Physician for Human Rights: Russia, China Hold UN Security Council Hostage, Blocking Life-Saving Aid to More Than One Million in Need in Syria
July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020
NEW YORK, July 13 -- Physician for Human Rights issued the following news release:
After a series of tense negotiations this week, the United Nations Security Council passed a compromise resolution regarding a life-saving UN mechanism that allows humanitarian aid to get into Syria to reach millions in need. The final resolution renews only one crossing from Turkey into Syria for a period of 12 months, shutting down direct routes to hundreds of thousands of displaced Syrians in dire . . .
After a series of tense negotiations this week, the United Nations Security Council passed a compromise resolution regarding a life-saving UN mechanism that allows humanitarian aid to get into Syria to reach millions in need. The final resolution renews only one crossing from Turkey into Syria for a period of 12 months, shutting down direct routes to hundreds of thousands of displaced Syrians in dire . . .