Geneva communique
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 15, 2015
The United Nations has wedged its way into playing a monitoring role in a possible cease-fire in Syria and a convening role in gathering the Syrian government and opposition parties to try to meet for formal talks by Jan….
- Categories: Middle East, Peace and Security, Refugees, Security Council, Terrorism
- Ghada Mukdad
- • October 13, 2014
Staffan de Mistura, the new United Nations special envoy to Syria, made his first visit to Damascus in his post in September. He met with, among others, members of the Syrian Civil Coalition, a lobby of civil society organizations,…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Maurizio Guerrero  and Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 22, 2014
The United Nations-led peace talks in Switzerland to begin the laborious discussions to end the war in Syria have officially started, but Syrian women activists who have been demanding to sit at the crucial peace-talks table on Jan. 24…
- Categories: Middle East, Peace and Security, Women
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