The Situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9313th Meeting

The situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9313th meeting

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:51:51
• Production Date: 27 April 2023
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Original; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: GEIR PEDERSEN
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; PEACE AND SECURITY; SYRIA SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 3041531
• Parent Id: 3039281

Description

With Syria at a potentially important juncture due to renewed diplomatic attention to the strife-torn country in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, unlocking progress on a political solution requires multiple stakeholders who hold different keys to work together, the Organization’s senior official on the ground said today during his briefing to the Security Council.

Outlining a delicate moment in the engagement with Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, noted diplomatic efforts involving the Astana players — Iran, Russian Federation and Türkiye ‏— and the Syrian Government, as well as new openings of engagement between Arab countries and the Syrian Government. nbsp;

Stressing that none of the stakeholders must be overlooked, he cautioned that, if excluded, they can block the process at this key juncture. nbsp;Therefore, a political solution requires realism from all sides, he said, adding that substantive moves could build some trust and confidence.nbsp;

Briefing the Council on the humanitarian front, Lisa Doughten, Director of Humanitarian Finance and Resource Mobilization of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, pointed to the unprecedented scale of need in Syria.nbsp;

In north-west Syria, she added, the Organization’s agencies and partners continue to utilize all three available border crossings, Bab al-Hawa, Bab al-Salam and Al-Ra’ee, to reach millions of people each month in near daily missions. nbsp;

The meeting began at 3:06 p.m. and ended at 4:58 p.m.