UNSMIS

General Gaye: Good afternoon to all of you.

As Eid is tomorrow, Eid Mubarak to all of you and your families.

As you know the mandate of UNSMIS comes to an end tomorrow.

UNSMIS arrived to Syria on 21 April to monitor a c...

Valerie Amos, Press Conference in Damascus, 16 August 2012.

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Date: 08/13/2012 01:25 PM

Subject: TRANSCRIPT + VIDEO: Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria a.i. Damascus 13 August 2012

TRANSCRIPT

PRESS CONFERENCE

Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, H...

Mr. Gregory Starr

Under-Secretary-General DSS arrival in Damascus, Syria, 9 August 2012. He was met by the head of UNSMIS General Gaye.

Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen,

I'm very happy to be with you.

Today I had my first meeting with our counterparts from the Syrian Government; it was a good opportunity for me to discuss UNSMIS' activities for the com...

Visit to Homs and Rastan

Lt. General Babacar Gaye conducted his first field visit as the Head of the UN Supervision Mission ad interim. He went to Homs and ar-Rastan to assess the situation related to violence and the use...

Mr. Ladsous press conference in Damascus, 26 July 2012.

TRANSCRIPT

PRESS CONFERENCE

Hervé Ladsous, Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations and Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria

DAMASCUS

25 JULY 2012

Spokesperson: We are going...

The Head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria arrives in Damascus today to replace Major General Robert Mood.

Ladsous arrives in Damascus 24 July 2012

General Mood, head of UNSMIS in his last press conference before leaving Beirut on 19 July 2012.

UN Observers returned to the village of Treimseh, Sunday (July 15), to gather more information on the military operation of July 12.

The integrated patrol, comprised of specialized civilian and military experts, observed...

Remarks to the press by the Head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria, General Robert Mood

Damascus

July 13, 2012

Good morning,

As you all know, UNSMIS operations continue to be suspended due to the unacceptable level ...

Opening Statement to Press in Damascus

by

General Robert Mood

Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria

5 July 2012

I am happy to back with you here in Damascus, it one of these places that I always look forward to coming b...

UN observers entered al-Haffeh today and reported their preliminary findings. In these amateur footage shot by an observer, the town appeared deserted. Most Government institutions, including the post office, were set on...

Statement attributable to the Head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria, General Robert Mood

There has been an intensification of armed violence across Syria over the past 10 days. This escalation is limiting our ability...

Questions & Answers session from Foreign and Syria Journalists 15 June 2012

The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) was established by Security Council resolution 2043 as part of the Joint Special Envoy's Six-Point Proposal that was endorsed by the Syrian Government and opposition...

Major General Robert Mood, the head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria talks about the challenges of the mission.

On 14 June 2012, a team of 8 UNSMIS personnel monitored the release of 239 detainees at the Damascus Police Department. UNSMIS teams in Da'ra, Hama, Idlib and Dayr Ar Zawr also observed the release of additional 65 detai...

The vehicles of United Nations military observers were stoned and hit my metal rods by angry crowd as they were trying to reach el-Haffeh on June 12.

The UN observers turned back. As they were leaving the area, three ve...

In Homs where increased and intensified fighting is taking place,smoke drift into the sky from buildings and houses hit by shelling. Next the observers traveled to Talbiseh and al-Rastan,north of Homs city. The roads were...

UNSMIS Patrol in Hajar Al Aswad, Damascus, Syria on 10 June 2012. The area which is populated by Palestinian refugees is quiet. On the way back the patrol goes to the Cabinet headquarters to see the site where a mortar she...

UN observers patrolled today Damascus suburbs to assess damage of overnight fighting. Sounds of heavy shooting and explosion where heard in the city starting Friday evening.

At a power plant 10 km off the city center in Q...

UN observers today entered the village of Mazraat al-Qubeir to verify reports of mass killings in the village. After hours of coordination with local authorities and communities in the area, the observers were able to acc...

UN military observers based in Hama on one of the daily patrols.

The atmosphere is tense. There is heavy military presence and several roadblocks where residents are stopped and screened. Tanks and armored vehicles are st...

Major General Robert Mood, Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) today 05 June 2012 met the Syria Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad at the UNSMIS head...

On Wednesday(30 May) Military observers representing United Nations

visited AlhaJar Alasoud suburbs in Rif Damascus .

Business seemed usual in the streets and residents engaged with

observers during the early morning Patr...

Kofi Annan meets with UN observers in Syria. He congratulated them on the swiftness of their deployment and addressed the ongoing challenges.

UN observers in El-Houleh on Sunday. They talk to town residents to try to establish the fact on Saturday's horrific tragedy. An emotional man informs the observers that he has not heard from his sister who lives in a hou...

Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan's arrival in Damascus and statement to the press.

STATEMENT

Good afternoon.

I have come to Syria at a critical moment in this crisis.

I am personally shocked and horrified by the tragic inc...

UN Observers in the town of Al Rastan, near Homs. They met with the commander of the Free Syrian Army to mediate a ceasfire between them and the Government. Fighting in Rastan had erupted during the past week and UN media...

After a heavy night of shelling and killing, United Nations observers led by Deputy Head of UN Mission in Syria Martin Grifith visited the town Houla on Saturday and witnessed the extent of violence that has local people h...