"SYRIA"

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

Security Council must rectify failure to prohibit use of force, maintain international peace, speakers stress in day-long debate at 8262nd meeting.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said the international community could not deal with its security challenges if it does not invest in the very foundation of global order, the respect for international law. UNIFEED

Amid unprecedented confrontations over Syria, ‘Careful Diplomacy’ vital to support de-escalation, avert miscalculations, Special Envoy tells Security Council at 8260th meeting.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said recent reports of fighting in that country involving Israel and Iran demonstrated “a troubling trajectory of an ever more frequent and ever more intense international confrontations over Syria, unprecedented since 1973.” UNIFEED

Layla, a 111-year-old Kurdish refugee from Syria, fled her home carried by her son. She arrived in Greece at the end of 2017 and has been granted asylum later on. But Layla’s wish is to be reunited with her grandchildren who have been living in Germany for the last two years. UNHCR