Geir Pedersen said the international community was ready to help and support Syria's new leadership It is vital that Syria's new leadership keeps its promises to respect the rights of all the ...

The UN special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, was verbally attacked during his visit to Syria’s notorious Saydnaya Prison on Monday. A woman, reportedly searching for her missing brother and two ...

Pedersen and U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher briefed the 15-member council from Damascus, where they met with the country's new leaders after President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by insurgent forces ...

“Syria is now at a crossroads with great opportunities for us, but also with grave risks. And we need really to look at both,” said Geir Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria. “We know that, of course, ...

Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, has expressed “cautious hope” after opposition fighters declared the rule of President Bashar al-Assad had come to an end.