Thursday, March 10, 2016

UN Envoy: Syrian Peace Talks To Continue On Monday

Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (centre), flanked by his Special Advisor, Jan Egeland (left) and Yacoub El Hillo, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria briefing the press in Geneva. UN Photo/Anne-Laure Lechat

UN News Centre: UN: Syria talks to begin next week, as humanitarian aid reaches more besieged areas

he United Nations Special Envoy for Syria today announced that ‘substantive’ UN-mediated peace talks will begin next Monday, as humanitarian aid convoys continue to reach more people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas following a nationwide cessation of hostilities that began on 27 February.

“Quite an achievement,” Staffan de Mistura told reporters in Geneva, referring to the 238,485 people the UN and its partners have delivered aid to via 536 trucks.

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WNU Editor: Meanwhile .... the war continues .... Insurgents in Syria attack government positions (Reuters)

More News On Un Efforts To Resume Peace Talks This Monday

Syria conflict: UN expects 'substantive' peace talks -- BBC
UN sees no halt in Syria truce, talks to run to March 24 -- Reuters
Syria Cease-Fire to Continue, U.N. Says -- WSJ
U.N. envoy for Syria expects peace talks to start Monday -- Washington Post
UN Syria envoy expects next peace talks to be more "substantive, deeper" -- RUDAW

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