Security Council resolution 2672 (2023) [on humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and renewal of authorization of relief delivery and monitoring mechanism for a period of 6 months]
Symbol: S/RES/2672 (2023)
Date: 2023-01-09
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/78 [222] SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SITUATION
S/ X The situation in the Middle East.
Subjects: UN. Monitoring Mechanism Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2165 (2014)|HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|RELIEF CORRIDORS|SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ALBANIA
vote: yes
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GABON
vote: yes
country: GHANA
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MALTA
vote: yes
country: MOZAMBIQUE
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SWITZERLAND
vote: yes
country: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2672 (2023)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General

                                                                                9 January 2023




               Resolution 2672 (2023)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 9237th meeting, on
               9 January 2023

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its resolutions 2042 (2012), 2043 (2012), 2118 (2013), 2139 (2014),
               2165 (2014), 2175 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2209 (2015), 2235 (2015), 2254 (2015), 2258
               (2015), 2268 (2016), 2286 (2016), 2332 (2016), 2336 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401
               (2018), 2449 (2018), 2504 (2020), 2533 (2020), 2585 (2021), 2642 (2022) and its
               Presidential Statements of 3 August 2011 (S/PRST/2011/16), 21 March 2012
               (S/PRST/2012/6), 5 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/10), 2 October 2013 (S/PRST/2013/15),
               24 April 2015 (S/PRST/2015/10), 17 August 2015 (S/PRST/2015/15), and 8 October
               2019 (S/PRST/2019/12),
                      Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
               territorial integrity of Syria and to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
               United Nations,
                    Encouraging efforts to improve cross-line deliveries of humanitarian assistance
               and all relevant parties to further promote, consistent with United Nations
               assessments of need, unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance,
                    Determining that the devastating humanitarian situation in Syria continues to
               constitute a threat to peace and security in the region,
                     Recalling the need for all parties to respect the relevant provisions of
               international humanitarian law and the United Nations guiding principles of
               humanitarian emergency assistance,
                     Expressing in this regard grave concern at the impact of the COVID-19
               pandemic, recognizing that the pandemic presents a profound challenge to Syria’s
               health system and humanitarian situation, and recalling the need for full, safe and
               unhindered humanitarian access, without delay, including for humanitar ian personnel
               and medical personnel, their equipment, transport and supplies in order to facilitate
               the provision of humanitarian assistance and COVID-19 vaccinations to all parts of
               Syria without discrimination, as contained in resolution 2565 (2021) and the United
               Nations Secretary-General’s appeal,
                     Recognizing that humanitarian activities are broader than solely addressing the
               immediate needs of the affected population and should include support to essential
               services through water, sanitation, health, education, electricity where essential to
               restore access to basic services, and shelter early recovery projects,



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                     Underscoring that Member States are obligated under Article 25 of the Charter
               of the United Nations to accept and carry out the Council’s decisions,
                    1.    Demands the full and immediate implementation of all provisions of all
               relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165
               (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018), 2449
               (2018), 2504 (2020), 2533 (2020), 2585 (2021) and 2642 (2022);
                     2.   Decides to confirm in accordance with paragraph 2 of resolution 2642
               (2022) the extension of decisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Security Council resolution
               2165 (2014), for a period of six months, that is, until 10 July 2023, only for the border
               crossing at Bab al-Hawa, and requests the Secretary-General to provide a special
               report on the humanitarian needs in Syria no later than 10 June 2023;
                    3.    Calls upon all Member States to respond with practical steps to address
               the urgent needs of the Syrian people in light of the profound socio -economic and
               humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Syria, as a country in situation
               of complex humanitarian emergency;
                     4.    Welcomes ongoing efforts and urges to step up further initiatives to
               broaden the humanitarian activities in Syria, including water, sanitation, health,
               education, electricity where essential to restore access to basic services, and shelter
               early recovery projects, undertaken by humanitarian organisations, and calls upon
               other international humanitarian agencies and relevant parties to support them;
                     5.   Requests the Secretary-General to brief the Council monthly and to
               provide a report on a regular basis, at least every 60 days, on the implementation of
               resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393
               (2017), 2401 (2018), 2449 (2018), 2504 (2020), 2533 (2020), 2585 (2021), 2642
               (2022) and this resolution and on compliance by all relevant parties in Syria and
               further requests the Secretary-General to include in his reports overall trends in
               unhindered and safe United Nations cross-line operations, in particular on their
               progress to all parts of Syria, on early recovery projects, and detailed information on
               the humanitarian assistance delivered through United Nations humanitarian cross -
               border operations, including their transparency, the distribution mechanism, the
               number of beneficiaries, operating partners, locations of aid deliveries at district -level
               and the volume and nature of items delivered;
                    6.    Encourages the convening of a Security Council Informal Interactive
               Dialogue every two months with participation of donors, interested regional parties
               and representatives of the international humanitarian agencies operating in Syria in
               order to regularly review and follow-up on the implementation of this resolution,
               including progress in early-recovery projects;
                    7.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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