On January 9, local time, the United Nations Security Council voted to pass a resolution submitted by Brazil and Switzerland to extend cross-border humanitarian aid in Syria for another six months to July 10, 2023.
The extension resolution was unanimously approved by the members of the Security Council.
According to the previous Security Council Resolution 2642, the authorization for cross-border humanitarian assistance in Syria expires on January 10, 2023. The resolution stipulates that an additional six-month extension must be authorized through a separate Security Council resolution.
UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Syria Pei Kairu, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Griffiths have repeatedly stated in the Security Council that it is very important to continue to provide cross-border humanitarian assistance to northwestern Syria through Turkey.
In response to a reporter's previous question, the spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General said that the current cross-line humanitarian assistance in Syria, that is, the delivery of humanitarian assistance to areas controlled by the rebels through the Syrian government-controlled areas in Damascus is progressing smoothly, but it is still not enough to replace the humanitarian assistance through the Syrian government-controlled areas. Turkey's cross-border rescue.
Before the vote, Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said in response to a reporter's question that China is concerned about the humanitarian situation in Syria and hopes to gradually improve the way of humanitarian assistance to cross-line assistance.
(CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)