Geneva II Conference on Syria

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Geneva II Conference on Syria
The Palais des Nations (United Nations Office at Geneva) in October 2010.
GenrePeace conference
Location(s)Montreux and Geneva
CountrySwitzerland
Organized byUnited Nations
Part of a series on
the Syrian civil war
Syrian peace process
History
Arab League initiative I2011
Arab League initiative II2011–12
Churkin peace plan2012
Kofi Annan peace plan (Geneva I)2012
Lakhdar Brahimi peace plan2012
U.S.–Russia peace proposal (2013)2013
Geneva II Mideast peace conference2014
Staffan de Mistura peace plan2015
Zabadani agreement2015
Vienna talks2015
Geneva III2016
US-Russia ceasefire proposal (2016)2016
Geneva IV2017
Idlib demilitarization2018
Northern Syria Buffer Zone2019
Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone2019
Syrian Constitutional Committee2019
Syrian-Turkish normalization2022–24
Primary concerns
Secondary concerns
International brokers
Proposals
Projects
The Montreux Palace. The Geneva II Conference on Syria took place on 22 January 2014 in Montreux and on 23–31 January 2014 in Geneva (Switzerland).

The Geneva II Conference on Syria[1] (also called Geneva II Middle East peace conference[2][3] or simply Geneva II[4]) was a United Nations-backed international peace conference on the future of Syria[5] with the aim of ending the Syrian Civil War, by bringing together the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition to discuss[6] the clear steps[7] towards a transitional government for Syria with full executive powers.[8] The conference took place on 22 January 2014 in Montreux, on 23–31 January 2014 in Geneva (Switzerland), and again on 10–15 February 2014.[9]

This conference was pursued by UN peace envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in cooperation with the United States and Russia.[6] According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 1,870 people died across Syria during the nine days of the conference.[10]

New peace negotiations took place in 2016 in the new Geneva peace talks on Syria (2016).

  1. ^ "BBC News – What is the Geneva II conference on Syria?". BBC. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ^ studies.aljazeera.net http://studies.aljazeera.net/en/live/404-error.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Council of EU – Newsroom". tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu.
  4. ^ UN News Center. Preparations for upcoming Syria peace conference 'on track,’ says UN chief. "The goal of the so-called "Geneva II" conference is to achieve a political solution to the conflict through a comprehensive agreement between the Government and the opposition for the full implementation of the Geneva communiqué, adopted after the first international meeting on the issue on 30 June 2012, which called for the creation of a transitional government that would lead to holding elections.".[1]
  5. ^ Miles, Tom; Stephanie Nebehay; Mark Heinrich (28 August 2013). "Military intervention in Syria would need U.N. approval: Brahimi". reuters.com. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. ^ a b Politically Speaking (22 August 2013). "Syria, a civil, sectarian and proxy war". The Elders. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Final communiqué of the Action Group for Syria – Geneva, Saturday 30 June 2012". UNO. 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  8. ^ "UN envoy calls for transitional government in Syria". BBC. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  9. ^ "2nd round of Geneva II Conference on Syria achieved no tangible results". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  10. ^ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Feb-01/246045-at-least-1870-die-during-geneva-talks.ashx#axzz2rwVSpFO4 At least 1,870 die during Geneva talks