The draft document submitted to the UN last week by Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan would impose sanctions on Syria if it does not comply with demands to enable the supply of aid within 15 days.
“The document is necessary to save the lives of Syrians and to help moving forward the political process,” Syrian National Coalition spokesman Louay Safi said Friday.
Russia has denounced the text as a non-starter, saying it contains one-sided accusations against the Syrian government.
Moscow has used its Security Council veto to block three UN resolutions against Damascus and has been Syria’s main ally since fighting broke out between government troops and armed rebels three years ago.
Safi said the coalition is expecting serious progress at the Geneva-2 talks and has urged mediators and the international community to step up efforts to facilitate negotiations intended to end Syria's civil war.
The opposition official once again accused the Syrian government of stalling the talks and suggested that the team of negotiators representing President Bashar Assad’s regime be replaced.
Meanwhile, Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad said Friday that the second round of direct negotiation between the warring sides in the Syrian conflict, which started in Geneva on Monday, has made no progress.
It is unclear whether both sides are willing to engage in further talks over the weekend.
By UN estimates, some 130,000 people have been killed and up to 7 million have been displaced in the ongoing civil war in Syria since 2011.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140214/187539904/Syria-Opposition-Urges-Russia-Not-to-Block-UN-Aid-Resolution.html
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El Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU ha adoptado una resolución sobre el envío de ayuda humanitaria a las víctimas del conflicto en Siria. Estipula la apertura de las fronteras y las líneas del frente para que puedan acceder a ella quienes la necesiten.....
ReplyDeleteContiene también la exigencia a la oposición siria que deje todos los contactos con las organizaciones terroristas. Insta a todas las partes beligerantes cesar inmediatamente "todos los ataques encaminados contra la población civil" y dejar que la ayuda llegue a las regiones del país más afectadas por el conflicto.
La votación fue unánime. Rusia respaldó el documento, que el representante permanente del país ante la ONU, Vitali Churkin, calificó como "una buena resolución".
El secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon, celebró el resultado de la votación. "Si esta resolución es cumplida en corto plazo y de buena voluntad, permitirá aliviar las angustias", pronosticó.
Ban recordó que la situación humanitaria en el país árabe sigue empeorando. "La mitad de los ciudadanos sirios urgen asistencia. Es necesario también el apoyo a los países que acogen en sus territorios a más de 2,5 millones de refugiados", dijo el secretario general de la ONU.
Texto completo en: http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/120646-siria-onu-resolucion-ayuda-humanitaria?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actualidad
22/2/14
UN Security Council Resolution on Syria. -John Kerry, Press Statement...
ReplyDeleteThis could be a hinge-point in the tortured three years of a Syria crisis bereft of hope. This overdue resolution, if fully implemented, will ensure humanitarian aid reaches people in Syria whose very lives depend on it. This is all about saving innocent lives and relieving the burden on Syria's neighboring countries.
After three years of slaughter and savagery, people rightfully will question whether progress is possible, but this resolution holds the promise of something real. The proof is on paper. By naming the areas in Syria where sieges must be lifted, demanding that hospitals, schools and other places where civilians gather must be demilitarized, insisting that aid must be allowed to cross borders and follow the most direct routes to the suffering, and by underscoring that attacks against civilians, including barrel bombing, must end, the international community hasn't minced words. This is a resolution of concrete steps to answer the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.
But these steps are only first steps. Just as shipments of humanitarian aid mean little without access to beleaguered areas, resolutions demanding access mean little without full implementation. The test is whether the words of the Security Council are matched with the life-saving actions the Syrian people so desperately and urgently need.
http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/02/221925.htm
22/2/14
Syria says U.N. must respect its sovereignty...
ReplyDeleteThe Syrian government said on Sunday that it is willing to cooperate with a resolution by the U.N. Security council to allow humanitarian crisis into the country, as long as it respects “state sovereignty.”
The Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was ready to implement resolution 2139, which was adopted unanimously by the U.N. Security Council on Saturday.
The resolution called for humanitarian aid convoys to be allowed access across the war-torn country.
According to the ministry statement, which was published by state news agency SANA, the “root causes” of the humanitarian crisis must be treated, with “foreign-backed terrorism” and sanctions placed on President Bashar al-Assad's regime by Western and Arab countries singled out.
Ready to cooperate
It added that Damascus is “ready to cooperate with the U.N. Resident Coordinator and with international humanitarian organizations working in Syria, to agree on the implementation of resolution 2139.”..........http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/02/23/Syria-U-N-resolution-must-respect-sovereignty-.html
23/2/14