Assembly Hears Briefings on Syria from Secretary-General, Joint Special Envoy and Arab League Chief
Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria, briefs on the situation in that country to an informal gathering of the General Assembly.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Nabil el-Araby, Secretary General of the Arab League; and Ivan Simonovic, Assistant Secretary-General in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, on behalf of High Commissioner Navi Pillay; also delivered briefings at the session.