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1. “That is only possible only thanks to the generous support of international donors. More than $5 billion was contributed to the humanitarian response plan and the regional refugee and resilience plan for 2018 - a huge amount of money, which has saved lives and given hope to millions. We would like to take this opportunity to thank every Government that supported our appeals over the last year, and to urge Member States to ensure timely funding for humanitarian operations in Syria and neighbouring refugee-hosting countries in 2019. The conference to be held in Brussels from 12 to 14 March will be a critical marker in that regard.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

2. “They are trapped between the escalation of hostilities and bombardment, on the one hand, and, on the other, are forced to live under the extremist rule of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham and other extremist fighters who regularly carry out targeted killings, abductions and arbitrary detention." I reiterate today that the risk of military escalation, and potentially catastrophic humanitarian consequences persists. It is therefore critical to sustain and fully implement the Russia-Turkey agreement of 17 September 2018. Staggering levels of humanitarian need persist throughout Syria. This year, an estimated 11.7 million people will require humanitarian assistance across the country. The United Nations and its partners reach millions each month with life-saving humanitarian assistance across Syria.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

3. “While the September agreement of last year between Turkey and Russia to establish a demilitarized zone staved off immediate military escalation, the last few weeks have witnessed an increase in fighting, with dozens of civilians reportedly killed and dozens injured. Up to 36,000 people are reported to have been displaced as a result of intensified shelling, many of whom have moved northward and are now residing in camps on the border with Turkey. As stated last week by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: "Large numbers of civilians, including hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Idlib and northern Aleppo, are living an intolerable existence.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

4. “A number of measures are in place to mitigate the risks of diversion or interference with aid operations, including screening and vetting of implementing partners, monitoring of distributions, commodity tracking systems, facilitating regular feedback from affected communities and maintaining engagement with all parties to the conflict in order to address operational challenges as they arise. We have frequently reported to the Council on the plight of civilians in Idlib and surrounding areas in north-west Syria, who simply have nowhere else to flee should there be a full-scale military incursion into the area.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

5. “Some 40 per cent of children are out of school, while 2 million residents rely on water-trucking for most if not all their clean water. Each month, some 1.7 million Syrians are reached with critical assistance through cross-border operations out of Turkey. Ensuring sustained humanitarian access is therefore critical. To date, the recent expansion of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham areas of influence has not been reported to have resulted in a significant change in levels of humanitarian access. The United Nations and partners are closely monitoring the situation to ensure that independent, neutral and impartial humanitarian action is respected.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

6. “Late last week, the United Nations and partners also completed food distributions to 15 towns and informal settlements in the eastern part of Deir ez-Zor governorate, In addition, the United Nations has established a transit centre in Suwar, midway between Hajin and Al-Hol, to receive people during the transit journey. However, the screening sites just outside Hajin still remain inaccessible to humanitarian organizations. Moreover, protection concerns for the displaced include constraints on freedom of movement, with many of those arriving at Al-Hol expressing a preference to move to other locations, in most cases to connect with family members or friends in Deir eZ-Zor governorate, Across north-west Syria, an estimated 2.7 million men, women and children remain in need of humanitarian assistance.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

7. “At least 75 people, two thirds of them children under the age of 1, have died since December 2018, either while in transit or shortly after arriving at the Al-Hol camp, mostly due to exposure and a lack of access to health care while making the journey northward. Response efforts are being scaled up in Al-Hol camp and in Hajin and surrounding areas, despite considerable security challenges. For example, on 15 February, a Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy of six trucks loaded with United Nations and International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement supplies reached Hajin and distributed aid to some 5,000 people.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

8. “The United Nations remains extremely concerned about the protection of civilians who remain in the last Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-held areas in south-east Deir ez-Zor governorate and those who were able to flee the fighting. Since late last year, more than 37,000 people have fled from Hajin to the Al-Hol camp in Hasakah governorate, some 300 kilometres north of Hajin. Close to three quarters of the total population of the Al-Hol camp is now made up of women and children under the age of 5. Thousands of additional people are expected to arrive at Al-Hol camp in the coming days and weeks. Extremely harsh conditions are reported along the route north, including cold temperatures and a lack of food, water, shelter and health services.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

9. “The United Nations has not been involved in the opening of those humanitarian corridors, beyond providing supplies to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent for immediate assistance to those who decided to leave through the evacuation corridors. The United Nations welcomes all efforts to ease the suffering of people stranded in Rukban and to identify durable solutions. These efforts, however, need to ensure that any returns or relocations are voluntary, safe, dignified and well-informed and abide by core protection standards that comply with international humanitarian law and human rights law. Dialogue is ongoing with communities in Rukban, the Russian Federation, the Syrian authorities and others to ensure that will be the case in any relocation process.”

   2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

10. “However, all those consulted, regardless of their profile or tribal affiliation, have ongoing concerns related to the situation at destination - the lack of civil documentation, concerns about access to their property and concerns related to their safety and security, especially the fear of detention and military conscription - and requested information and guarantees on all of those issues. On 16 February, a statement was released by the Joint Coordination Committees on the Repatriation of Syrian Refugees of the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic regarding the opening of humanitarian corridors from the Rukban settlement.”

    2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

11. “But the gravity of the situation for civilians in Rukban means that sustained humanitarian access is needed moving forward. Food supplies, for example, are expected to last only 30 days. While the primary objective of this latest convoy was to provide immediate humanitarian assistance, teams also carried out surveys of the intentions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to inform discussions on possible durable solutions. An overwhelming majority - about 95 per cent of IDPs i expressed the Wish to leave the camp, while more than 80 per cent wished to return to their areas of origin.”

    2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

12. “Ms. Ghelani: Iprovide this update today on behalfof the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock. A fortnight ago, we got a glimpse of What life is like for some 41, 000 displaced Syrians, mainly women and children in Rukban, near the Syria-Jordan border. What our colleagues witnessed is a dire humanitarian situation - people struggling for survival, facing hunger and lacking the most basic necessities. The convoy earlier this month was the largest and one of the most complex carried out by the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent since the crisis began, nearly eight years ago. The mission lasted 10 days and involved 133 trucks loaded with essential humanitarian assistance, vaccines and logistical items. The assistance delivered was critical and will save lives.”

    2019-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8471 (2019) · source

13. “Our hope is that today's discussion will take us further towards a collective response that is commensurate with the needs and aspirations of the people in Central Africa.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

14. “This year, every single humanitarian response plan in Central Africa - for Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - is funded far less than the global average of 56 per cent. Cameroon is the least funded of all, at 39 per cent of the requirements. This needs to change if the humanitarian response in the region is to be fully effective, and we are calling on Member States for their urgent support. Over the past six months, not only have the humanitarian crises in Central Africa persisted, but several have grown further. Many of the crises are rooted in ongoing armed conflicts. Strengthening the protection of civilians - a core issue on the Security Council's agenda - is of the utmost importance in that region.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

15. “Despite limited access, humanitarian partners are scaling up their presence in those parts of Cameroon. Food distribution has so far reached more than 17,000 people and some 4,000 people have received shelter materials. However, severe underfunding has had a significant impact on the humanitarian community's ability to respond to the escalating crisis. The main sources of funding are currently CERF - whose rapid response allocation will be depleted at the end of this month - and the agencies' own internal, unearmarked funding. The lack of funding experienced by humanitarian partners in Cameroon reflects a broader regional trend.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

16. “The majority of the displaced persons are hiding in dense forests, without adequate shelter and lacking food, water and basic services. Schools and markets are also being disrupted and there are alarming health needs. As highlighted in the report of the Secretary- General (8/2018/1065), we note with grave concern the deteriorating situation with respect to the protection of civilians, including reported killings, the burning of homes and villages, extortion and kidnappings in the South-West and North-West regions of Cameroon. There have been multiple attacks on schools and threats against students and teachers, including two large-scale abductions and subsequent releases last month of 78 students and 3 teachers in Bamenda and 20 students in Kumba.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

17. “As Special Representative Fall noted, the situation for women and children is particularly concerning. Beyond the regional crisis in the Lake Chad basin and the influx of refugees from the Central African Republic, Cameroon is facing an additional humanitarian crisis in its South-West and North-West regions, as already expressed. Since the Council was last briefed by Special Representative Fall on Central Africa half a year ago (see S/PV.8284), internal displacement in those parts of Cameroon has tripled and today counts more than 430,000 internally displaced persons. In addition, more than 30,000 Cameroonians have fled across the border to Nigeria, seeking refuge. This is now one of the fastest-growing displacement crises in Africa.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

18. “Furthermore, Chad and Cameroon, in addition to Nigeria and the Niger, are seriously affected by the crises involving Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin. Now in its ninth year, that regional crisis has led 2.4 million people to flee their homes, and some 10.8 million people currently require humanitarian assistance and protection. Continuing insecurity remains a major impediment to people being able to return home and re-establish their livelihoods. The protection situation in the Lake Chad basin remains particularly serious, with frequent killings, kidnappings, suicide bombings and other attacks attributed to Boko Haram, as well as high levels of sexual and gender-based violence. Girls remain at serious risk of kidnappings and continue to be used for suicide attacks.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

19. “The number of internally displaced persons has reached more than 640,000 - an increase of over 60 per cent in this year alone. One in four children in the country is displaced. While the needs have grown, the increasing number of security incidences, including direct attacks on aid organizations and their staff, has made it even harder to access the people requiring assistance. As previously noted, the worsening situation in the Central African Republic has also had a significant impact on neighbouring countries. Cameroon is today hosting 268,000 refugees from the Central African Republic, while Chad is hosting more than 100,000 refugees. That translates into a significant burden on already vulnerable host communities, and many of the refugees have few prospects of returning home to the Central African Republic in the near future.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

20. “Furthermore, the influx of more than 360,000 Congolese nationals returning from Angola is adding pressure to the fragile Kasai province, already affected by years of inter-ethnic conflicts. I have just returned from the Central African Republic, where, as Special Representative Fall noted in his briefing, the humanitarian situation is also extremely dire. Areas that were relatively stable in the past, such as the south-east, where recovery and development programmes are about to be rolled out, have this year relapsed into conflict. The escalating violence has taken a heavy toll on the people of the Central African Republic, with 2.9 million people - well over half the population - now requiring humanitarian assistance.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

21. “Mark Lowcock, yesterday approved a $10 million regional allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The welcome attention given to the Ebola outbreak should not, however, overshadow the multitude of simultaneous crises that affect the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In all, more than 12 million people need humanitarian assistance. The current cholera outbreak is the largest on record over the past 15 years. With more than 26,000 people affected and almost 900 deaths this year, cholera has killed even more people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo than Ebola. The security situation has deteriorated in the east of the country, causing new and large-scale displacements of people in search of safety and protection.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

22. “Around half of those requiring humanitarian assistance and protection in Central Africa are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The humanitarian situation in the country has deteriorated further in 2018 and is one of the world's largest and most complex crises. As noted in resolution 2439 (2018), the Ebola epidemic in the north-east is occurring in a context of much wider humanitarian needs. Ebola has already claimed 289 lives and is still spreading. The response is particularly difficult given the extremely challenging security environment, with attacks against civilians by non-State armed groups interrupting Ebola containment efforts. To mitigate the possible impact in the event that the outbreak spreads to neighbouring countries, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

23. “Ms. Ghelani: Violence, extreme poverty, climate change and population growth are driving record levels of vulnerability among millions of people in Central Africa. My briefing today focuses on the main humanitarian crises in the region, including those affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Chad and Cameroon. Out of the estimated more than 180 million people living in Central Africa, nearly 26 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2019. That is a dramatic increase of 22 per cent from 2018. One person out of seven in Central Africa is caught up in a crisis and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection. That is compared to a global calculation of 1 in every 70 people.”

    2018-12-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8421 (2018) · source

24. “It is for that reason that the Secretary-General has called for a renewal of resolution 2165 (2014) for an additional 12 months. The renewal of the resolution will continue to save lives. Millions ofpeople depend on the Council's decision.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

25. “Then there is post-distribution monitoring again, including by independent third parties and through feedback received from affected communities. United Nations cross-border assistance is also subject to the normal accountability mechanisms between the donors and the delivery agencies, which also includes another verification system. Currently, some 4.3 million people in need live in areas outside the control of the Government. That accounts for more than one-third of all people in need of assistance in Syria. It includes almost 3 million people in need in areas reached exclusively through cross- border operations. The United Nations does not have an alternative means of reaching those people, as access from within the country is impeded.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

26. “Humanitarian organizations have just completed the vaccination of more than 12,500 children, aged between six months and 15 years, against measles and rubella in Idlib governorate, using supplies that had been delivered across the border. Thousands more benefited from education supplies and services, school rehabilitation and textbooks. United Nations cross-border assistance is checked and verified by the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism for the Syrian Arab Republic at designated border-crossing points. Every truck is checked to ensure that it contains only humanitarian supplies. Deliveries are confirmed by United Nations-contracted third- party monitors upon arrival at warehouses inside Syria, where they check the items being offloaded against the waybill.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

27. “Over the past year, an average of almost 5.4 million people have been reached with humanitarian assistance each month through all possible avenues - from within Syria to areas under Government control, from within Syria across conflict lines, and from across the borders. Cross-border aid remains a critical part of the United Nations response in Syria. This month alone, nearly 600,000 people in Syria have received United Nations food assistance delivered across the border with Turkey through the crossings at Bab Al-Salam and Bab Al-Hawa. Cross-border deliveries also included medicines, educational supplies and other non-food items for hundreds of thousands of people.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

28. “Over the past weeks, the United Nations has been engaged in efforts with all concerned parties to advocate for children to be able to go safely to a school of their choosing. Across Syria, the conflict continues to have a devastating impact on children, including their access to education. An estimated 180,000 teachers are no longer in service. Some 40 per cent of schools have been damaged or destroyed, and many others have been used to shelter displaced people. All Syrian children have a right to education Without discrimination, and that right must be protected, respected and fulfilled. Despite the very difficult conditions, the United Nations and its partners are committed to reaching all those in need, wherever they are.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

29. “We reiterate that under international law, the parties to the conflict must protect civilians against attacks, treat them humanely and allow and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian relief. We are also deeply troubled by reports of restrictions in north-eastern Syria, where half of the some 100,000 children enrolled in Government-run schools are facing impediments to accessing their schools, especially in Qamishli and Al-Hasakah cities. An estimated 10,000 children have not been able to attend school at all since late September. Vehicles, including school buses and private cars, have been prevented from crossing checkpoints if they are carrying children going to schools that teach the nationally accredited curriculum.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

30. “Some 6,000 have been displaced from the Hajin enclave, controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, since October, with an estimated 10,000 people remaining within the enclave. Most are unable to access assistance and face severe protection risks. Of those who have been displaced, many live in dire conditions in makeshift settlements, with some dangerously close to the front lines. Despite considerable challenges in accessing areas of displacement due to insecurity and geographic isolation, local United Nations humanitarian partners have continued to provide assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Gharanij and Bahrah areas. That includes multisectoral assistance provided to 6,000 IDPs.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

31. “Without sustained access, the situation of tens of thousands of Syrians, stranded in the harshest desert conditions, will only further deteriorate as the winter cold sets in. Most people inside the makeshift settlement have stated a desire to return to their homes, but many are terrified of what the future may hold for them, whether it is in Government areas or locations held by non-State armed groups. A durable solution that is safe, voluntary and dignified - one that adequately addresses protection concerns - is urgently needed for the population in Rukban. We are seriously concerned about the increasing number of reports of civilian casualties due to air strikes and ground fighting in south-eastern Deir ez-Zor governorate. Many civilians are reported among the dead and injured.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

32. “That aid operation, approved by the Government of Syria and facilitated by the Russian Federation and the United States, was the first major delivery of material assistance to the people of Rukban since January, and the first time that aid has been delivered from within Syria. Our teams also vaccinated more than 5,000 children, together with officials from the Syrian Ministry of Health. Colleagues returned shocked by what they had seen on the ground, reporting grave protection issues, increasing food insecurity and no certified medical doctors among the stranded population. Given the gravity of the situation, the Secretary-General has called for the deployment of a further convoy to the area as a matter of priority.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

33. “We have also received reports of air strikes in Idlib governorate on 24 and 25 November - the first such air strikes in more than two months. Those latest developments demonstrate the fragility of the situation and the urgent need for the sustained engagement of all sides to preserve the gains of the agreement that was reached between the Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation on 17 September. The stakes remain high, as the alternative is humanitarian suffering on a scale that would devastate a population of some 3 million people in north-western Syria, who have known nothing but war and suffering in recent years. In Rukban, between 3 and 8 November, the United Nations, together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, was finally able to reach some 50,000 people - three-quarters of them women and children.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source

34. “Ms. Ghelani: I provide this update today on behalfof the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock. I would like to start with the situation in north- western Syria, where there have been reports of mortars - including some shells reportedly containing chlorine gas - hitting three densely populated neighbourhoods in western Aleppo city: Nile Street, Al-Khalidiyah and Al-Zahraa. People with respiratory symptoms were rushed to the two main hospitals in the area. The World Health Organization has provided support to both hospitals and stands ready to provide further public health support, as required. As the Secretary-General has repeatedly stressed, any confirmed use of chemical weapons is abhorrent and a clear violation of international law.”

    2018-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8411 (2018) · source