Richard Chambers

Electoral Adviser @UNEnvoySyria - Welshman in Geneva, soon in Damascus. Tweets are my own.

[Richard Chambers @rmchambers70]

@UNDPJordan @moi_jor @EUinJordan @UNDPArabStates @UNDP @UnitedNationsJO @ujedujo Mabruk to everyone involved!

[Joe Allen @Joe___Allen]

Good read on the fallout from the by-election.

The mystery of who chose the new electoral system is a useful shorthand for a damaging contemptuous attitude towards Welsh voters. Just a brazen refusal to give a straight answer.

[Jon Pountney @JonPountney1]

Chapel, Cefn Coed in Merthyr

Indian ink, watercolour and gouache on paper

[Richard Chambers @rmchambers70]

@JonPountney1 Magnificent. Mog Chambers would have loved this.

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine. 

Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.

[UN Special Envoy for Syria @UNEnvoySyria]

التقيتُ أمس بالرئيس الانتقالي السيد الشرع ووزير الخارجية الانتقالي الشيباني في مناقشات بنّاءة حول الوضع الأمني، ومتابعة الاتفاق المبرم في 10 آذار/مارس بشأن الشمال الشرقي، والتطورات في السويداء، وتأسيس مجلس الشعب. @GeirOPedersen

[UN Special Envoy for Syria @UNEnvoySyria]

.@GeirOPedersen paid my respects to His Beatitude Patriarch John X Yazigi & offered my condolences after the tragic terrorist attack on St Elias Church.

[UN Special Envoy for Syria @UNEnvoySyria]

قدمت احتراماتي لصاحب الغبطة يوحنا العاشر يازجي  وعبّرتُ عن خالص تعازيّ إثر الاعتداء الإرهابي المروّع على كنيسة مار إلياس. ناقشنا أهمية الوحدة الوطنية، والتضامن بين جميع مكونات المجتمع ، والمساءلة، والحاجة الملحة إلى حماية السلم الأهلي في سوريا @GeirOPedersen

[UN Special Envoy for Syria @UNEnvoySyria]

.@GeirOPedersen condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack at St. Elias Church in Douileia, Damascus, which killed and injured civilians who were attending mass. He expresses his outrage at this heinous crime. https://t.co/uY7wwbRNr7

[Richard Chambers @rmchambers70]

@RabihElChaer @LBpresidency Congratulations Rabih!

[re:constitution @reconstitutEU]

Are you eager to work in an international network, engage with democracy, the rule of law and contribute to Europe’s future? Then apply for re:constitution!
To include as many voices as possible, we strongly encourage applications from the Baltic states & other smaller countries.

[Richard Chambers @rmchambers70]

@RupertMyers @jaimerh354 Just back. DM me if you have questions.

[Syrian Academics & Researchers Network- UK @SyrianAcademics]

To organise ourselves for the future of Syria, we invite all colleagues to join the comprehensive database we are building for Syrian academics and researchers in the UK. To join (takes 5 minutes) ⬇️
https://t.co/IQUEzTO0Da

[Richard Chambers @rmchambers70]

@TFletcher Llongyfarchiadau!

[Richard Chambers @rmchambers70]

@rossanadudziak @ONUPeru Congratulations Rossana!

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

What a moment!

The @RefugeesOlympic Team proudly floated in at the #Paris2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony with Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al-Ghotany as flag-bearers.

37 athletes. One goal: representing refugees from all over the world at the highest level of sports. #CheerForRefugees

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

#RwandaBill:

"The new law marks a further step away from the UK’s long tradition of providing refuge to those in need, in breach of the Refugee Convention." - @FilippoGrandi

"It seriously hinders the rule of law in the UK and sets a perilous precedent globally." - @volker_turk

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees @FilippoGrandi and @volker_turk, UN High Commissioner for @UNHumanRights, are again sounding the alarm on the harmful impact that the UK's “Safety of Rwanda” Bill will have on human rights and refugee protection.

https://t.co/sIeUrEhu4T

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

The “Safety of Rwanda” bill was passed by the UK Parliament: both @UNHumanRights and UNHCR are very concerned by this decision, which breaches refugee law and won’t help address the challenges of irregular population movements.

Read our joint statement:
https://t.co/eVTf4DBpvz