Reports

Thank you, Madam High Representative and Vice-President, for gathering us today. When we came together in Brussels six months ago, I reminded you that Syria remains one of the great humanitarian crises of our time. The situation in…

Highlights: • In the northwest of the country, UNICEF response comes against the backdrop of deteriorating humanitarian situation and recent upscale in violence that resulted in human fatalities, high displacements of population and destruction of several infrastructure,…

HIGHLIGHTS • The humanitarian situation remains alarming across northwest Syria where the effects of conflict continue to have a devastating impact on the lives of an estimated four million people. • Hundreds of civilians have been killed or…

SC/13955 SECURITY COUNCIL 8622ND MEETING (AM) With winter fast approaching, funding and supplies will be essential to meet the growing needs of Syria’s people, a top United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council today, laying out the extensive…

New York, 19 September 2019 As delivered Mr. President, distinguished Council Members. There have been several notable developments in Syria since the Under-Secretary-General briefed you three weeks ago about the humanitarian situation. I wanted to start today with an…

Systematic targeting of health facilities by Syrian government and allies cannot be ignored NEW YORK – The United Nations Secretary-General’s newly-formed Board of Inquiry (BOI) to investigate attacks on UN-supported facilities in northwest Syria will not provide…

U.N. panel in the UK: Attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure: what does international humanitarian law say? Ambassador Pierce, thank you for hosting this vital discussion on the state of international humanitarian law in Northwest Syria. The…

HIGHLIGHTS The humanitarian situation for people in northwest Syria continues to deteriorate as the latest escalation in hostilities is now in its fourth month. Hundreds of civilians have been killed or injured due to airstrikes and shelling since…

Gaziantep, 2 September 2019 Parties to the conflict in Syria must take additional measures to ensure attacks on education stop immediately to allow children to return to education, feel safe in and around the schools and study…

CONTEXT Over eight years of conflict in Syria have taken their toll on the living conditions of the civilian population. Over the course of 2018, the predominantly rural region of Idleb governorate and its surrounding areas of western…