The United Nations bought dozens of millions of dollar in shrinkage with Companies linked to individuals loyal to the Syrian regime are subject to sanctions, according to a report by two nongovernmental groups.
more than 80% of Syrians now live in Poverty, leaving a lot of The population He approves on humanitarian assistance.
with military support From Russia, Iran and the Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah, Bashar al-Assad has since managed to regain a lot of Country. But Syria continues to emerge from a stifling economic crisis. Recently, it infected about 20,000 peopleconfirm the scale of the crisis.
Report analyzes the 100 largest resources of the United Nations in Syria in 2019 and 2020 by the nonprofit observatory of Political, economic and non-governmental networks organization The Syrian Legal Development Program almost concluded that half of The contracts purchased during these two years were with Suppliers who participated in Human rights violations or may have benefited from them. Report published on Tuesday.
Approximately quarter of Contracts purchased by the United Nations during those two years went to companies owned or partly owned by individuals subject to sanctions by the United States, United Kingdom or the European Union. for Human rights violations, worth a total of About 68 million dollars.
Among them is Fadi Saqr. who He is close to Assad and leads the National Defense Forces in Damascus, a militia loyal to the regime.
The United Nations told the Associated Press (AP) it was aware of Report and will comment on its results soon.
“The operations of the United Nations agencies are deficient of full Due diligence “Iyad Hamed a senior Researcher at the Syrian Legal Development Program, told the Associated Press. “that they also He approves on Via legal ownership verification of a company instead of The ultimate beneficiary owner of company.”
Supporting groups accused the Syrian regime and its affiliates of Blocking or siphoning off Help from families in opposition-controlled areas.
We understand that aid cannot be delivered in Syria cost-free … question about how We can reduce it cost of generosity logo, Syria program manager at the observatory of political and economic networks told the Associated Press. “I think it is now well established that cost of a job business through the United Nations in Regime-controlled Syria is by far highest Compared to the aid provided by other organizations in Other controlled areas.
Logo says So while the help in Some cases can only be channeled through UN agencies, and donor countries must transfer funding to them international NGOs that adhere to unilateral sanctions, particularly by the US and Britain.
“While the United Nations says They do not abide by unilateral sanctions, and NGOs are accountable to countries They are based in the poet explained.
