We had the honour of meeting with members of the High Negotiations Committee, including Riad Hijab, George Sabra, and Salem al-Meslet on 9 February 2016. We listened to their impressions on the developments in Syria and presented them with our policy document and with our statement of support for them when they were negotiating in Geneva.
Dr Shahd Salha 's show Learning is Gaining on Radio Iman FM Sheffield interviewed Dr Haytham Alhamwi on Sunday 7th February 2015.
Dr Alhamwi spoke about the current situation in Syria and the reasons behind the failure of Geneva's peace negotiations and at the end of the interview he explained the aspects of RR work and the importance of that work.
In official response to the 3 February London civil society conference, a group of UK-based Syrian organisations have released a statement pertaining to the process by which this conference has been organised and the role that Syrian CSOs were provided.
We were interviewed on BBC Radio Cumbria on 4 February to talk about the London donors conference and our experience with the previous day's 3 February civil society organisations conference. We mentioned our gratitude for the efforts of donor countries, but stressed that this is not enough as long as the root cause of the conflict is not being addressed.
We attended the 3 February London Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Conference in the lead-up to the 4 February London Donors conference. Over 200 CSOs were represented, some of which were Syrian. As an organisation, we stressed the issues of civilian protection as well as Syrian leadership in identifying funding priorities and in implementing projects on the ground.
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