UN says too soon for new Syrian peace

On Wednesday, Ban told the UN Security Council (UNSC) that he was “profoundly disappointed” that previous resolutions aimed at preventing further violence in Syria had not been implemented.

Ban confirmed the nomination of de Mistura as a new mediator for the crisis in Syria in July past year.

The Secretary General said he stands ready to convene a high-level worldwide conference to endorse any recommendations or agreement that the Syrian-led political process his Special Envoy intends to initiate may reach, including on the issue of the Transitional Governing Body.

There’s continue to no general opinion regarding the best approach to add a 2012 contract business for a transitional authorities by using government drives above and beyond assert financial institution, also the military services plus the safety and security and senses offerings, he explained.

These working groups will start generating movement towards a Syrian-owned framework document on the implementation of the Geneva Communiqu, explained de Mistura, convinced that this effort should be led by a Steering committee composed of Syrians from these thematic groups and possibly elsewhere.

Western powers have supported non-Islamist rebels in Syria and said there was no room for Assad in a future Syria.

“Sadly there is still no consensus on the way forward on the Communique or yet a formalized negotiation”, said de Mistura, whose two predecessors resigned in frustration at the failure to make headway in ending the Syrian war.

Ban said at least a quarter of a million people had been killed during the more than four-year-old civil war.

Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari said de Mistura’s proposals will be sent to Damascus and will be studied thoroughly.

The Syrian conflict began after a government crackdown on a political uprising against President Assad in 2011.

A political solution, according to Mistura, was extremely essential given recent gains by the “Islamic State” (IS), the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and other parties which spoke of “fragmentation, radicalization and sectarianism”.

US Secretary of State John Kerry plans to discuss Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Doha next week.