Published : 06-08-2022
The United Nations stressed, on Friday, that the mechanism for delivering its humanitarian aid to Syria through the Turkish border cannot be replaced, noting the “deterioration” of the humanitarian situation in the northwest of the country.
This came according to Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, at a press conference held at the permanent headquarters of the international organization in New York.
Dujarric said, “The humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria is deteriorating due to the continuation of hostilities and the worsening economic crisis.”
“There are 4.1 million people in this region who depend on aid to meet their basic needs, 80 percent of whom are women and children,” he added.
“Our colleagues working in the humanitarian field informed us that a United Nations convoy of 14 trucks carrying food for about 43,000 people crossed yesterday (Thursday) from Aleppo to Sarmada in northwestern Syria”, he said.
He explained, “This is the sixth cross-line convoy (i.e. from Damascus) in line with our inter-agency humanitarian operational plan that was developed after the adoption of Security Council Resolution No. (2585) in July 2021, and it is also the first convoy since the adoption of a Security Council resolution Security No. (2642), which was adopted on July 12th.
Dujarric stressed that “the mechanism for the delivery of aid across the lines is currently unable to replace the huge operations carried out by the cross-border aid mechanism (from the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the border with Turkey), which we run and which reaches 2.4 million Syrians every month.”
On July 12, the Security Council adopted a resolution extending the humanitarian aid mechanism to Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Turkish border, for a period of 6 months.
Twelve countries voted in favor of the joint resolution prepared by Ireland and Norway, while 3 countries (the United States, Britain and France) abstained from voting, out of a total of 15 council members.
Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a war that began after the regime of Bashar al-Assad dealt forcefully with a popular revolution that broke out against it on March 15 of the same year, which prompted millions of people to flee and seek refuge in neighboring countries.
The United Nations stressed, on Friday, that the mechanism for delivering its humanitarian aid to Syria through the Turkish border cannot be replaced, noting the “deterioration” of the humanitarian situation in the northwest of the country.
This came according to Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, at a press conference held at the permanent headquarters of the international organization in New York.
Dujarric said, “The humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria is deteriorating due to the continuation of hostilities and the worsening economic crisis.”
“There are 4.1 million people in this region who depend on aid to meet their basic needs, 80 percent of whom are women and children,” he added.
“Our colleagues working in the humanitarian field informed us that a United Nations convoy of 14 trucks carrying food for about 43,000 people crossed yesterday (Thursday) from Aleppo to Sarmada in northwestern Syria”, he said.
He explained, “This is the sixth cross-line convoy (i.e. from Damascus) in line with our inter-agency humanitarian operational plan that was developed after the adoption of Security Council Resolution No. (2585) in July 2021, and it is also the first convoy since the adoption of a Security Council resolution Security No. (2642), which was adopted on July 12th.
Dujarric stressed that “the mechanism for the delivery of aid across the lines is currently unable to replace the huge operations carried out by the cross-border aid mechanism (from the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the border with Turkey), which we run and which reaches 2.4 million Syrians every month.”
On July 12, the Security Council adopted a resolution extending the humanitarian aid mechanism to Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Turkish border, for a period of 6 months.
Twelve countries voted in favor of the joint resolution prepared by Ireland and Norway, while 3 countries (the United States, Britain and France) abstained from voting, out of a total of 15 council members.
Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a war that began after the regime of Bashar al-Assad dealt forcefully with a popular revolution that broke out against it on March 15 of the same year, which prompted millions of people to flee and seek refuge in neighboring countries.
