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<p>The UK has been undertaking stabilisation activities in Syria for a number of years,
through projects totalling over £100 million funded under the Conflict Pool and thereafter
the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund. But as the Government made clear at the
London Conference on Syria in February, the post conflict stabilisation and reconstruction
needs in Syria following a political settlement which ends the civil war will require
a significant international response.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with
our international partners to ensure a coordinated post-conflict planning effort which
is able to respond to the timeline that will – we hope - emerge from successful UN-mediated
peace talks in Geneva, which are due to resume on 14 March. However, as agreed at
the London Conference, it will rightly be for the UN to coordinate this work, with
the support of Member States including the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is supporting
peace negotiations through our leading role in the International Syria Support Group,
as well as our support to the Syrian High Negotiations Committee. UN Special Envoy
Staffan de Mistura intends to resume peace negotiations in Geneva from 14 March. We
hope that this effort delivers rapid progress towards political transition as envisaged
by the 2012 Geneva Communiqué.</p>
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