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‘Flagrant’ violations of international law continue in Syria, top UN relief official warns

30 July 2014
Middle East ‘Flagrant’ violations of international law continue in Syria, Top UN relief official warns Valerie Amos, who is also the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, ... need of aid and protection, and on progress in implementing resolutions 2139 and 2165 on humanitarian access in Syria. “In addition attacks on medical facilities are at their highest levels since December 2012,” said Ms. Amos via ... by some opposition groups are also obstructing humanitarian access, especially in the eastern governorates of Syria. “After more than 20 requests, the United Nations reached the besieged town of Madamyiet El Sham – also known as ...
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Security Council concerned about illicit oil trade as revenue for terrorists in Iraq, Syria

28 July 2014
... in oil with these entities.” The Council strongly condemned any engagement in direct or indirect trade of oil from Syria and Iraq involving terrorist groups, and emphasized that such engagement constitutes financial support for ... transactions with or for the benefit, directly or indirectly, of ISIL and Jabhat Al-Nusra with respect to oil in Syria and Iraq. Security Council concerned about illicit oil trade as revenue for terrorists in Iraq, Syria ...
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Arms race in Syria must be stopped to reduce civilian suffering, says head of UN panel

25 July 2014
... gathering with members of the Security Council, the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria underscored that there is no military solution to the conflict and echoed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s calls ... armed groups continues, along with shelling of civilians and torture. “We continue to have full-fledged impunity in Syria,” Mr. Pinheiro said. “All parties are committing these horrendous violations and nobody is answering to what is required.” He noted that it is ultimately up to the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) or to establish a special tribunal, but so far little action has been ...
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Iraq: UN envoy demands Islamist forces end ‘horrific terrorist acts’

23 July 2014
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Urgent action needed to protect children against polio in Syria, Iraq and region – UN

22 July 2014
Middle East “Polio has forced its way back to Syria, adding to what was already a humanitarian disaster,” said Chris Maher, WHO Manager for Polio Eradication and Emergency Support. He said in a news release that a recent polio outbreak in Syria has already paralyzed 36 children, most of them in contested and conflict-ridden regions. Another 765,000 Syrian ... this region: one that does not know borders or checkpoints and can travel fast, infecting children not just in war-torn Syria but across the region,” Mr. Maher said. No polio cases had been recorded in Syria since 1999. But the virus ...
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UN chief, special envoys pledge to ‘spare no effort’ to end Syria bloodshed

17 July 2014
... to New York for a first round of consultations following their appointment to the posts last week. The conflict in Syria, which began in March 2011, has led to well over 150,000 deaths, and more than 680,000 people have been injured. At least 10.8 million people are in need of assistance inside Syria, including at least 6.5 million who are internally displaced. The conflict has also spawned a refugee crisis in ... people are being sheltered in neighbouring countries. In response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria, the Security Council earlier this week adopted a resolution aimed at increasing access to civilians in ...
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There can be no military solution, Ban says as Israel launches ground offensive against Gaza

17 July 2014
... even further,” he stated during a photo-op at United Nations Headquarters with his newly appointed special envoys for Syria. “In the past 24 hours, there have been a number of incidents involving the deaths of civilians, including the ... casualties. There can be no military solution to this conflict. This applies as much to Israel-Palestine as it does to Syria.” Israeli-Palestinian violence has flared in the wake of the recent kidnapping and murder of three Israeli ...
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Security Council authorizes UN, partners to use most direct routes for Syria aid delivery

14 July 2014
... Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption of the resolution, which he said will allow the delivery of aid to people in need in Syria by the most direct routes. “At least 10.8 million people inside Syria are in urgent need of assistance. Nearly half these people are in communities that are difficult for humanitarian ... conflict “shall enable the immediate and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance directly to people throughout Syria, by the United Nations humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners, on the basis of United Nations ...
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Lebanon faces ‘national calamity’ as refugee crisis deepens, UN relief official warns

14 July 2014
Middle East “Amid the carnage that we are seeing in Gaza, the continuing carnage in Syria and new dimensions in Iraq, Lebanon – which at the moment has the highest proportion of refugees of any country in ...
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Syria: UN agency urges Europe to shoulder more of refugee challenge

11 July 2014
... This figure stands in sharp conflict to the nearly 3 million refugees who have sought safety in countries neighbouring Syria since the conflict began in March 2011. “An increasing number of Syrians are now seeking safety in countries ... States were very positive towards the refugees, including a nearly universal de facto moratorium on any returns to Syria, access to asylum procedures, and high protection rates being afforded and granted to Syrians. But the report also ... end without any process. There are reports of others being barred from meeting with their families and others detained. Syria: UN agency urges Europe to shoulder more of refugee challenge ...
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