With 500,000 children living under siege in Syria, UNICEF calls for humanitarian access
Nov 29, 2016, at 05:02 am
New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News): As the number of children living under siege has doubled in less than one year to nearly 500,000 amid escalating violence across Syria, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for lifting sieges and allowing immediate humanitarian access.
UN health agency denounces attacks on health facilities in Syria
Nov 18, 2016, at 04:16 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday condemned attacks on five Syrian hospitals – including two trauma centres and an emergency obstetric centre – as well as a mobile medical clinic, and demanded that all parties to the five-year conflict respect the neutrality of health workers, health facilities and medical supplies.
Syria: UN envoy urges action to avert mass hunger in eastern Aleppo ahead of ‘killer’ winter
Nov 11, 2016, at 01:51 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): The United Nations humanitarian envoy for Syria on Thursday urged actions to stave off the threat of mass hunger in eastern Aleppo before the arrival of winter that he fears could be “a real killer†for a quarter of a million people trapped there.
Community groups in Quebec help Syrian refugees in settlement in Canada
Nov 11, 2016, at 02:09 am
Montreal, Nov 10 (IBNS): The refugees, Dania Saad and her husband, Samir Altabra have been continuously receiving monthly cheques of $1,000 from their private sponsors, eight months since arriving in Montreal as Syrian refugees, a media report said.
In unanimous vote, Security Council extends mandate of UN-OPCW body on chemical weapons use in Syria
Nov 01, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, Nov 1 (Just Earth News): The UN Security Council on Monday extended by just under three weeks the mandate of the United Nations- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Joint Investigative Mechanism, the body tasked with identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian civil war.
‘We are not giving up,’ despite evacuation failure – UN envoys on Syria
Oct 28, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Oct 28 (Just Earth News): Expressing their disappointment that the sick and wounded were not evacuated from Syria’s war-torn eastern Aleppo, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria and his Senior Advisor on Thursday vowed to press on with their efforts to extract those with medical emergencies and get assistance to those with desperate needs inside the city.
UN receives ‘partial’ approval from Syrian government on October aid deliveries, envoy reports
Oct 14, 2016, at 01:34 pm
New York, Oct 14 (Just Earth News): Unless the deadly violence in Aleppo subsides, the United Nations will be unable to carry out its humanitarian responsibilities to victims of bombardments, shelling and attacks against civilians, UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy stressed on Thursday.
Sep 26, 2016, at 12:58 pm
New York, Sept 26 (Just Earth News): Amid the unprecedented military assault on eastern Aleppo, where fireballs from incendiary bombs “light up the pitch darkness,†the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on Sunday strongly appealed to the Security Council – particularly permanent members Russia and the United States – to rescue a recently collapsed cessation of hostilities, end the bloodshed and speed aid into the iconic city where, overall, some two million people remain under a de facto siege.
In UN Assembly, Liechtenstein denounces Security Council’s ‘shameful indifference’ on Syria
Sep 25, 2016, at 03:31 pm
New York, Sept 25 (Just Earth News): Accusing the United Nations Security Council of “shameful indifference†and “failure†in stopping the mass atrocities committed in Syria, Liechtenstein’s Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick mounted the podium of the General Assembly on Saturday to call on the 15-member body to face up to its responsibilities with a change of political culture.
Security Council now has 'no higher responsibility' than backing political path in Syria – Ban
Sep 22, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Sept 22 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on the members of the Security Council to fully support his Special Envoy in working on convening formal talks seeking to resolve the Syria conflict and developing proposals for future talks, or risk destroying the international community's credibility in being able to uphold “our common humanity.â€
Turkey’s Erdogan challenges world leaders at UN Assembly to end bloodshed in Syria
Sep 21, 2016, at 12:23 pm
New York, Sept 21 (Just Earth News): Drawing particular attention to the nearly six year crisis in Syria where hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions displaced, the President of Turkey called for urgent action to stop the conflict and persecution in the country.
Syria: UN says aid convoys unable to reach besieged areas despite US-Russia deal on ceasefire
Sep 16, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on Thursday said the ceasefire following last Friday’s Russia-United States agreement is largely holding but that desperately-awaited humanitarian convoys are unable to move due to a delay in getting permits from the Syrian Government.
UN Special Envoy for Syria welcomes ceasefire understanding; pledges UN support
Sep 10, 2016, at 01:25 pm
New York, Sept 10 (Just Earth News): Welcoming a new ceasefire understanding on cessation of hostilities in Syria, announced on Friday at the end of a marathon meeting between senior officials from United States and Russia, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura has said that the UN would do "whatever it can" to support an early restoration of a cessation of hostilities.
Sep 02, 2016, at 01:57 pm
New York, Sept 2 (Just Earth News): The top United Nations relief official on Thursday outlined how the humanitarian work of the world body in war-torn Syria is guided by impartiality and the key imperative of saving lives.
Sep 01, 2016, at 03:55 am
New York, Aug 31 (Just Earth News): The top United Nations humanitarian relief official has expressed extreme concern over the recent evacuation of the entire population of the besieged Syrian town of Darayya, following an agreement between representatives of Darayya and the Syrian Government – and highlighted how the move does not comply with international law.
UN official highlights challenges of humanitarian operations in Syria
Aug 31, 2016, at 02:04 pm
New York, Aug 31 (Just Earth News): Addressing the media in Geneva, a United Nations spokesperson on Tuesday highlighted the challenging working environment in which UN humanitarian agencies are operating in within Syria and flagged that aid is being delivered to all those who need, regardless of their affiliation and where they live.
UN envoy ‘greatly regrets’ intensification of fighting in Syria
Aug 31, 2016, at 01:58 pm
New York, Aug 31 (Just Earth News): Regretting the intensified fighting and grave humanitarian situation in Syria, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country, Staffan de Mistura, reiterates the need for a political solution to the conflict there, according to his spokesperson Jessy Chahine.
UN teams bring aid to besieged Syrian people despite extreme challenges
Aug 27, 2016, at 01:37 pm
New York, Aug 27 (Just Earth News): In the first full, completed, cross-line delivery via road in August, inter-agency convoys have reached some 75,000 people in al-Waer in Syria’s Homs province with life-saving humanitarian assistance, the United Nations humanitarian arm has reported.
Aug 17, 2016, at 05:19 am
New York, Aug 16 (Just Earth News): The situation of civilians in Aleppo is “critical and demands immediate attention and response,†a United Nations-mandated human rights panel warned on Tuesday, expressing grave for the safety of the war-raved city’s people, including some 100,000 children, and urging countries with influence to pressure the parties to the conflict in Syria to return to political negotiations.
Syria: UN airlifts bring humanitarian lifeline to northeast governorate of Al Hassakeh
Jul 12, 2016, at 04:43 am
New York, July 11 (Just Earth News): The first United Nations World Food Programme-chartered flight carrying relief aid reached Al Hassakeh Governorate in Syria’s northeast over the weekend, an area cut off from food and humanitarian supplies for more than six months.
UN humanitarian coordinator alarmed at deteriorating conditions in besieged Syrian towns
Jul 06, 2016, at 02:04 pm
New York, July 6 (Just Earth News): The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Syria has expressed alarm over reports of deteriorating humanitarian conditions and urgent medical evacuation needs in the towns of Madaya, Foah, Zabadani and Kefraya, where more than 62,000 people are besieged.
Much-needed aid reached some 87,500 people in Syria’s besieged cities, UN reports
Jun 18, 2016, at 04:48 am
New York, June 17 (Just Earth News):Over the past two days, humanitarian convoys have delivered aid to thousands of beneficiaries in several besieged areas of war-torn Syria, including some 50,000 beneficiaries in Afrin, in the country’s north, and an estimated 37,500 residents of Al-Waer, near Homs, according to the United Nations relief wing.
UN chief condemns 'abhorrent' attack on market in Syria's Idlib city
Jun 14, 2016, at 12:47 pm
New York, June 14 (Just Earth News):Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the abhorrent attack carried out yesterday in Idlib city, Syria, which hit a vegetable market and the only bakery in the area.
Syria: UN agencies reach families with food in the besieged town of Darayya
Jun 11, 2016, at 02:02 pm
New York, June 11 (Just Earth News):The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday announced it delivered food for the first time since 2012 to the besieged town of Darayya, a suburb of Damascus, as part of a joint UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) convoy.
Apr 29, 2016, at 01:34 pm
New York, Apr 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations envoy mediating a resolution to the crisis in Syria warned that the latest round of talks was overshadowed by a substantial deterioration of the cessation of hostilities, and called on the leaders of the Russian Federation and United States to help salvage the “barely alive†pact.
Civilians in embattled Yarmouk facing 'starvation and dehydration', UN agency warns
Apr 17, 2016, at 12:32 pm
New York, Apr 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Up to 10,000 civilians in Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria, have gone without food and water for more than a week due to ongoing fighting, on Saturday warned the United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East.
UN agency launches school meals programme for Lebanese and Syrian children
Apr 05, 2016, at 01:24 pm
New York, Apr 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A carton of milk or juice, locally-baked snacks and a piece of fruit are included in a school lunch that some children in Lebanon are receiving, as part of a meals programme launched by the United Nations food relief agency.
Progress made on humanitarian track for Syria, UN advisor reports
Mar 24, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, Mar 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The advisor to the United Nations envoy on Syria on Wednesday reported further progress in the humanitarian relief efforts in the conflict-battered country, with more areas reached, allowing medical kits to get through checkpoints, and children to be vaccinated.
Syria: opposition raises issue of detainees, aid access as UN-mediated talks continue
Mar 16, 2016, at 01:36 pm
New York, Mar 16(Just Earth News/IBNS):On a day that began with a minute of silence in honour of those that have lost their lives during the five-year conflict in Syria, the United Nations envoy mediating peace talks among the Syrian parties gave a progress report, saying that opposition representatives raised the issue of detainees on Tuesday, as well as humanitarian aid to Daraya and other sites of heavy fighting.
Syria: Putin orders to begin withdrawal of his forces
Mar 15, 2016, at 02:30 pm
Moscow, Mar 15 (IBNS): In a major development, Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed to withdraw country's forces from conflict-hit Syria.