Following the adoption of the resolution John Kerry, United States Secretary of State and President of the Security Council for December, jointly briefed journalists with Sergey V. Lavrov (not seen), Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; and Staffan de Mistura (not seen), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2254 (2015), requesting the Secretary-General, through his good offices and the efforts of his Special Envoy for Syria, to convene representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition to engage in form

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Following the adoption of the resolution John Kerry, United States Secretary of State and President of the Security Council for December, jointly briefed journalists with Sergey V. Lavrov (not seen), Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; and Staffan de Mistura (not seen), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2254 (2015), requesting the Secretary-General, through his good offices and the efforts of his Special Envoy for Syria, to convene representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition to engage in formal negotiations on a political transition process on an urgent basis, with a target of early January 2016 for the initiation of talks. (Photo by Luiz Rampelotto / Pacific Press)

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