UNHCR slams int’l community over Syria crisis
A top UN official for refugees has blamed the international community for failing to curb the Syrian crisis as the conflict in the Middle Eastern country enters its fifth year.
"It is deeply alarming that the international response so clearly falls short of what is needed to end the conflict in Syria,” said the special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie in a statement on Sunday.
According to a recent report by the UN, over 220,000 people, including thousands of children, have been killed due to the ongoing crisis in Syria. Nearly 4 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis, and 7.6 million civilians have been internally displaced.
The Oscar-winning actress further called on world leaders to join forces in a bid to politically bring an end to the deadly crisis in the Arab country, which has exacted a heavy toll on civilians.
“It is sickening that crimes are being committed against the Syrian people on a daily basis with impunity. The failure to end this crisis diminishes all of us,” Jolie said.
She also urged the international community to take constructive measures as concrete evidence “to show that we will not turn a blind eye to war crimes and that we will not fail refugees, the displaced, and the survivors."
“People are entitled to feel bewildered and angry that the UN Security Council seems unable to respond to the worst crisis of the 21st century,” she added.
On Friday, the heads of the UN agencies for humanitarian affairs, health, food aid, refugees, Palestinian refugees, and children released a statement, calling on world leaders to “put aside their differences and use their influence to bring about meaningful change in Syria."
The UN officials warned that the future generation of Syria is in danger due to the international community's failure to find ways to terminate the crisis.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (pictured below) on Thursday called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to take decisive measures to resolve the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Syria.
On Thursday, 21 human rights and aid groups, including the International Rescue Committee, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Handicap International, the Syrian Relief Network, Oxfam and Save the Children criticized the UNSC for “failing Syria.”
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