18. 根据安全理事会第 2254(2015)号决议和叙利亚行动小组 2012 年 6 月的最后公报，我的叙利亚问题特使办公室于 2017 年 11 月 28 日至 12 月 14 日在日内瓦举行了第八轮政治会谈，并于 2018 年 1 月 23 日至 27 日在维也纳举行了第九轮叙利亚内部特别会谈。我的特使还根据安全理事会第 2254(2015)号决议，并在2018 年 1 月 29 日和 30 日在俄罗斯联邦索契举行的叙利亚全国对话大会最后声明的基础上，继续推动就在日内瓦成立制宪委员会问题展开讨论。作为第一步，我的特使邀请阿斯塔纳进程的担保国以及“小集团”(法国、德国、约旦、沙特阿拉伯、大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国和美利坚合众国)于 2018 年 6 月在日内瓦继续开展外交努力，以促进国际行为体之间的共同立场，支持由叙利亚人主导、叙利亚人自主、联合国推动的政治进程。
18. The Office of my Special Envoy for Syria held the eighth round of political talks in Geneva from 28 November to 14 December 2017 and a special ninth round of intra-Syrian talks in Vienna from 23 to 27 January 2018, pursuant to Security Council resolution 2254 (2015) and the Action Group for Syria Final Communiqué of June 2012. My Special Envoy also pursued the discussion around the establishment of the constitutional committee in Geneva, consistent with Security Council resolution 2254 (2015) and building on the final statement of the Congress of the Syrian National Dialogue held in Sochi, Russian Federation, on 29 and 30 January 2018. As an initial step, my Special Envoy invited the guarantors of the Astana process as well as the “small group” (France, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America) to Geneva in June 2018 to continue diplomatic efforts to promote common ground among international players in support of a Syrian-led and Syrian-owned, United Nations-facilitated political process.