Syria conflict: Geneva peace talks set for January
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Syria's government and opposition will for the first time attend peace talks - in Geneva on 22 ...
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UN to convene Syria peace talks on January 22
UN special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has been at the forefront of trying to end the 32-month conflict
The UN, US and Russia have been trying for months to get both sides to agree a political solution to the conflict.
But there have been disputes over who should represent the opposition and the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
The international peace conference will seek to implement the so-called Geneva Communique, issued after a meeting of the UN-backed Action Group for Syria in the Swiss city in June 2012.
It calls for an immediate cessation of violence and the formation "on the basis of mutual consent" of a transitional government that could include officials serving under Mr Assad and members of the opposition.
Earlier this month, the main opposition alliance, the National Coalition, agreed to attend what has become known as the "Geneva II" conference if a number of conditions were met.
Relief agencies would have to be given access to besieged areas and all detainees, particularly women and children, had to be freed, it said.
The coalition's leader, Ahmed Jarba, also stressed that the president would "have no role in the transitional period".
The government has said it will "in principle" attend the conference.
However, it has also said it will not negotiate with "terrorists", while dismissing almost all those who oppose it as such. It has also insisted repeatedly that any political solution will not involve Mr Assad's departure.
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UN special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has been at the forefront of trying to end the 32-month conflict
UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Syria's government and
opposition will for the first time attend peace talks - in Geneva on 22
January.
It would be "unforgivable not to seize this opportunity to bring an end to the suffering and destruction", he warned.The UN, US and Russia have been trying for months to get both sides to agree a political solution to the conflict.
But there have been disputes over who should represent the opposition and the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
The international peace conference will seek to implement the so-called Geneva Communique, issued after a meeting of the UN-backed Action Group for Syria in the Swiss city in June 2012.
It calls for an immediate cessation of violence and the formation "on the basis of mutual consent" of a transitional government that could include officials serving under Mr Assad and members of the opposition.
Earlier this month, the main opposition alliance, the National Coalition, agreed to attend what has become known as the "Geneva II" conference if a number of conditions were met.
Relief agencies would have to be given access to besieged areas and all detainees, particularly women and children, had to be freed, it said.
The coalition's leader, Ahmed Jarba, also stressed that the president would "have no role in the transitional period".
The government has said it will "in principle" attend the conference.
However, it has also said it will not negotiate with "terrorists", while dismissing almost all those who oppose it as such. It has also insisted repeatedly that any political solution will not involve Mr Assad's departure.
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