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Geir Otto Pedersen (* 28. September 1955 in Oslo) ist ein norwegischer Diplomat, der unter anderem zwischen 2012 und 2017 Ständiger Vertreter bei den Vereinten Nationen sowie von 2017 bis 2018 Botschafter in der Volksrepublik China war. Seit 2018 ist er UN-Sondergesandter für Syrien .
Geir Otto Pedersen (born 28 September 1955) is a Norwegian diplomat, who is currently the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria.
Opening Statement by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen to the Constitutional Committee Members of the Constitutional Committee, Co-Chair Kuzbari, Co-Chair al-Bahra, welcome to you all to the United Nations and the Palais des Nations.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 31 October 2018 the appointment of Geir O. Pedersen of Norway as his Special Envoy for Syria.
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- History of Committee Process
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- Analysis of Committee Processes
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The proposal for the creation of a committee to amend Syria's constitution can be traced back to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254, which was adopted in December 2015. The resolution provided a framework for the creation of such a committee, but its implementation was delayed until after the Geneva peace talks on Syriaand then later d...
Inaugural meeting
The large body of the committee met for the first time on 30 October 2019, at 12:00 local time at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The Co-Chair nominated by the Syrian Government, Ahmad Kuzbari, lamented "terrorism" and hailed the "sacrifices and heroic deeds" of the Syrian Army during his inaugural speech. The opposition-nominated Co-Chair, Hadi al-Bahra, stated that it was time for them to "believe [that] victory in Syria is achieving justice and peace not winning the war". The two co-c...
First session and initial proposals
In its first days, the Committee managed to agree on a "code of conduct" for its members – which bound them to work with a "spirit of respect, cooperation and good faith", avoid any actions which might harm other members, as well as refrain from distributing any documents from within the plenary room as "official papers". The code of conduct, however, was made between the two Co-Chairs representing the Syrian Government and Opposition respectively, and not voted on by the whole body of the co...
Second session and deadlock
The second session of the Committee ended in late November 2019 without agreement, as the two sides did not meet each other after failing to agree on an agenda for the session. The Syrian government delegation had presented an agenda of what it dubbed "national pillars of the Syrian people", which rejected foreign, especially Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, called for the lifting on the sanctions against Syria and condemned the armed rebel groups in Syria as terrorists. The oppos...
Large body
The whole committee itself, referred to as the large body and sometimes also dubbed the expanded body, is composed of three groups of 50 members each, where the first group is directly nominated by Bashar al-Assad's government. The second is directly nominated by the Syrian Opposition's High Negotiations Committee and the third includes figures of Syrian civil society, selected by the United Nations. Nearly 30% of all members of the committee are women and seven members are Syrian Kurds. The...
Small body
The small body, also sometimes described as the mini-committee, is a cut-down version of the large body, analogous to a parliamentary committee, with 15 members from each of the large body's groups.
Legislative procedure
All proposals must first be introduced in the small body of the committee. If a draft proposal is accepted by the small body, it is then passed on for voting in the large body. A proposal is only considered adopted if it is accepted by both bodies. Any decision of both the large or small body may only pass if it has the support of a supermajority consisting of 75% of the respective body's members. The committee is, however, instructed to make decisions by consensuswhere possible. If the commi...
Disputes
The High Negotiations Committee is the only group selected to represent the Syrian opposition, leaving many other anti-government groups in Syria completely unrepresented in the committee. Despite the inclusion of seven total ethnic Kurds in the committee, the mostly neutral Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, as well as its majority-Kurdish military wing – the Syrian Democratic Forces, is also left completely unrepresented. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Al-Qaeda-linked group design...
The launch of the committee was met with skepticism by political analysts, who noted both the lack of good faith between the Syrian Government and Opposition, as well as the government's recent territorial gains as factors that might prevent the committee from fulfilling its stated objective. Some analysts[who?]further criticised the 75% supermajor...
International organization
1. United Nations – The UN described the launch of the committee as a "sign of hope" for ending the Syrian civil war.
National
1. Syria – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem stated that the Syrian Government was "committed to a political process to end the more than eight-year crisis". Syrian state broadcaster SANA described the foreign minister's meeting with UN authorities as "constructive and positive". Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed to accept any decision reached by the Constitutional Committee, so long as that decision was "in line with our [Syria's] national interest". He added that the committee had...
Syrian Opposition
1. Syrian Opposition – The High Negotiations Committee's spokesman described the committee as a "logical thing", which would create a "secure environment" for the drafting of a new constitution. He further dubbed it "a critical turning point" in the achievement of a political solution. The Syrian Network for Human Rights condemned the formation of the committee, stating that they believed it "violated and contravened international law". Syrian dissident Anwar al-Bunnicondemned the committee,...
Events within Syrian society
1. Timeline of the Syrian civil war 2. Control of cities during the Syrian civil war 3. 2011 Syrian Revolution
Peace efforts and civil society groups
1. Syrian civil war ceasefires 2. Syrian diaspora 3. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 4. White Helmets (Syrian civil war)
Geir Otto Pedersen ist ein norwegischer Diplomat, der unter anderem zwischen 2012 und 2017 Ständiger Vertreter bei den Vereinten Nationen sowie von 2017 bis 2018 Botschafter in der Volksrepublik China war. Seit 2018 ist er UN-Sondergesandter für Syrien.
Mr. Geir O. Pedersen became UN Special Envoy for Syria in January 2019, as appointed by Secretary-General Guterres. He previously served the United Nations in various roles, including as Special Coordinator for Lebanon (2007 to 2008), Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Southern Lebanon (2005 to 2007), and Director of the Asia ...
