FIRST ROUND OF SYRIA PEACE TALKS WILL END TOMORROW WITH LITTLE HEADWAY - UN-ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY

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Subject: FIRST ROUND OF SYRIA PEACE TALKS WILL END TOMORROW WITH
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FIRST ROUND OF SYRIA PEACE TALKS WILL END TOMORROW WITH LITTLE HEADWAY
- UN-ARAB LEAGUE ENVOYNew York, Jan 30 2014 4:00PMAfter a "tense but
rather promising" meeting today between representatives of the Syrian
Government and the main opposition group on reaching a political end
to the country's three-year-civil war, the United Nations/Arab League
mediator said that the first round of talks will end tomorrow with no
serious breakthrough or "any real change in position" of either side.

<"http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/(httpNewsByYear_en)/BFEBA7A4CED83530C1257C70005F0876?OpenDocument">Speaking
to reporters in Geneva after what he described as a "fairly long
meeting" where the two sides discussed "sensitive" matters regarding
the security situation and terrorism in Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint
Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab
States said that the first round of talks would wrap up after a little
more than a week.

"Tomorrow morning will be our last session. I hope that we will try...to
draw some lessons about what we did and see if we can organize
ourselves better for the next session. I think that's enough for a
beginning," said Mr. Brahimi, expressing the hope that when the talks
reconvene - reportedly in February - "we will be able to have a more
structured discussion."

Since the conflict erupted in March 2011 between the Government and
various groups seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, well
over 100,000 people have been killed and nearly 9 million others
driven from their homes. More than 9.3 million people within the
country need humanitarian aid, the UN has said, with over 2.5 million
of them living in areas where access is seriously constrained or
non-existent.

The goal of the talks, under way in Switzerland since 24 January, is
to achieve a political solution to the Syrian conflict through a
comprehensive agreement between the two sides for the full
implementation of the Geneva communiqué, adopted after the first
international meeting on the issue on 30 June 2012, and since endorsed
by the UN Security Council.

The communiqué lays out key steps in a process to end the violence.
Among others, it calls for the establishment of a transitional
governing body, with full executive powers and made up by members of
the present Government and the opposition and other groups, as part of
agreed principles and guidelines for a Syrian-led political
transition.

While noting that the two sides agreed today that "terrorism does
exist in Syria and that is a very serious problem", Mr. Brahimi said
no agreement was reached on how to deal with it. However, the rival
delegations did agree to hold a moment of silence to honour victims of
the civil war - "no matter which [side] they belong to."

Overall, Mr. Brahimi said, "we haven't noticed any major change, to be
honest, in the two sides' positions," and he expressed deep
disappointment that there was no movement on allowing UN aid convoy
into Homs, and on allowing civilians to leave the besieged city, cut
off from supplies.

"I am ...very, very disappointed, because the situation in Homs is bad
and has been bad for months, years even. That is the first place very
bad fighting and destruction has taken place," he said, though he
added that negotiations are still ongoing.

Turning to another issue of major concern, Mr. Brahimi said that
negotiations have also been under way regarding the Yarmouk refugee
camp in Damascus, and today, some aid has gone in. "So, a partial
solution in Yarmouk, but no solution yet in Homs," he said.

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
(UNRWA) has confirmed that was able to deliver aid to the residents
trapped in Yarmouk.

According to UNRWA Spokesperson Chris Gunness, the agency distributed
over one thousand food parcels to the Palestinians in the camp, the
first such aid since 21 January, when it had distributed 138 food
parcels.
"We are encouraged by the delivery of this aid and the cooperation of
the parties on the ground. We hope to continue and increase
substantially the amount of aid being delivered because the numbers of
those needing assistance is in the tens of thousands," said Mr.
Gunness, stressing that number includes some 18,000 Palestinians,
among them women and children.

"We need to build on today's modest achievement. UNRWA and the
international community urgently need secure, substantial and
permanent humanitarian access," he said.Jan 30 2014 4:00PM
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