Syria: Regardless of the outcome of the negotiations, people urgently need regular and unimpeded aid.
Geneva/Damascus (International Committee of the Red Cross) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stated that regardless of the outcome of the ongoing peace negotiations in Geneva, the five-year-old conflict in Syria must allow the normal circulation of aid and regular delivery of all aid. In the hands of civilians suffering from the war.
Marianna Gasser, head of the ICRC in Damascus, stated: "When we arrived in Maidaya earlier this month, I saw many malnourished children and frail old people. The physical condition was shocking. Although we After negotiating for several months, only a few trucks of aid were delivered. To some people, this was too little and too late."
Ms. Gessel said that there are still dozens of cities and towns that are inaccessible to humanitarian organizations, such as Duma, Muadamia, Fua, Kyvaya, and Deir Ezour.
With the beginning of a new round of Syrian peace talks, the belligerents gathered in Geneva. "This is a positive signal. But we have been pushing and requesting regular access to these towns and other towns to solve the huge suffering - but so far no fruit. ""
Ms. Gasser said that the warring parties must stop attacks on the country¡¯s heavily damaged infrastructure, especially medical and health facilities and water supply facilities. These facilities are often subjected to a new round of attacks immediately after the ICRC and other humanitarian organizations are repaired.
Ms. Gasser said that more than 4.5 million people live in areas that are extremely difficult to enter because of the war. Their humanitarian needs are huge; more than 500,000 of them live in areas that have been besieged by different belligerents, and the political solution to the siege has not yet been resolved. appear. "There is no aid to access all these areas, which puts millions of people at risk."
Ms. Gasser said: "Those who are in control of Syria's present and future must pause, think about the current horrifying, spread the suffering of the country, and think about how they can help us restore hope; life must be above politics."
Marianna Gasser, head of the ICRC in Damascus, stated: "When we arrived in Maidaya earlier this month, I saw many malnourished children and frail old people. The physical condition was shocking. Although we After negotiating for several months, only a few trucks of aid were delivered. To some people, this was too little and too late."
Ms. Gessel said that there are still dozens of cities and towns that are inaccessible to humanitarian organizations, such as Duma, Muadamia, Fua, Kyvaya, and Deir Ezour.
With the beginning of a new round of Syrian peace talks, the belligerents gathered in Geneva. "This is a positive signal. But we have been pushing and requesting regular access to these towns and other towns to solve the huge suffering - but so far no fruit. ""
Ms. Gasser said that the warring parties must stop attacks on the country¡¯s heavily damaged infrastructure, especially medical and health facilities and water supply facilities. These facilities are often subjected to a new round of attacks immediately after the ICRC and other humanitarian organizations are repaired.
Ms. Gasser said that more than 4.5 million people live in areas that are extremely difficult to enter because of the war. Their humanitarian needs are huge; more than 500,000 of them live in areas that have been besieged by different belligerents, and the political solution to the siege has not yet been resolved. appear. "There is no aid to access all these areas, which puts millions of people at risk."
Ms. Gasser said: "Those who are in control of Syria's present and future must pause, think about the current horrifying, spread the suffering of the country, and think about how they can help us restore hope; life must be above politics."