GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk arrived in Damascus on Tuesday at the start of a visit to Syria and Lebanon from 14 to 16 January. During his brief two-country visit, Türk is scheduled to meet officials, as well as representatives of civil society organisations, members of the diplomatic corps and UN entities. This is the first visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Syria, and the second visit to Lebanon after the Human Rights Chief visited there in 2002. More details about a news conference, including instructions on registration, will be issued locally. For more information and media requests, please contact: Jeremy Laurence (travelling with the High Commissioner): jeremy.laurence@un.org In Damascus Olga Cherevko: +1 415 370 6962 / cherevko@un.org Dania Darwish: +963 989 857 937 / dania.darwish@undp.org In Beirut Jessy Chahine: +961 70 119 102 / jessy.chahine@un.org In Geneva Ravina Shamdasani: + 41 22 917 9169 / ravina.shamdasani@un.org Liz Throssell: + 41 22 917 9296 / elizabeth.throssell@un.org Thameen Al-Kheetan: + 41 76 223 77 62 / thameen.alkheetan@un.org Tag and share X @UNHumanRights Facebook unitednationshumanrights Instagram @unitednationshumanrights