UN extends cross-border shipment of aid to Syria via Turkey for 6 more months

The 15-member UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution allowing humanitarian aid to be delivered to approximately 4 million people through Turkey until July 10.

According to the UN, around 15.3 million people (the highest number since the conflict began in 2011) will need protection and humanitarian assistance in 2023.

EXPLANATION OF RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES

Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said in a statement that they made a “difficult decision” to support the adoption of the resolution.

The UN Secretary General’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said after the vote: “The decision was taken at a time when humanitarian needs were at their highest since the start of the conflict in 2011 and people in Syria are dealing with a harsh winter and a cholera epidemic.” he used the phrase.

The US Permanent Representative to the UN, Linda Thomas Greenfield, also stated that the vote helped the Syrian people breathe a sigh of relief. saying.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: WE ARE SATISFIED

In a written statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was stated that the UN mechanism plays a vital role in delivering urgent humanitarian aid to 4.1 million people in need in the region.

“We welcome the 6-month extension of the UN cross-border assistance mechanism to northwest Syria,” the statement said. statement was included.

Noting that the dimensions of the humanitarian crisis in northwestern Syria and regional stability require a longer-term preservation of the UN mechanism, the statement said: “Turkey will continue to cooperate with the international community in line with this objective, as has done it. away.” It was said.

According to the draft resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in 2014, international aid is sent to the northwestern regions of Syria.

Currently, food and medical aid is only delivered through the Cilvegözü border gate.

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