Reports

Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to speak about the humanitarian needs, challenges and way forward in the Syria response. I look forward to an interactive discussion on what more we can all do to…

Introduction and Background Now entering its seventh year, the conflict in Syria continues to take a huge toll on the lives of children: almost 3 million children have never known anything but war in their short lives,…

This document seeks to provide clarification on the 2017 4Ws child protection activities with an aim to consolidate, strengthen and ensure Whole of Syria coherence. This guidance is consistent with the 2017 HRP child protection results…

Situation overview Syria is one of the most complex and dynamic humanitarian crises in the world today. As the Syria crisis enters its seventh year, 13.5 million people require humanitarian assistance, including 4.6 million people in need…

This month marks a tragic milestone – 6 years since the conflict began in the Syrian Arab Republic. This ongoing crisis has led to 5 million refugees, more than 6 million internally displaced persons and 13.5…

Human Rights Council MORNING 14 March 2017 The Human Rights Council this morning held a high-level panel discussion on the situation of human rights in Syria, focusing on the issue of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention, and the need…

The United Nations is calling for greater assistance to meet the growing needs of millions of men, women and children inside Syria this year. “Today 13.5 million people in Syria need some immediate form of humanitarian assistance,…

Key Issues High intensity conflict remains the key trigger for food insecurity in Syria, causing displacements, inflation and high cost of living, eroded purchasing power of population, fragmented markets, disrupted production and collapsed safety nets, among others.…

High Commissioner, Thank you. I am delighted to have the opportunity to address this important session of the Human Rights Council, and speak before such a distinguished panel of Syrian civil society representatives and Human Rights Defenders. As…

INTRODUCTION The 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) sets out the framework within which the humanitarian community will respond to large-scale humanitarian and protection needs in Syria throughout 2017 on the basis of the prioritization undertaken across and…