UN officials call for durable solution to end the war in Syria

Mar 17, 2023, at 09:16 pm

New York: Three senior UN officials underscored the need for a political solution to end the war in Syria, in statements marking the 12th anniversary of the conflict on Wednesday.

WHO chief underscores need for ‘peace for health’ in landmark visit to northwest Syria

Mar 03, 2023, at 06:07 pm

New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday visited earthquake-ravaged northwest Syria, becoming the first senior UN official to enter the region since war erupted in the country 12 years ago this month.

Syria: Rights experts call for renewal of cross-border aid resolution

Jan 06, 2023, at 08:41 pm

New York: A UN Security Council Resolution that ensures millions of people in northwest Syria receive lifesaving aid through cross-border deliveries from Türkiye, must be extended, a group of independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.

Rights chief highlights urgent need for action over thousands missing in Syria

Apr 09, 2022, at 05:51 pm

New York: Twelve years into the war in Syria, thousands of families “remain in the dark” when it comes to the fates of their missing relatives, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet told the General Assembly on Friday.

Now is the time to push for political resolution in Syria: UN envoy

Sep 29, 2021, at 07:11 pm

New York: Following a decade of appalling suffering and losses in Syria, and amid a current period of relative calm, now is the time to push for a political process to end the fighting, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Syria’s last cross-border aid lifeline must stay open, insist UN humanitarians

Jun 26, 2021, at 03:11 pm

New York: The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to northwest Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline, UN humanitarians said on Friday, noting that no cross-line supplies had reached Idlib from Damascus, in 11 months.

Syria: ‘Massive waves of civilian displacement and loss of life must stop now’: UN Special Envoy

Feb 07, 2020, at 09:52 am

New York/IBNS: Air and ground strikes in the region of Idlib, northwest Syria, are causing “massive waves of civilian displacement and major loss of civilian life”, causing unacceptable human suffering which must stop now, Geir Pedersen, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, told the Security Council on Thursday.