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(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good afternoon everyone. Had another fairly long meeting this morning, where we discussed a very sensitive and important subject that is the security situation in Syria and terrorism. I think…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good evening. Had a long day, with a long session in the morning and two shorter sessions in the afternoon, one with each delegation. In the morning, the two delegations were with us. In the…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good evening to you. I do apologise for being late. I am sure you have heard already that today we have met only in the morning but not in the afternoon, and I am sure you have heard all…

JSRS : Thank you again for your patience and your interest. We had another meeting in the morning with the two parties in the same room and a meeting with each party alone with me, in the afternoon. I would like to make an…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS: Good afternoon everyone. Today we had a meeting with the two parties together in the morning, and a meeting with each side alone in the afternoon. We find that this manner of bringing the two…

(Near verbatim transcript.) JSRS: Good evening ladies and gentleman. Thank you very much for coming again. What I have to report is that we had two sessions today, in the same room, with the two delegations. I think in the…

(Near verbatim transcript.) Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS): Good afternoon, or good evening, I don’t know. Thank you very much for being here. As you know, we were in Montreux on Wednesday. It was a long day…

Following are the remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria, which opened today in Montreux: “Excellencies, After nearly three painful years of…

Following are the concluding remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria, before he suspended the talks in Montreux: “Distinguished delegates, We have…

Following is a full transcript of the press conference given in Montreux by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for…

Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi Geneva, 20 December 2013 JSRS: Good afternoon everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very, very much for your patience. We…

JSRS: Good afternoon everyone. Again, sorry for being late. We’ve just finished the meeting of our trilateral group. As you know, we have agreed on the date for the conference. It will be the 22nd of January here in Geneva…