UN Syria Warning: Millions May Be Victims
Spokesman Dujarric answered questions about the cross-border humanitarian aid program to Syria. Dujarric affirmed that millions of people will suffer if the duration of the humanitarian aid program, which will end on January 10, is not extended.
Stating that his position on the extension of the program is very clear, Dujarric called for an extension of the decision. On the other hand, the UN noted that aid deliveries from the Turkish border to Syria reach an average of 2.7 million people each month.
Noting that approximately 15.3 million people will need protection and humanitarian assistance in 2023, the UN stated that this number is the highest since 2011.
In the statement made under the leadership of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations World Food Program , the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, if the United Nations Security Council does not extend decision number 2642, the 4 countries out of control of the regime For .1 million people, the consequences will be catastrophic.
“People, mostly women and children, need help just to survive in the winter and in the midst of a severe cholera epidemic,” the statement said. It was said.
The UN announced that 62,000 cases of cholera were reported in December, while 100 people died from the disease.
The decision, which has allowed humanitarian aid operations from the Babül air border gate on the Turkey-Syria border for 6 months since 2014, expires on January 10.
The UNSC has the authority to extend the decision on sending humanitarian aid for another 6 months.
HELP GOES ONLY TO ONE BORDER GATE
According to the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in 2014, international aid is sent to the northwestern regions of Syria.
The draft resolution, which provides for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the regions controlled by the opposition in Syria through two border gates in Turkey, as well as Iraq and Jordan, was limited in subsequent years over the objections of Russia and China. .
Currently, food and medical aid is delivered only through the Babül air border gate. The UN Security Council agreed to extend the aid program until January 10.
The extension of the aid program requires the approval of at least 9 members, provided that none of the 5 permanent members of the Council (Russia, China, the US, France and the UK) oppose it. (AA)