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The Syrian people will face a catastrophic humanitarian crisis within days
Millions of Syrians are threatened with starvation.
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Guterres said that not extending the Security Council resolution would have catastrophic repercussions.
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Within days, the UN Security Council will face a critical choice that will have repercussions on the life or death of millions in Syria. The current UN Security Council resolution, which requires the crossing of humanitarian aid across the border into Syria, is scheduled to expire on July 10. .
For about four million people in northwest Syria, half of whom are uprooted from their homes and living in temporary shelters, this aid is an uninterrupted lifeline.
About 80% of the population in northwestern Syria needs humanitarian aid, half of them are children, and they deserve assistance in all possible forms, but without a United Nations decision to deliver aid, their needs cannot be secured, and their suffering will increase. In the field of health and humanitarian aid, we can be absolutely certain that the impact of not renewing this decision will have deadly effects on many Syrians.
The importance of aid
With the deterioration of the humanitarian situation following the outbreak of the war in Syria, we worked together to bring aid early across the borders from Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan into Syria, and the humanitarian needs, including medical aid, became very important in view of the outbreak of the civil war, which resulted in millions being forced From Syrians to displacement from their homes inside and outside the country.
This was followed by United Nations Resolution 2165, which was approved on July 14, 2014, which calls for the opening of four border crossings in Syria for the entry of humanitarian aid through United Nations agencies, without the consent of the Syrian state, and this was accompanied by monitoring and supervision mechanisms that ensure that no This aid reaches only those in need.
It would be unacceptable for members of the Security Council not to increase the number of humanitarian crossings into Syria, because the need for humanitarian aid increased by 21% between 2020 and 2021, and we are not quoting numbers, but we have seen an increase in this need.
We both traveled around Syria a number of times to assess these needs, to provide health services, and support local hospitals, and it was common to hear the stories of doctors treating patients in hospital basements, while shells were falling on them.
new needs
The Corona pandemic has led to the emergence of new needs that cannot be secured without cross-border aid, and this is a critical moment at a time when Syria is facing a second wave of Corona.
During the past month, the cases of infection nearly doubled in northern Syria, and during the past year large quantities of medical aid were brought in to help treat people infected with Corona, through many non-governmental organizations.
There is an escalating malnutrition crisis that represents other health risks for Syrians, and many Syrians face food insecurity, according to the World Food Program. Therefore, the failure to renew the aforementioned UN Security Council resolution will make about one million Syrians face the risks of hunger, and food insecurity could lead Chronic diseases, especially for children, can lead to significant health damage, which can lead to delayed growth and chronic disease.
There is a consensus among humanitarian aid organizations that the operations of providing cross-border aid are the most direct, as it is the best way to reach millions of children, women and men in the most needy areas in Syria. Dozens of humanitarian organizations have called for the renewal of the United Nations resolution. The United Nations Secretary-General said, António Guterres: “Failure to extend the UN Security Council resolution will have catastrophic repercussions, and cross-border convoys, even if regularly deployed, cannot block the location or size of cross-border operations.” Year after year, political and geostrategic interests overlapped in the availability of aid. And its transfer, and contributed to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria, which is disgraceful, and the UN Security Council should vote for the renewal of the resolution on cross-border humanitarian aid operations, and if the international community has failed the Syrians during the past 10 years, let us change that.
Dr.. Zaher Sahloul, President of MedGlobal, a humanitarian and non-governmental organization
Rabah Turbi ■ Director of the HOPE project to provide aid in humanitarian crises
Humanitarian aid organizations unanimously agree that the operations of providing cross-border aid are the most direct and the best way to reach millions of children, women and men in the areas of greatest need in Syria.
There is an escalating malnutrition crisis, which poses other health risks for the Syrians, and many Syrians face food insecurity, according to the World Food Program. Therefore, the failure to renew the aforementioned UN Security Council resolution will make about one million Syrians face the risk of hunger.
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