Geneva - SANA
The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General to Syria, Geir Pedersen, confirmed that the discussions that took place during the meetings of the third round of the constitutional debate committee will be based on them in the subsequent work stages, expressing his hope that the participating delegations will agree on the agenda of the next round and setting its date.
Pederson said in a press conference after the conclusion of the third round meetings in Geneva today that the participating delegations expressed their eagerness to meet again to build on the discussions that took place during this round, pointing out that there are significant differences between the participating delegations.
The UN envoy stressed that the constitution discussion committee is under the leadership and ownership of Syria, and that what he is looking forward to is meeting again for the committee and moving forward with this process and this path, stressing that setting the date for the next round is not the task of the special envoy. The process is owned and led by Syria, and the Syrian parties must determine when it will go forward. .
He indicated that the work of the committee should be continuous work and build on what it has achieved during its course of work, pointing out that there is strong support from the international community, the Security Council and the Astana process for the work of the committee.
Pedersen stressed that progress in the committee’s work is in the hands of the Syrians themselves, expressing his hope that the next round will be held in Geneva.
The meetings of the third round of the small committee to discuss the constitution concluded today at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva with the participation of the national delegation and other delegations.
A source Mawakib for the meetings pointed out that the meetings of this round were part of an agenda entitled “Basic National Principles”, where the national delegation presented many national principles, most notably national identity and cultural diversity as two basic principles that can be built upon in the subsequent stages of the committee’s work, but reaching a consensus on them has been suspended. By making proposals that are not related to the determinants of these two principles and are not related to the agenda of the current round of committee meetings.