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May 2021
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<p>We take note that today a presidential election is being held under the auspices of the current constitution. As indicated previously, this is not part of the political process called for in Security Council resolution 2254. The UN is not involved in this election and has no mandate to be involved. </p>

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Security Council Briefing - 16 May 2021
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April 2021
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The Syrian Women’s Advisory Board are meeting in Geneva this week - for the first time in person for a year. I thank the Swiss authorities for enabling this. WAB members have been very active in providing me and my team with vital information from the ground and counsel on the political process.

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Security Council Briefing - 22 April 2021
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March 2021
The Syrian conflict has now raged for ten years – roughly the length of World War 1 and World War 2 combined. Ten years ago, peaceful popular demonstrations were violently suppressed.
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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen’s Briefing to the Security Council Arria Formula Meeting on Participation of Women in UN-Led Peace Processes
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Allow me to start by reminding all of us of the intensity of the conflict in Syria. Next week we will be commemorating the tenth anniversary of the start of this terrible crisis, and the lack of progress in the political process is high on our collective mind.

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Security Council Briefing - 26 February 2021
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Security Council Briefing - 26 January 2021
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January 2021
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As the Syrian people face the year 2021, a decade of conflict has seen them experience death, injury, displacement, destructions, detention, torture, terror, violations, indignities, instability, intervention, occupation, division, de-development and destitution on a massive scale.

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