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CCSDS Track 1 – Priorities for Negotiation

Introduction In considering negotiating positions, mechanisms and actions account should be taken of the different stages in the negotiating and peace building process. It is important to consider what it is possible to achieve at different stages of a negotiating process. Elements to consider include: (i) immediate needs; (ii) trust and confidence building measures; (iii)

CCSDS Negotiating Peace for Syria

5. Mobilizing in Support of Peace Negotiations. Advocating for an effective peace informally with Track 1 actors and Track 2 actors who are outside the Negotiating Table is part of the CCSDS strategy. Much of this work will be in quiet and private discussions or by facilitating confidential roundtable dialogues rather than in public forums.

Centre for Civil Society monitors the elections of Kilis camp

The Centre for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria have sent a group of observers to monitor the elections organized by the Turkish government in Kilis camp for the displaced Syrians on January 17th, 2013 to choose mayors and their assistants in the camp. Observers visited polling stations inside the camp and followed the course

CCSDS Track 1 – Priorities for Negotiation

13. Future Syria • Syria should be one united country with a single constitution covering the whole country that guarantees the same rights and duties to everyone. The inclusion of all Syrian citizens in the future state should be guaranteed and underpinned by the constitution and a legal and policy framework and programs to deliver

CCSDS Track 1 – Priorities for Negotiation

12. Human Rights and Equality • Syria must comply with international standards and laws, especially all human rights standards and laws. Syria should remove any reservations it has recorded under any international human rights instruments. The international standards and laws should be incorporated into the national constitution and laws. Effective mechanisms should be instituted to

CCSDS Track 1 – Priorities for Negotiation

11. Disarmament and Security • External governments and other actors should immediately stop supplying weapons and military equipment to the warring groups. They should monitor their borders effectively to ensure that weapons, equipment and recruits cannot continue to flow into Syria; • A new or renewed national army which is capable of retaining the confidence