The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura (R) and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien hold a press conference after meeting of the Humanitarian Access Task Force in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 9, 2016. The UN special envoy for Syria said Friday that he hoped Friday's meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov here in Geneva will catalyse a turning point for Syria, a country at war since 2011. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)