Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
A joint statement was issued in Brussels today, Tuesday, by Josep Borrell, European Foreign Policy Coordinator and Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janiz Lenarcic, on the renewal of the UN Security Council resolution on cross-border humanitarian assistance, for a period of six months, until July 10, 2023, and the United Nations permission to use the Bab crossing. Fancy from Turkey to Syria to deliver humanitarian aid.
The cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid by the United Nations continues to be vital for the 4.1 million Syrians living in northwestern Syria, including 2.8 million internally displaced persons. Their lives depend on this humanitarian assistance. Therefore, the latest decision is good news. very much for the Syrian people.
The statement added, "The current situation inside Syria does not allow for any suitable alternative to the humanitarian assistance coordinated by the United Nations from abroad. The use of the Bab al-Hawa crossing is a humanitarian necessity to maintain the functioning of a critical humanitarian lifeline for millions of Syrians."
The European Union will continue to call on all parties to depoliticize and allow unimpeded and uninterrupted humanitarian access to all those in need. The European Union will continue to support the delivery of impartial and reliable humanitarian aid, in line with the provisions of international humanitarian law.
The European Union and its Member States remain the largest donors to support Syrians in Syria and across the region since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, mobilizing over €27.4 billion in humanitarian, stabilization and resilience assistance.
The European Union once again calls for a sustainable solution to the Syrian conflict through a genuine and inclusive political transition in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2254 and reaffirms its support for the efforts of UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, including a step-by-step approach.