Switzerland: Talks resume as Syrian government, opposition delegates move to redraft constitution

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Delegates arrived at a UN building in Geneva as talks to redraft the constitution for Syria entered its second day on Tuesday.
“As the special envoy noted and as the co-chairs have agreed the constitutional committee has now begun a process of drafting. All delegations have stated their commitment to presenting draft, constitutional text and to begin to identify provisional areas of agreement and disagreement, including by proposing amendments and submitting revisions,” said Jenifer Fenton, who acts the spokesperson for Office of UN Special Envoy for Syria.
Before the meeting, the UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said at a press conference, that the Committee co-chairs had agreed to “not only prepare for constitutional reform but prepare and start drafting for constitutional reform.” Pedersen also stated that the result of his eight months of negotiations was the agreement by the parties involved on “methodology” for a sixth round.
The Syrian Constitutional Committee was formed in 2019 and tasked with producing a new constitution for Syria. It is comprising 150 men and women, with the Government, the opposition and civil society each nominating 50 people. This larger group established the 45-member small body, which consists of 15 representatives from each of the three sectors.
For the first time, committee co-chairs Ahmad Kuzbari, from the Syrian government and Hadi al-Bahra from the opposition met together with Mr Pedersen on Sunday.
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