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UN statement on renewal of humanitarian lifeline to millions of people in north-west Syria

June 18, 2021: “Millions of people are pressed up against the border in an active war zone in north-west Syria and remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive.

The United Nations (UN) needs cross-border and cross-line access to reach those most in need.

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We call for the renewal of Security Council authorization for cross-border operations from Turkey to north-west Syria.

A failure to do so would immediately stop UN delivery of food, COVID-19 vaccines, critical medical supplies, shelter, protection, clean water and sanitation, and other life-saving assistance to 3.4 million people, including 1 million children.

The UN continues engagement with all concerned parties to also allow cross-line convoys into the north-west.

They are critical for the expansion of the overall response, but even if deployed regularly they could not replicate the size and scope of the cross-border operation. There is simply no alternative.

A large-scale UN cross-border response for an additional 12 months remains essential to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in north-west Syria.”

https://www.who.int/news/item/18-06-2021-united-nations-statement-on-the-renewal-of-humanitarian-lifeline-to-millions-of-people-in-north-west-syria

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