United Nations envoys Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in the countries of the Middle East, and they urged all warring parties to leave hostilities, and renewed previous full-time calls to confront the Corona virus.
The United Nations envoys to the Middle East issued a joint statement calling for activating the call of the United Nations Secretary-General, launched on 23 March last, to focus on the "real battle", in reference to confronting the Corona virus.
The UN envoys to Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon, and the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process called on the warring parties in the region to take steps to negotiate an immediate cessation of hostilities, maintain the current ceasefire, and refrain from any activities that could lead to further deterioration in Stability and security in any country or region as a whole.
The United Nations envoys to the Middle East also urged all parties to work with the United Nations on cooperation plans to halt the rapid spread of the Corona virus and allow access to medical facilities when needed.
In their statement, they called for facilitating the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes, through urgent, effective and meaningful measures and measures, and to waive partisan considerations and narrow interests for the greater cause.
The statement considered that no country, region or society can face the challenge of the Corona virus alone, and that "solidarity is required today, and it will be urgently needed tomorrow."