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Geneva II Conference on Syria
International peace conference aimed at ending Syrian Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Geneva II Conference on Syria[1] (also called Geneva II Middle East peace conference[2][3] or simply Geneva II[4]) was a United Nations-backed international peace conference on the future of Syria[5] with the aim of ending the Syrian Civil War, by bringing together the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition to discuss[6] the clear steps[7] towards a transitional government for Syria with full executive powers.[8] The conference took place on 22 January 2014 in Montreux, on 23–31 January 2014 in Geneva (Switzerland), and again on 10–15 February 2014.[9]
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![]() The Palais des Nations (United Nations Office at Geneva) in October 2010. | |
Genre | Peace conference |
Location(s) | Montreux and Geneva |
Country | Switzerland |
Organized by | United Nations |
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This conference was pursued by UN peace envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in cooperation with the United States and Russia.[6] According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 1,870 people died across Syria during the nine days of the conference.[10]
New peace negotiations took place in 2016 in the new Geneva peace talks on Syria (2016).