Sweden and Kuwait are calling for a UN Security Council meeting on the escalating violence in several areas of Syria and the “dire consequences” for the already critical humanitarian situation in the war-torn country.
The council is expected to hear a briefing on Thursday and then hold closed-door consultations on the growing humanitarian crisis.
Sweden’s UN Ambassador Olof Skoog says the council needs to hear from UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock about what the council can do to support the UN call for a 30-day humanitarian cease-fire to deliver life-saving aid and evacuate critically ill people from besieged areas in Syria.
The Security Council is currently deadlocked on Syria, with Russia blocking a statement proposed by Sweden and Kuwait supporting five points urged by Lowcock.
Skoog says he is “particularly concerned about attacks against civilians and civilian objects, such as hospitals.”
He says aid deliveries to besieged and hard-to-reach areas also remain blocked, leading to “an even more acute situation,” particularly in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta.
— AP
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