World Needs to Initiate More Effective Policy against Damascus Regime
- Date: 19-Jul-2022
- Source: Asharq AL-awsat
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Saudi Arabia
World Needs to Initiate More Effective Policy against Damascus Regime
International and Arab News
On July 12, the United Nations’ Security Council passed Resolution 2642 – giving the UN a new mandate to provide cross-border humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria for a period of six months.
The resolution was described as a compromise between the international community and Russia, but in truth, it was the result of a capitulation to Russia’s aggressive veto power. A six-month timeframe gives donor governments, the UN and implementing bodies little time to focus on aid delivery before diplomats will have to begin bracing themselves for a renewed battle with Russia in the halls of the UN, to secure aid access once again.
Moscow has the world right where it wants them to be: on edge and vulnerable.
The greatest victims here, as has so often been the case, are Syrian civilians – at least 4.5 million of whom live in Syria’s northwest. Eighty percent of those 4.5 million civilians are women and children; and at least 70% of them are displaced. Over 90% of the 4.5 million are wholly dependent on UN aid coming via Turkey in a mammoth effort that delivers as many as 1,000 trucks of aid per month.
Russia’s demand at the UN – shared by