06 Feb 2024 - A year ago, thousands of Syrians in Syria and Türkiye perished after devastating earthquakes, and millions fled their destroyed homes. This disaster came on top of more than a decade of conflict and suffering, compounding the tragedy of the Syrian people inside and outside and on both sides of conflict lines.
05 Oct 2023 - I am gravely concerned by the escalating violence in Syria today. I am deeply concerned by the alarming reports of a drone attack on the graduation ceremony of a military academy in Homs, which the Government attributed to terrorist organizations and which reportedly caused many dozens of casualties, including civilians and children too.
09 Aug 2023 - It has come to my attention that there has been an offering to draft applications for membership to the Syrian Women’s Advisory Board (WAB) along with offers to lobby on behalf of interested candidates in return for monetary payment. We condemn such fraudulent behaviour.
31 Jul 2023 - Adopted on 18 December 2015, United Nations Security Council 2254 (2015) encourages the meaningful participation of women in the UN-facilitated political process for Syria. In January 2016, the Syrian Women’s Advisory Board (WAB) was created by an initiative of a group of Syrian women and with support of UN Women and the former Special Envoy for Syria Mr.
15 Mar 2023 - As the Syrian conflict enters its thirteenth year, we remember with deep regret the countless lives lost, and recall the abuses and suffering of millions – not least the forcibly displaced, and the tens of thousands who remain arbitrarily detained, disappeared and missing.
22 Feb 2023 - United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ms. Najat Rochdi convened the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) Humanitarian Task Force (HTF) in Geneva today.
13 Feb 2023 - I will be very brief. I told his Excellency the Foreign Minister Dr. Fayssal Mekdad my deepest condolences for the losses that have affected all the Syrian people and I expressed our mourning for the loss of life. And I also assured him that the United Nations would do whatever we can to support the Syrian people in this crisis.
12 Feb 2023 - Let me start by expressing my deepest condolences to the Syrian people. We mourn every single life that has been lost. The earthquake in Turkiye and Syria is one of the biggest humanitarian or natural disasters that we have seen recently.
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22 Feb 2023 - United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ms. Najat Rochdi convened the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) Humanitarian Task Force (HTF) in Geneva today.