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Talk of closing last Syrian aid lifeline ‘a moral abomination,’ UN commission says
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NEW YORK, 27 May 2022, (TON): With the current UN Security Council’s exceptional authorization for humanitarian aid delivery through the last remaining border crossing into northwest Syria set to expire on July 10.
The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry warned “it would be a failure of the highest order if the council failed to extend the life-saving operation.”
A commission statement as the country faces its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict, the international community must safeguard existing, life-saving cross-border assistance and increase their funding pledges to support this aid.
When deliveries of international aid to Syria began in 2014, the Security Council approved four border crossings. In January 2020, permanent member Russia used its power of veto to force the closure of all but one, Bab-al-Hawa.
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