Rapports

British development agency donates £10 million for humanitarian projects 21 October 2013, Rome – The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) is donating £10 million to FAO humanitarian projects in Syria and Lebanon. Part of the United…

Handicap International and a coalition of international organisations [1] welcome today’s unanimous statement by the UN Security Council, which calls on all parties to the Syrian conflict to facilitate safe and unhindered humanitarian access to civilians…

Today’s UN Security Council vote on a new Syria resolution must not be another wasted opportunity that lets down the victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International urged. The draft resolution focuses on the…

By J. Stephen Morrison, Matt Fisher Sep 23, 2013 The August 21 chemical weapon attack in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta set off a turbulent train of events. Initially, attention was fixed on the Assad regime’s use…

Thursday, September 19, 2013 Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify on the ongoing U.S. response to Syria’s humanitarian crisis and the great challenges we still face.…

The mounting civilian casualties in Syria and the displacement of over six million Syrians – with prospects of both more casualties and more displacement – make this the most daunting humanitarian crisis facing the world today.…

New Resolution Should Include ICC Referral (New York, September 17, 2013) – The resolution the United Nations Security Council is considering about the August 21, 2013 chemical weapon attacks in Syria should include a referral to the…

Amnesty International welcomes steps announced today which would pave the way for Syria’s chemical weapons to be placed under international control and destroyed. It follows the Syrian government’s decision earlier this week to join the Chemical…

I have found myself in some of the most desperately sad and frustrating situations in my line of work. None more so than earlier this week standing on the roof of a school on the Lebanon…

Current major event Human brucellosis in Syria The early warning surveillance system of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Syria registered significant increase in number of human brucellosis cases in the country in recent time (mainly during the…