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UN envoy says new Syria committee could be agreed soon

UN envoy says new Syria committee could be agreed soon

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UNITED NATIONS: The UN peace envoy for Syria voiced optimism on Tuesday that agreement could be reached on a new committee tasked with drafting a constitution for post-war Syria that could be up and running in the coming months.

Geir Pedersen, who took up the post in January, told the Security Council that the constitutional committee would be “a first sign of real movement” toward ending the eight-year war that has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions.

Discussions on the committee have been bogged down in disagreements over the composition of three lists of members from the government, opposition and civil society and religious groups.

But after a meeting in Kazakhstan last week and other discussions, Pedersen said he believed differences had been narrowed and that agreement was within reach.

Asked whether the committee could hold its first meeting this summer, Pedersen told reporters: “Yes, I’m hopeful. I believe it should be possible to move forward. We have made tangible progress.”

 

 

 

 

 

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.