Agenda highlights

The European Union, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar, the United Kingdom and the United Nations will co-chair the Brussels Conference on Supporting the future of Syria and the region, on 5 April 2017.

The conference, which will be held at ministerial level, will bring together 70 countries, international organisations and civil society.

• List of invited countries
• List of International Organisations and Agencies represented

The conference will seek to:

• assess where the international community stands collectively in fulfilling commitments made at the London conference in February 2016 and agree on additional efforts
• reconfirm existing pledges and identify additional support to Syrians inside Syria and in the neighbouring countries, as well as to the respective host communities
• support a lasting political resolution to the Syrian conflict through an inclusive and Syrian-led political transition process under the UN auspice
• consider the prospects for post-agreement assistance once a genuinely inclusive political transition is firmly underway

• Background brief
• Syria: Council response to the crisis (background information)
• Supporting Syria conference in London, 4 February 2016
• EU actions supporting Syrians and host communities (EEAS website)
• Media advisory, Brussels Conference on Syria, 4-5 April 2017
• Indicative programme – Supporting the future of Syria and the region – Brussels conference of 4 and 5 April 2017