Geneva II Conference on Syria
The Geneva II Conference on Syria (also called Geneva II Middle East peace conference or simply Geneva II) was a United Nations-backed international peace conference on the future of Syria with the aim of ending the Syrian Civil War, by bringing together the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition to discuss the clear steps towards a transitional government for Syria with full executive powers. 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.
Geneva II Conference on Syria | |
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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 |
Part of a series on the Syrian civil war |
Syrian peace process |
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This conference was pursued by UN peace envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in cooperation with the United States and Russia. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 1,870 people died across Syria during the nine days of the conference.
New peace negotiations took place in 2016 in the new Geneva peace talks on Syria (2016).