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Richard Mills

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2020-10-27
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2021-05-26
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un-security-council

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  1. “We believe that the Council must do everything in its power to prevent the regime representatives from continuing to block agreement on an agenda as we move into the final months of 2020. The United States Government is concerned that the Al-Assad regime’s goal is to further derail the Committee’s work into 2021, when, as all members know, Syria is scheduled to hold presidential elections in April. We believe that the regime’s hope is to invalidate the work of Special Envoy Pedersen and our calls, the Council’s calls, for a negotiated political transition. Syria is wholly unprepared to carry out elections in a free, fair and transparent manner that would include the participation of the Syrian diaspora.”

    2020-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1049 (2020) · source

  2. “The United States Government calls on all parties to the United Nations- facilitated political process, which means the regime and the Syrian opposition, to adhere to specific principles, including committing to Syria’s unity, independence, territorial integrity and non-sectarian character, the principle of protecting the rights of all Syrians and, finally, the principle of ensuring unimpeded United Nations humanitarian access throughout the country. In order for the parties to move beyond previous discussions of first principles and directly address constitutional reforms, the Al-Assad regime must actively participate in the organization and conduct of future Constitutional Committee meetings.”

    2020-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1049 (2020) · source

  3. “At present, from what we are hearing, the co-Chair of the Committee representative of the regime refuses to agree to an agenda or date for any subsequent meeting. Over the past year, every member of the Council has expressed support for the Committee’s work. We believe that it is now time to tell the Al-Assad regime that enough is enough. The Constitutional Committee must move forward with regular substantive meetings without further obstruction by Damascus.”

    2020-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1049 (2020) · source

  4. “The United States Government will remain unwavering in calling for the implementation of resolution 2254 (2015) and that resolution’s calls for an inclusive Syrian-led political process that meets the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people. The lack of progress on the Constitutional Committee that we heard just described is both regrettable and unacceptable. The Al-Assad regime has unilaterally stymied any progress in the Constitutional Committee despite agreeing to the Special Envoy’s Terms of Reference and Core Rules of Procedure for a Syrian-led, Syrian- owned, credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva (S/2019/775, annex).”

    2020-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1049 (2020) · source

  5. “I thank Mark Lowcock for his briefing on the continuing dire humanitarian situation in the country. I also want to thank the Special Envoy, on behalf of my Government, for his efforts on Syria. We at my delegation are grateful for the updates from his recent travels to Damascus to revive the United Nations-facilitated political process. The only legitimate path to securing a peaceful future for the Syrian people is the internationally agreed road map for a political transition outlined in our resolution 2254 (2015). In our view, today the Security Council must make clear to Damascus, Moscow and the Syrian people that there is no alternative solution to the Syrian conflict.”

    2020-10-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1049 (2020) · source