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  1. “The renewed authorization of resolution 2585 (2021), as well as a renewed commitment to emergency and long-term funding for Syria, can help us achieve that outcome and provide the support that the Syrian people deserve.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  2. “We urge the organizers and participating States, first and foremost, to listen to the voices of Syrians and Syrian civil society, who must be at the centre of any discussions and decisions about the future of Syria. At this stage in the crisis, listening and being accountable to Syrians should be non-negotiable. We need to come prepared to turn the important outcomes of that dialogue into action, with funding commitments that meet the urgency of the moment. In conclusion, I wish to leave the Council not with a sense of hopelessness, but rather inspired and challenged to use the tools it already has at its disposal — namely, resources and diplomacy — to catalyse a Syrian-centred aid and policy response. The next few months present several key opportunities to work collectively to meet the challenges faced by Syria today.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  3. “Secondly, we have stated and continue to believe that the size and scale of the massive United Nations cross-border operation currently in place cannot be replicated by non-governmental organizations or any other modalities. Thirdly, we strongly support a continued commitment to early recovery and resilience programming. That will make schools available for children, allow hospitals to reopen and generate livelihood opportunities for families. Then and only then will mothers like Dalal be able to buy the food she needs to sustain her family until the time comes when she and countless others can return home safely. Additionally, in two weeks, the United Nations, civil society, policymakers and donors will come together for the sixth Brussels Conference.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  4. “The ability to reach vulnerable families through the most direct, efficient and timely modalities is not a nice thing to have but a matter of life and death. To achieve that, we need the Security Council, at a minimum, to reauthorize resolution 2585 (2021) for at least another 12 months. Why is the reauthorization of that resolution important? Allow me to highlight three reasons. First, humanitarian needs are growing, not shrinking. Now is the time to increase lifesaving assistance. The United Nations cross-border operation cannot be ended without a long-term and concerted commitment to addressing the challenges Syrians are facing, which is, in turn, predicated on the Syrian conflict ending.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  5. “At the same time, we must not discount the dire humanitarian needs throughout the whole of Syria. As of this month, 14.6 million Syrians are in need of assistance and protection. That is a staggering increase of 1.2 million people compared to last year alone. A few days ago, the World Food Programme also reported that three out of every four households are unable to meet their basic needs. It is easy to disassociate from those figures, but in reality the lack of political will and reductions in funding mean that people’s coping capacities are quickly eroding. Despite that, the humanitarian community remains obligated to respond to the humanitarian imperative to ease the suffering of our fellow citizens in Syria. It is essential that humanitarian access not become an annual obstruction to our responsibility as humanitarian organizations.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  6. “I particularly want to highlight the situation of children. From CARE’s recent rapid gender analysis, 71 per cent of the communities we spoke to told us that child and early forced marriage is a growing problem. We are also seeing increasing rates of child labour, particularly as the economic situation continues to decline. In short, we are collectively failing to safeguard the future of generations to come in Syria. As though that were not enough, the more than 5 million people in Syria today who directly depend on the Euphrates River are at risk of losing all access to drinking water and water for agriculture. Climate change and conflict are compounding water security for millions of people in north-eastern Syria. This is, in fact, north-eastern Syria’s worst drought in 70 years.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  7. “The third concern is access to health care, as half of the health facilities across northern Syria — including mental health clinics — have been destroyed. Health needs in the region were immense even before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) struck and we have struggled to respond to the pandemic since then. We should all be alarmed by the latest report of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the fact that, as of March 2022, only 4.4 per cent of the population in north-western Syria had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Unfortunately, it is clear that the gap between humanitarian needs and the resources required to meet them was already growing into a chasm, even before Syrians and their neighbours in the region began to feel the impacts of the Ukraine crisis.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  8. “We have not tasted any fruit or vegetables for more than two months now.” Without additional funding beyond June this year, food rations will be cut further and beneficiary coverage is expected to reduce by 2 million people in order to stretch available resources until the end of the year. The second area of concern I would like to share with the Council is water and sanitation. Only 35 per cent of those women we spoke to have access to safe toilets. Collecting water can take more than an hour and most women rely on a male family member to fetch water, simply because it is unsafe to do otherwise. Bayan, who lives with her children in a camp in north- western Syria, told us that she can bathe her children only once every 10 days.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  9. “The respondents told us that they resort to very high-risk coping strategies in order to survive: they reduce their food intake, as Mr. Pedersen just highlighted; they increase household debts; and they sell the few assets they might still have left. There are three staggering findings that I would like to highlight to the Council. First, 60 per cent of the people are reducing their food intake to ensure that their children are fed. People also compromise on the quality of food, unable to buy vegetables or even cooking oil. Currently, food rations are approximately 50 per cent of the internationally recommended dietary intake. Many of the women we spoke to told us that they are collapsing. One of them is Dalal, a displaced mother in north-western Syria. Dalal told us: “My kids are hungry.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  10. “All our programmes are planned and scrutinized through a gender lens to implement and promote gender justice in all stages of our interventions. We strive to strengthen people’s resilience and support them in adapting to the recurring shocks and stresses that come with more than a decade of conflict. As the world experiences economic breakdown from rising inflation, astronomical food and energy prices and growing crises, people in the Middle East are struggling to keep their head above water. For the Syrian people, who are now in the eleventh year of an ongoing conflict, the situation is exceptionally dire. Early this year, CARE conducted a rapid gender analysis across northern Syria to better understand the impacts of the conflict on women and girls.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source

  11. “Ms. Shawky: I thank members for giving me the opportunity to address the Security Council today on behalf of my organization, CARE International, which is an independent development and humanitarian organization operating in more than 100 countries globally since 1945. CARE has been working in Syria since 2013. In total, we have reached more than 9 million people since the beginning of the crisis. We partner with Syrian organizations across the country, and we also implement programmes directly. We have thousands of people working day in and day out in the north-east and north- west of Syria, providing food, access to clean drinking water, shelter, health service assistance and education, and supporting women’s economic empowerment.”

    2022-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9022 (2022) · source