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Abdulla

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  1. “Together with partners, we continue to look towards new and innovative ways to reach people while hoping that a permanent ceasefire will be put in place to allow for increased, immediate and, above all, sustained access. But ultimately peace and security are the only solution to the Syrian crisis. As Under-Secretary- General O'Brien said, there is no humanitarian solution to the crisis. A new political commitment to peace is needed so that we can then focus all our energy and efforts on the future of Syrian families, thereby helping them rebuild their lives and livelihoods.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  2. “Those airlifts have enabled those supplies, food assistance and many other urgently needed items to reach approximately 64,000 people and are part of an inter-agency operation that, I have to advise, is running short of funds. As I conclude, I would like to say a few words and convey a key message in Arabic, the language of the region. (Spoke in Arabic) Access to besieged areas cannot be arbitrary, improvised or accorded only after our repeated requests. Access to all areas that require assistance should be reasonably safe and consistent. Access should not be subject to an unreasonable approval process. (spoke in English) The Council may rest assured that the World Food Programme will continue to do its utmost to overcome setbacks and challenges to provide life-saving assistance.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  3. “That amounted to more 3,300 tons of relief items on 4,500 pallets using more than 10,000 parachutes in an unprecedented, highly technical and regrettably high-cost operation. In another operation in July 2016, we began an airlift operation to the Al-Hassakeh governorate, with planes taking off from Damascus airport and landing in Qamishly airport. Those airlifts were also costly with limited cargo capacity but, again, were the only option to provide emergency assistance to the most vulnerable and insecure people in the Governorate. To date, we have completed 294 airlifts to Qamishly, delivering 10,000 tons of many food items as well as numerous other humanitarian supplies.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  4. “In April 2016, WFP, together with numerous partners and much assistance, began a complex, high-altitude parachute drop, which, as I will explain, delivered quite a lot. But the recent aspects of the security deterioration that Mr. O'Brien mentioned in Deir ez-Zor city, which was effectively cut in half, and fighting between Government forces and ISIL forced a suspension of that operation on 15 January. That operation had been providing a life line for that besieged population. Yet, before the operation was suspended, we had carried out 177 airdrops delivering food rations, as well as many other supplies, such as medical and hygiene supplies on behalf of all the other humanitarian agencies, to 93,000 people.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  5. “Our persistent efforts to improve access continue to be challenged by numerous obstacles, and those were outlined earlier by Under-Secretary-General O'Brien. Access has been our challenge in Syria since the first days of the conflict. WFP continues to consider all options. We have consulted with many partners in world exports. We have considered airdrops, helicopters and delivering food by drones, but, in the end, it always comes down to access and ensuring safety. I would like to add a few words with regard to Deir ez-Zor and some of the airlifts to which Mr. O'Brien referred. Deir ez-Zor has been unaccessible to humanitarian workers since it fell under the control of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in March 2014.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  6. “They receive only sporadic humanitarian assistance, and as Under-Secretary-General O'Brien just said, more than 640,000 people are living in 13 besieged locations across of Syria, deprived of the most basic needs, especially food. During the first several few weeks of 2016, following the Munich agreement, access to besieged and hard-to-reach areas improved considerably. Despite those improvements, recent outbreaks of fighting, insecurity and delays in obtaining the necessary approvals have meant that millions of hungry Syrians were cut off from supplies and left without predictable food deliveries. As an example, in the third quarter of last year, WFP sent food to hard-to-reach and besieged areas through 23 inter-agency conveys; however, only 12 such conveys took place during the last quarter of 2016.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  7. “Food prices have steadily risen, reaching an increase of 43 per cent in besieged and hard-to-reach areas to which the World Food Programme (WFP) and other humanitarian organizations have no regular access. The highest cost for staple foods was reported in the besieged part of Deir ez-Zor city, in which more than 90,000 people are struggling to survive. The situation remains precarious in other besieged locations in which many people are struggling to get just one meal per day. To date, approximately 4.6 million people, including an estimated 2 million children, live in areas throughout Syria that are very hard to reach.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  8. “Four out of five Syrians now live in poverty, with almost 80 per cent of the households across the country struggling to cope with food shortages. An alarming fact is that food production has hit a record low as widespread insecurity continues to hamper access to land, farming supplies and markets. Fuel is in short supply and infrastructure, such as irrigation systems, is often in a state of damage, all of which make it increasingly difficult for farmers to produce and maintain their livelihoods. The wheat harvest is at an all-time low, estimated at less than 50 per cent of the pre-conflict averages. As such, Syria is in danger of becoming a country of subsistence farmers with most of its commercial and large-scale agricultural base eroded.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source

  9. “Mr. Abdulla: Last year, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Ertharin Cousin, reported to the Council (see S/PV.7612), stating her grave concern about the deepening humanitarian crisis in Syria and the increasing hardship faced by people the in besieged areas. She warned then that they were falling into despair, malnutrition, starvation and death. Yet, today, despite some cause for optimism, the situation remains perhaps even more grave. Six years into the crisis, the humanitarian and food-security situation in Syria continues to deteriorate. Seven million people in Syria are already food insecure and an additional 2 million are at risk. That is 9 million people inside Syria - half the current population 4 who are in need of food, agriculture and livelihood assistance.”

    2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7870 (2017) · source