Geir Pedersen, special envoy of UN Secretary-General for Syria, speaks to journalists during a press encounter after a Security Council meeting on the political situation in Syria at the UN headquarters in New York, Feb. 28, 2019. Geir Pedersen, special envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria, said Thursday that a real peace process in Syria needs to be owned by the Syrians. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)