Assembly Hears Briefings on Syria from Secretary-General, Joint Special Envoy and Arab League Chief
A wide view of the General Assembly Hall as Kofi Annan (shown on screens), UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy on Syria, briefs on the situation in that country during an informal gathering of the 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.