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4/22/2018 Where global solutions are shaped for you | News & Media | Remarks at Opening Session of Riyadh 2 Meeting by Mr. Staffan de Mistura,… https://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/(httpNewsByYear_en)/854C2006C4075A35C12581E1003512C4?OpenDocument 2/3 days, Eastern Ghouta. I t is our common interest that today you elect the best and most inclusive team among yourselves. Use this opportunity to include also a meaningful representation of women, who are 51% of the population of Syria. I can see that there are many [of] them here, so there is no excuse for not including a substantial number of women. Commit unambiguously to the political path and no other path - we are not talking about war, we are talking about building peace now. And work for the good of Syria. I believe that change then will be possible and will come to Syria, and that in Geneva, I repeat, in Geneva, we can map out the means by which this can really happen. I wish you all the best in these two days and we count on you. Alsalam aleikum wa rahma Allah wa barakatuh, wa atamanna lakum al tawkiq. 22 November 2017, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Join us May equality be a fact, not just a right. #ForEveryChild, freedom. via @UNICEFDRC UN Geneva @UNGeneva Bac