencies, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, dear friends: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to brief you on the developments in Syria and my efforts to facilitate a political solution…

We are all aware of the unfolding crisis in northwest Syria and the terrible human toll on civilians. Nearly 900,000 people – the vast majority women and children – have fled in the latest fighting under the most tragic…

Arabic version Thank you, Mr. President, 1. Since my briefing two weeks ago, I cannot report any progress in ending the current violence in the northwest or in reconvening the political process. 2. Yesterday, the Secretary…

Mr. President, 1. Thank you for the opportunity to brief on the alarming situation in north-west Syria, which has further escalated since last week’s briefings. Heavy strikes from both air and ground are causing massive waves…