UN General Assembly
2016

We take this opportunity to renew our praise of and support for the efforts undertaken by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad, and call upon him to intensify those efforts for the prompt resumption of dialogue between the Yemeni parties under the aegis of the United Nations. In Syria, we are following with concern the ongoing crisis, which is now entering its sixth year, and the worsening conditions throughout the country. The deteriorating humanitarian situation has displaced 13 million Syrians within and beyond the country’s borders, making the Syrian people the largest refugee community in the world. The number of those who have been killed now exceeds 250,000. We strongly condemn the intentional targeting of residential areas and civil and medical facilities, indiscriminate bombing, and the use of barrel bombs and internationally banned weapons. We also demand that all those responsible for perpetrating war crimes and crimes against humanity be brought to justice within the international justice system.