humanitarian aid should It is not allowed to be turned into a weapon that the Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporter Russia can turn into useThe White Helmets, the Syrian civilian defense group She said on Sunday.
“Due to systematic displacement and destruction of System infrastructure and Russia 90% of Syrian live below The poverty line. Food insecurity reached critical ‘Civilian’ levels defense group books on Twitter.
He stressed that the economic decline and its repercussions of Climate change has become additional key drivers of Need.
“While that of Delivery expansion of Cross-border assistance for needs and avoid Humanitarian catastrophe, Russia is trying to end the mandate of offering help directly for these in need across northwest Syria” added saying that 4 million civilians live in The region To be affected, 3.4 million of they in need of helps.
white helmets call The mandate allowing humanitarian aid through a vital border crossing comes to an end after Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday does not see reason Continuing the delivery of humanitarian aid from Turkey to the opposition-held northwest of Syrian Arab Republic.
Dmitry Polyansky told the UN Security Council that supporters of cross-border aid deliveryshow no wish“To enable the delivery of aid across conflict lines from Damascus that can be easily arranged,” leaving us no reason to maintain the transnational mechanism.”
“We renew demand That humanitarian aid should It shouldn’t be a weapon in the hands of system and Russia. we confirm What are the Syrians waiting for? for Not just a help entry, but a long one.term Resolving the humanitarian crisis under Security Council Resolution 2254, the White Helmets said.
In early July 2020, China and Russia vetoed a UN resolution that would have kept two border crossings points From Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to Idlib. Days later, the council authorized the delivery of through the help just one of Those crossings are Bab al-Hawa. who – which one-year was delegated extended for a year on July 9, 2021 and expires in About six weeks.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told the council on Friday that the UN is doing “the best it can” to expand aid deliveries across the lines and is working towards establishing a fifth convoy in this regard. year. But he stressed that “cross-line operations cannot escape.” current Terms supersede size or scope of The massive UN cross-border operation.”
“Failure to renew the mandate will disrupt life-saving assistance for The people living in Northwest, including more from one Million children,” He said.
Last month, Vice President Joyce Msuya told the board, “An astonishing 4.1 million people” in North West need humanitarian aid, with nearly a million peopleon the principle women And childrenliving in tents,”half of which are beyond their normal life.” She said last year The United Nations sent about 800 trucks of Cross-border aid to the northwest every month, “continuously reaching 2.4 million people. “
