Emotional plea from UN on eve of Syria talks

Emotional plea from UN on eve of Syria talks
By Euronews with Reuters
Share this articleComments
Share this articleClose Button
Copy/paste the article video embed link below:Copy to clipboardCopied

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has made a plea to all parties to bring a peaceful resolution to the five-year

ADVERTISEMENT

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has made a plea to all parties to bring a peaceful resolution to the five-year conflict with talks due to start in Geneva on Friday.

But there are already signs of the hurdles ahead with the Syrian opposition insisting that they will not attend.

They say they have not received convincing answers to demands including an end to airstrikes and blockades.

“Five years of this conflict have been too much,” said De Mistura in an emotional plea to all sides. “The horror is in front of everyone’s eyes. You must know also that we count on you to raise your voice, to say ‘khalas’, it is enough.
You have seen enough conferences, two have already taken place. This one cannot fail.”

Special Envoy for Syria de Mistura's msg to women, men & children ahead of #SyriaTalkshttps://t.co/w8DSAT2FOdpic.twitter.com/OF72XmNAFF

— United Nations (@UN) January 29, 2016

The Syrian government, who will send a delegation to the talks, is continuing to claw back territory from rebels with help from Iran and Russia.

As well as the estimated quarter of a million deaths around eleven million Syrians have been displaced.

Many have died in attempting to cross the sea to Europe, giving added impetus to the efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

Share this articleComments

You might also like

Netanyahu set on Rafah assault despite Biden warning against it

Israel-Hamas war: Hopes dim for truce before Ramadan, Gazans still starving

Talks to form far-right Dutch government collapse