Security Council resolution 2504 (2020) [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/2504 (2020)
Date: 2020-01-10
Meeting record: S/PV.8700
Subjects: UN. Monitoring Mechanism Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2165 (2014)|HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|RELIEF CORRIDORS|SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Notes: Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 2019 - S/INF/75 - (SCOR, 75th year).

United Nations                                                                   S/RES/2504 (2020)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                 10 January 2020




               Resolution 2504 (2020)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8700th meeting, on
               10 January 2020

                    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) 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,
                     Emphasizing that more than 11.1 million people in Syria require humanitarian
               assistance and that the cross-border mechanism remains an urgent and temporary
               solution to address the humanitarian needs of the population, which cannot be reached
               through existing operations within Syria,
                     Recalling the guiding principles of Humanitarian Emergency assistance as set
               out in the GA resolution 46/182 and Reiterating the need for all parties to respect and
               uphold the relevant provisions of international humanitarian law and the United
               Nations guiding principles of humanitarian emergency assistance, emphasizing the
               importance of upholding the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and
               independence, in the provision of humanitarian assistance and recalling also the
               importance of humanitarian deliveries reaching their intended beneficiaries,
                    Determining that the devastating humanitarian situation in Syria continues to
               constitute a threat to peace and security in the region,
                     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.    Calls upon all parties to ensure principled, sustained and improved
               humanitarian assistance to Syria in 2020;
                     2.   Reiterates its demand that all parties, in particular the Syrian authorities,
               immediately comply with their obligations under international law, including
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               further 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), and 2449
               (2018), and recalls that some of the violations and abuses committed in Syria may
               amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity;
                     3.   Decides to renew the decisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Security Council
               resolution 2165 (2014), for a period of six months, that is, until 10 July 2020,
               excluding the border crossings of Al-Ramtha and of Al Yarubiyah;
                    4.    Further demands that all parties allow safe, unimpeded and sustained
               access for United Nations’ and their implementing partners’ humanitarian convoys,
               including medical and surgical supplies, to all requested areas and populations
               according to United Nations’ assessment of need in all parts of Syria;
                     5.    Reiterates that the situation will continue to deteriorate further in the
               absence of a political solution to the Syrian conflict and recalls its demand for the full
               and immediate implementation of resolution 2254 (2015) to facilitate a Syrian-led
               and Syrian-owned political transition, in accordance with the Geneva Communiqué
               as set forth in the ISSG Statements, in order to end the conflict in Syria and stresses
               again that the Syrian people will decide the future of Syria;
                     6.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council by the
               end of February 2020 on the feasibility of using alternative modalities for the border
               crossing of Al Yarubiyah in order to ensure that humanitarian assistance, including
               medical and surgical supplies, reaches people in need throughout Syria through the
               most direct routes, and in accordance with the humanitarian principles of humanity,
               neutrality, impartiality and independence;
                    7.    Calls upon United Nations humanitarian agencies to improve monitoring
               of the delivery and distribution of United Nations relief consignments and their
               delivery inside Syria and requests the Secretary-General to conduct, within six
               months of the adoption of this resolution, an independent written review of the United
               Nations humanitarian cross-line and cross-border operations, including
               recommendations on how to further strengthen the United Nations Monitoring
               Mechanism, in order to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches people in need
               through the most direct routes, taking into account the views of relevant parties
               including the Syrian authorities, the relevant neighbouring countries of Syria and the
               United Nations Humanitarian Agencies and their implementing partners;
                     8.   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) and this resolution and on compliance by all
               relevant parties in Syria and further requests the Secretary-General to continue to
               include in his reports overall trends in United Nations cross-line and cross-border
               humanitarian access and detailed information on the humanitarian assistance
               delivered through United Nations humanitarian cross-border operations, including on
               the number of beneficiaries, locations of aid deliveries at district -level and the volume
               and nature of items delivered;
                    9.    Reaffirms that it will take further measures under the Charter of the United
               Nations in the event of non-compliance with this resolution or resolutions 2139
               (2014), 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401
               (2018), and 2449 (2018);
                    10.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.



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               Consejo de Seguridad                                               Distr. general
                                                                                  10 de enero de 2020




               Resolución 2504 (2020)
               Aprobada por el Consejo de Seguridad en su 8700ª sesión,
               celebrada el 10 de enero de 2020

                    El Consejo de Seguridad,
                    Recordando sus resoluciones 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) y 2449 (2018), y las declaraciones de su Presidencia de 3 de
               agosto de 2011 (S/PRST/2011/16), 21 de marzo de 2012 (S/PRST/2012/6), 5 de abril
               de 2012 (S/PRST/2012/10), 2 de octubre de 2013 (S/PRST/2013/15), 24 de abril de
               2015 (S/PRST/2015/10), 17 de agosto de 2015 (S/PRST/2015/15) y 8 de octubre de
               2019 (S/PRST/2019/12),
                     Reafirmando su enérgico compromiso con la soberanía, la independencia, la
               unidad y la integridad territorial de Siria, y con los propósitos y principios de la Carta
               de las Naciones Unidas,
                    Poniendo de relieve que más de 11,1 millones de personas necesitan asistencia
               humanitaria en Siria y que el mecanismo transfronterizo sigue siendo una solución
               urgente y temporal para atender las necesidades humanitarias de la población, a la
               que no es posible llegar mediante las operaciones que existen dentro de Siria,
                     Recordando los principios rectores de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia que
               figuran en la resolución 46/182 de la Asamblea General y reiterando la necesidad de
               que todas las partes respeten y cumplan las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho
               internacional humanitario y los principios rectores de la asistencia humanitaria de
               emergencia de las Naciones Unidas, poniendo de relieve la importancia de respetar los
               principios de humanidad, neutralidad, imparcialidad e independencia al prestar
               asistencia humanitaria, y recordando también la importancia de que los suministros
               humanitarios lleguen a sus destinatarios,
                     Habiendo determinado que la devastadora situación humanitaria imperante en
               Siria sigue constituyendo una amenaza para la paz y la seguridad en la región,
                    Recalcando que los Estados Miembros están obligados por el Artículo 25 de la
               Carta de las Naciones Unidas a aceptar y cumplir sus decisiones,
                     1.    Exhorta a todas las partes a que velen por que en 2020 Siria reciba una
               asistencia humanitaria basada en principios, sostenida y de mejor calidad;




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                     2.   Reitera su exigencia de que todas las partes, en especial las autoridades
               sirias, cumplan de inmediato sus obligaciones en virtud del derecho internacional,
               incluidos el derecho internacional humanitario y el derecho internacional de los
               derechos humanos, según proceda, y exige además que se apliquen plena e
               inmediatamente todas las disposiciones de sus resoluciones sobre la cuestión,
               incluidas las resoluciones 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015),
               2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) y 2449 (2018), y recuerda que algunas de las
               violaciones y los abusos cometidos en Siria pueden constituir crímenes de guerra y
               crímenes de lesa humanidad;
                     3.   Decide renovar las decisiones que figuran en los párrafos 2 y 3 de su
               resolución 2165 (2014) por un período de seis meses, es decir, hasta el 10 de julio de
               2020, excluidos los cruces fronterizos de Al-Ramza y Al-Yarubiya;
                     4.   Exige además que todas las partes permitan el acceso seguro, sin trabas y
               sostenido de los convoyes humanitarios de las Naciones Unidas y sus asociados en la
               ejecución, incluidos los suministros médicos y quirúrgicos, a todas las zonas y
               poblaciones para las que se solicite conforme a la evaluación de las necesidades
               realizada por las Naciones Unidas en todas las zonas de Siria;
                     5.    Reitera que la situación seguirá deteriorándose mientras no se alcance una
               solución política del conflicto sirio y recuerda su exigencia de que se aplique plena e
               inmediatamente la resolución 2254 (2015) para facilitar una transición política con
               liderazgo y titularidad sirios, de conformidad con el comunic ado de Ginebra, según
               se establece en las declaraciones del Grupo Internacional de Apoyo a Siria, con objeto
               de poner fin al conflicto en el país, y destaca nuevamente que el pueblo sirio decidirá
               el futuro de Siria;
                    6.    Solicita al Secretario General que lo informe antes del fin de febrero de
               2020 sobre la viabilidad de utilizar modalidades alternativas para el cruce fronterizo
               de Al-Yarubiya a fin de garantizar que la asistencia humanitaria, incluidos los
               suministros médicos y quirúrgicos, llegue a las personas necesitadas en toda Siria por
               las rutas más directas y de conformidad con los principios humanitarios de
               humanidad, neutralidad, imparcialidad e independencia ;
                     7.   Exhorta a los organismos humanitarios de las Naciones Unidas a que
               mejoren la vigilancia de la entrega y distribución de los envíos de socorro de las
               Naciones Unidas y su entrega dentro de Siria, y solicita al Secretario General que, en
               un plazo de seis meses a partir de la aprobación de la presente resolución, realice un
               examen independiente por escrito de las operaciones humanitarias translineales y
               transfronterizas de las Naciones Unidas, en el que figuren recomendaciones sobre el
               modo de seguir fortaleciendo el Mecanismo de Vigilancia de las Naciones Unidas, a
               fin de garantizar que la asistencia humanitaria llegue a las personas necesitadas por
               las rutas más directas, teniendo en cuenta las opiniones de las partes correspondientes,
               como las autoridades sirias, los países vecinos de Siria pertinentes y los organismos
               humanitarios de las Naciones Unidas y sus asociados en la ejecución;
                     8.    Solicita al Secretario General que lo informe cada mes y le presente
               periódicamente, al menos cada 60 días, un informe sobre la aplicación de las
               resoluciones 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393
               (2017), 2401 (2018) y 2449 (2018) y de la presente resolución, y sobre su
               cumplimiento por todas las partes pertinentes en Siria, y le solicita además que siga
               mencionando en sus informes las tendencias generales del acceso humanitario
               translineal y transfronterizo de las Naciones Unidas e información detallada sobre la
               asistencia humanitaria entregada mediante operaciones humanitarias transfronterizas
               de las Naciones Unidas, incluidos el número de beneficiarios, los lugares donde se
               entrega ayuda en los distritos y el volumen y la índole de los artículos suministrados;


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                 9.   Reafirma que adoptará nuevas medidas en virtud de la Carta de las
           Naciones Unidas en caso de que se incumpla lo dispuesto en la presente resolución o
           las resoluciones 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016),
           2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) y 2449 (2018);
                10.   Decide seguir ocupándose activamente de la cuestión.




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               Conseil de sécurité                                               Distr. générale
                                                                                 10 janvier 2020




               Résolution 2504 (2020)
               Adoptée par le Conseil de sécurité à sa 8700 e séance, le 10 janvier
               2020

                    Le Conseil de sécurité,
                    Rappelant ses résolutions 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) et 2449 (2018) et les déclarations de sa présidence des 3 août 2011
               (S/PRST/2011/16), 21 mars 2012 (S/PRST/2012/6), 5 avril 2012 (S/PRST/2012/10),
               2 octobre 2013 (S/PRST/2013/15), 24 avril 2015 (S/PRST/2015/10), 17 août 2015
               (S/PRST/2015/15) et 8 octobre 2019 (S/PRST/2019/12),
                      Réaffirmant son ferme attachement à la souveraineté, à l’indépendance, à l’unité
               et à l’intégrité territoriale de la Syrie, ainsi qu’aux buts et principes énoncés dans la
               Charte des Nations Unies,
                     Soulignant que plus de 11,1 millions de personnes en Syrie ont besoin
               d’assistance humanitaire et que le mécanisme transfrontières demeure une solution
               temporaire d’urgence permettant de répondre aux besoins d’aide humanitaire des
               populations auxquelles il est impossible d’accéder dans le cadre des opérations
               menées en Syrie,
                     Rappelant les principes directeurs de l’Organisation des Nations Unies relatifs
               à l’aide humanitaire d’urgence énoncés dans la résolution 46/182 de l’Assemblée
               générale et réitérant que toutes les parties doivent respecter les dispositions du droit
               international humanitaire sur la question et les principes directeurs susmentionnés,
               soulignant qu’il importe, dans le cadre de l’aide humanitaire, de défendre les
               principes d’humanité, de neutralité, d’impartialité et d’indépendance, et rappelant
               qu’il importe également que les convois humanitaires parviennent à leurs
               destinataires,
                    Considérant que la situation humanitaire catastrophique qui règne en Syrie
               continue de faire peser une menace sur la paix et la sécurité dans la région,
                     Soulignant que l’Article 25 de la Charte des Nations Unies fait obligation aux
               États Membres d’accepter et d’appliquer ses décisions,
                     1.   Exhorte toutes les parties à garantir qu’une aide humanitaire plus efficace
               et respectueuse des principes établis sera fournie durablement à la Syrie en 2020 ;




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                    2.   Exige de nouveau que toutes les parties, en particulier les autorités
              syriennes, s’acquittent sans délai des obligations que leur impose le droit
              international, notamment, selon les cas, le droit international humanitaire et le droit
              international des droits de l’homme, exige également qu’elles appliquent sans délai
              l’ensemble des dispositions de ses résolutions sur la question, notamment les
              résolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016),
              2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) et 2449 (2018), et réaffirme que certaines des exactions
              commises en Syrie pourraient constituer des crimes de guerre et des crimes contre
              l’humanité ;
                    3.    Décide de prolonger l’application des mesures prises aux paragraphes 2
              et 3 de sa résolution 2165 (2014), pour une période de six mois, à savoir jusqu’au
              10 juillet 2020, à l’exclusion des dispositions concernant les points de passage de
              Ramta et de Yaroubiyé ;
                    4.   Exige que toutes les parties accordent aux convois humanitaires des entités
              des Nations Unies et de leurs partenaires d’exécution, notamment ceux qui
              transportent des fournitures médicales et chirurgicales, un accès sûr, durable et sans
              entrave à toutes les zones et populations recensées dans le cadre de l’évaluation des
              besoins réalisée par les entités des Nations Unies dans toutes les régions de la Syrie ;
                    5.   Déclare de nouveau qu’en l’absence de règlement politique du conflit
              syrien, la situation continuera de se dégrader et exige à nouveau que toutes les
              dispositions de la résolution 2254 (2015) soient appliquées sans délai pour faciliter
              une transition politique conduite par les Syriens et prise en main par eux,
              conformément au Communiqué de Genève et comme énoncé dans les Déclarations
              du Groupe international de soutien pour la Syrie, en vue de mettre un terme au conflit,
              et souligne une fois encore que c’est au peuple syrien qu’il appartient de décider de
              l’avenir de son pays ;
                   6.   Prie le Secrétaire général de lui faire rapport avant la fin du mois de février
              2020 sur la faisabilité de recourir à d’autres modalités au point de passage de
              Yaroubiyé, afin de faire en sorte que l’aide humanitaire, y compris les fournitures
              médicales et chirurgicales, parvienne par les voies les plus directes aux personnes qui
              en ont besoin dans toute la Syrie, dans le respect des principes humanitaires
              d’humanité, de neutralité, d’impartialité et d’indépendance ;
                    7.    Demande aux organismes humanitaires des Nations Unies d’améliorer la
              surveillance de l’acheminement et de la distribution des envois de secours des Nations
              Unies et de leur livraison sur le territoire syrien, et prie le Secrétaire général de mener,
              dans un délai de six mois à compter de l’adoption de la présente résolution, un examen
              indépendant des opérations humanitaires dans le cadre desquelles les organismes des
              Nations Unies franchissent les lignes de front et les frontières, dont il rendra compte
              par écrit, en y incluant des recommandations sur les moyens de renforcer encore le
              Mécanisme de surveillance des Nations Unies, afin que l’aide humanitaire puisse être
              acheminée aux populations qui en ont besoin par les voies les plus directes, en tenant
              compte des vues des parties intéressées, notamment les autorités syriennes, les pays
              voisins de la Syrie concernés et les organismes humanitaires des Nations Unies et
              leurs partenaires d’exécution ;
                    8.    Prie le Secrétaire général de lui faire chaque mois le point de la situation
              et de lui soumettre régulièrement, et au moins tous les soixante jours, un rapport sur
              l’application des résolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015),
              2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) et 2449 (2018) et celle de la présente
              résolution ainsi que sur le respect de leurs dispositions par toutes les parties
              concernées en Syrie, et le prie également de continuer de lui faire part, dans se s
              rapports, de l’évolution d’ensemble de l’accès des agents humanitaires des Nations


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           Unies à travers les frontières et les lignes de front, et de lui communiquer des
           informations plus détaillées sur l’aide humanitaire fournie dans le cadre des
           opérations humanitaires transfrontières des entités des Nations Unies, y compris le
           nombre de bénéficiaires, les lieux de livraison de l’aide dans les districts et le volume
           et la nature des marchandises livrées ;
                 9.   Réaffirme qu’en cas de non-respect de la présente résolution ou des
           résolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016),
           2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) et 2449 (2018), il prendra d’autres mesures, en vertu de la
           Charte des Nations Unies ;
                10.   Décide de rester activement saisi de la question.




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               Совет Безопасности                                         Distr.: General
                                                                          10 January 2020




               Резолюция 2504 (2020),
               принятая Советом Безопасности на его 8700-м заседании
               10 января 2020 года

                    Совет Безопасности,
                    ссылаясь на свои резолюции 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) и на заявления своего Председателя от 3 августа
               2011 года (S/PRST/2011/16), 21 марта 2012 года (S/PRST/2012/6), 5 апреля
               2012 года (S/PRST/2012/10), 2 октября 2013 года (S/PRST/2013/15), 24 апреля
               2015 года (S/PRST/2015/10), 17 августа 2015 года (S/PRST/2015/15) и 8 ок-
               тября 2019 года (S/PRST/2019/12),
                   вновь подтверждая свою твердую приверженность суверенитету, незави-
               симости, единству и территориальной целостности Сирии, а также целям и
               принципам Устава Организации Объединенных Наций,
                    подчеркивая, что гуманитарная помощь требуется в Сирии более чем
               11,1 миллиона человек и что трансграничный механизм остается экстренным и
               временным средством удовлетворения гуманитарных потребностей населения,
               к которому невозможно получить доступ посредством операций, осуществляе-
               мых внутри Сирии,
                    ссылаясь на руководящие принципы в области оказания чрезвычайной гу-
               манитарной помощи, как они определены в резолюции 46/182 Генеральной Ас-
               самблеи, и вновь заявляя о том, что всем сторонам необходимо уважать и со-
               блюдать соответствующие нормы международного гуманитарного права и руко-
               водящие принципы Организации Объединенных Наций в отношении оказания
               чрезвычайной гуманитарной помощи, подчеркивая важность соблюдения прин-
               ципов гуманности, нейтральности, беспристрастности и независимости при
               оказании гуманитарной помощи и напоминая также о важности того, чтобы гу-
               манитарные грузы доходили до получателей, которым они предназначаются,
                    определяя, что ужасающая гуманитарная ситуация в Сирии по-прежнему
               создает угрозу миру и безопасности в регионе,
                   подчеркивая, что согласно статье 25 Устава Организации Объединенных
               Наций государства-члены обязаны подчиняться решениям Совета и выполнять
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                    1.    призывает все стороны обеспечить основанное на твердых принци-
               пах, устойчивое и более эффективное оказание гуманитарной помощи Сирии в
               2020 году;
                    2.    вновь подтверждает свое требование о том, чтобы все стороны, в
               частности сирийские власти, незамедлительно выполнили свои обязанности по
               международному праву, включая применимые нормы международного гумани-
               тарного права и международного права прав человека, требует далее полного и
               безотлагательного осуществления всех положений всех соответствующих резо-
               люций Совета Безопасности, включая резолюции 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191
               (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) и 2449 (2018), и напо-
               минает о том, что некоторые из нарушений и посягательств, совершенных в Си-
               рии, могут квалифицироваться как военные преступления и преступления про-
               тив человечности;
                    3.    постановляет продлить срок действия решений, содержащихся в
               пунктах 2 и 3 резолюции 2165 (2014) Совета Безопасности, на шесть месяцев,
               то есть до 10 июля 2020 года, исключая пункты пересечения границы в Эр-Рамте
               и Эль-Ярубии;
                    4.  требует далее, чтобы все стороны предоставляли безопасный, бес-
               препятственный и стабильный доступ гуманитарным конвоям Организации
               Объединенных Наций и ее партнеров-исполнителей, в том числе с предметами
               медицинского назначения и хирургическими принадлежностями, во все запро-
               шенные районы и ко всем группам населения на основе повсеместной оценки
               потребностей Организацией Объединенных Наций в Сирии;
                    5.   вновь заявляет, что в отсутствие политического урегулирования си-
               рийского конфликта ситуация будет и далее ухудшаться, напоминает о своем
               требовании полного и незамедлительного выполнения резолюции 2254 (2015) в
               интересах содействия осуществлению политического перехода под руковод-
               ством и при активном участии самих сирийцев в соответствии с Женевским ком-
               мюнике, как это предусмотрено в заявлениях МГПС, с целью положить конец
               конфликту в Сирии и вновь подчеркивает, что будущее Сирии определит сам
               сирийский народ;
                    6.   просит Генерального секретаря к концу февраля 2020 года предста-
               вить Совету Безопасности доклад о возможности практического применения
               альтернативного порядка использования пункта пересечения границы в Эль-
               Ярубии в целях обеспечения того, чтобы гуманитарная помощь, включая пред-
               меты медицинского назначения и хирургические принадлежности, доставлялась
               нуждающемуся населению кратчайшими маршрутами и в соответствии с гума-
               нитарными принципами гуманности, нейтральности, беспристрастности и неза-
               висимости;
                    7.   призывает гуманитарные учреждения Организации Объединенных
               Наций повысить эффективность контроля за доставкой и распределением грузов
               чрезвычайной помощи Организации Объединенных Наций и их доставки
               внутри Сирии и просит Генерального секретаря подготовить в течение шести
               месяцев после принятия настоящей резолюции независимый письменный обзор
               гуманитарных трансграничных операций Организации Объединенных Наций и
               операций, осуществляемых Организацией Объединенных Наций через линии
               противостояния, включив в него рекомендации относительно способов дальней-
               шего укрепления Контрольного механизма Организации Объединенных Наций
               в целях обеспечения того, чтобы гуманитарная помощь доставлялась нуждаю-
               щемуся населению кратчайшими маршрутами, с учетом мнения соответствую-
               щих сторон, включая сирийские власти, соседние с Сирией страны,


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           гуманитарные учреждения Организации Объединенных Наций и их партнеров -
           исполнителей;
                8.    просит Генерального секретаря ежемесячно информировать Совет в
           формате брифинга и на регулярной основе, не реже чем каждые 60 дней, пред-
           ставлять доклады об осуществлении резолюций 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191
           (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018), 2449 (2018) и настоя-
           щей резолюции и о соблюдении их положений всеми соответствующими сторо-
           нами в Сирии и просит также Генерального секретаря и далее освещать в своих
           докладах общие тенденции в части предоставления Организации Объединенных
           Наций гуманитарного доступа через линии противостояния и через границы, а
           также включать в них подробную информацию о гуманитарной помощи, оказы-
           ваемой в рамках трансграничных гуманитарных операций Организации Объеди-
           ненных Наций, в том числе о численности получателей помощи, местах ее до-
           ставки на районном уровне, количестве и характере доставленных грузов;
                9.   вновь заявляет, что он будет принимать дальнейшие меры в соответ-
           ствии с Уставом Организации Объединенных Наций в случае невыполнения
           настоящей резолюции или резолюций 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014) и 2191 (2014),
           2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018) и 2449 (2018);
                10.   постановляет продолжать активно заниматься этим вопросом.




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               安全理事会                                            Distr.: General
                                                                10 January 2020




               第 2504(2020)号决议

               2020 年 1 月 10 日安全理事会第 8700 次会议通过

                  安全理事会，

                  回顾第 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)和
               2449(2018)号决议，以及 2011 年 8 月 3 日(S/PRST/2011/16)、2012 年 3 月 21 日
               (S/PRST/2012/6)、2012 年 4 月 5 日(S/PRST/2012/10)、2013 年 10 月 2 日
               (S/PRST/2013/15)、2015 年 4 月 24 日(S/PRST/2015/10)、2015 年 8 月 17 日
               (S/PRST/2015/15)和 2019 年 10 月 8 日(S/PRST/2019/12)安理会主席声明，

                  重申对叙利亚主权、独立、统一和领土完整以及对《联合国宪章》宗旨和原
               则的坚定承诺，

                  强调叙利亚境内有逾 1 110 万人需要人道主义援助，跨境机制仍是应对民众
               人道主义需求的一个紧急和临时解决办法，通过在叙利亚境内的现有行动无法为
               这些民众提供人道主义援助，

                  回顾大会第 46/182 号决议规定的人道主义紧急援助指导原则，重申所有各
               方都需尊重和维护国际人道主义法的相关规定和联合国人道主义紧急援助指导
               原则，强调在提供人道主义援助方面必须维护人道、中立、公正和独立等原则，
               又回顾必须将人道主义援助送达原定受益者，

                  认定叙利亚境内破坏性人道主义局势继续对该区域的和平与安全构成威胁，

                  特别指出，会员国根据《联合国宪章》第二十五条有义务接受和执行安理会
               的决定，

                  1.   促请所有各方确保 2020 年对叙利亚开展恪守原则、持续不断且有所改
               善的人道主义援助；




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                    2.   再次要求所有各方、特别是叙利亚当局立即履行相关国际法，包括适用
                                  还要求立即全面执行第 2139(2014)、
               的国际人道主义法和国际人权法规定的义务，
               2165(2014)、2191(2014)、2258(2015)、2332(2016)、2393(2017)、2401(2018)和
               2449(2018)号决议等安全理事会所有相关决议的所有规定，并回顾叙利亚境内的
               某些侵权违法行为可能构成战争罪和危害人类罪；

                    3.   决定将安全理事会第 2165(2014)号决议第 2 和 3 段所载各项决定的期限
               延续 6 个月，即至 2020 年 7 月 10 日，不包括拉姆萨过境点和亚卢比亚过境点；

                    4.   还要求所有各方允许联合国及其执行伙伴的人道主义车队、包括医疗和
               手术用品，根据联合国对叙利亚所有地区需求的评估结果，安全、不受阻碍和持
               续进入提出需要的地区和提供给需要的民众；

                    5.   重申，若叙利亚冲突无法获得政治解决，则局势将继续恶化，回顾安理
               会要求立即全面执行第 2254(2015)号决议，以便按叙利亚国际支持小组声明提及
               的《日内瓦公报》，促进叙利亚人主导和叙利亚人自主的政治过渡，以便结束叙利
               亚冲突，再次强调指出，叙利亚人民将决定叙利亚的未来；

                    6.   请秘书长在 2020 年 2 月底前向安全理事会报告利用其它方式取代亚卢
               比亚过境点的可行性，以确保人道主义援助，包括医疗和手术用品，能根据人道、
               中立、公正和独立等人道主义原则、经由最直接路线送达叙利亚全境有需要的民
               众；

                    7.   促请联合国人道主义机构更好地监测联合国救济物资的运送和分发及
               在叙利亚境内的运送情况，请秘书长在本决议通过后 6 个月内对联合国跨冲突线
               和跨境人道主义行动作一个独立的书面审查，包括就如何进一步加强联合国监测
               机制以确保人道主义援助通过最直接路线运达有需要的民众提出建议，同时考虑
               到相关各方，包括叙利亚当局、叙利亚相关邻国和联合国人道主义机构及其执行
               伙伴的意见；

                    8.   请秘书长每月向安理会通报并至少每 60 天定期提交报告，说明第
               2139(2014)、2165(2014)、2191(2014)、2258(2015)、2332(2016)、2393(2017)、
               2401(2018)、2449(2018)号决议和本决议的执行情况以及叙利亚境内所有有关各
               方的遵守情况，还请秘书长继续在报告中说明联合国跨冲突线和跨境人道主义准
               入的总体趋势，并详细说明通过联合国人道主义跨境行动送达的人道主义援助情
               况，包括惠益对象人数、县级援助送达地点以及送达物品的数量和性质；

                    9.   重申安理会将在发生不遵守本决议或第 2139(2014)、2165(2014)、
               2191(2014)、2258(2015)、2332(2016)、2393(2017)、2401(2018)和 2449(2018)号决
               议的情况时，根据《联合国宪章》采取进一步措施；

                    10. 决定继续积极处理此案。




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‫‪Distr.: General‬‬
‫‪10 January 2020‬‬                                                                                                ‫جملس األمن‬



                                                                                                             ‫القرار ‪)2020( 2504‬‬

                     ‫الذي اختذه جملس األمن يف جلسته ‪ ،8700‬املعقودة يف ‪ 10‬كانون الثاين‪/‬يناير ‪2020‬‬

                                                                                                               ‫إن جملس األمن‪،‬‬
              ‫إذ يش ي ي ي ي يير إىل قراراتـ ـ ‪ )2012( 2042‬و ‪ )2012( 2043‬و ‪ )2013( 2118‬و ‪)2014( 2139‬‬
              ‫و ‪ )2014( 2165‬و ‪ )2014( 2175‬و ‪ )2014( 2191‬و ‪ )2015( 2209‬و ‪ )2015( 2235‬و ‪2254‬‬
              ‫(‪ )2015‬و ‪ )2015( 2258‬و ‪ )2016( 2268‬و ‪ )2016( 2286‬و ‪ )2016( 2332‬و ‪)2016( 2336‬‬
              ‫و ‪ )2017( 2393‬و ‪ )2018( 2401‬و ‪ ،)2018( 2449‬وإىل بياانت رئيس املؤرخة ‪ 3‬آب‪/‬أغسطس ‪2011‬‬
              ‫(‪ )S/PRST/2011/16‬و ‪ 21‬آذار‪/‬م ـ ـ ــار ‪ )S/PRST/2012/6( 2012‬و ‪ 5‬ن ــيس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــا ‪/‬أب ــر ـ ـ ـ ـ ‪2012‬‬
              ‫(‪ )S/PRST/2012/10‬و ‪ 2‬تش ـ ــر ‪ /‬األوب‪/‬أ ت بر ‪ )S/PRST/2013/15( 2013‬و ‪ 24‬نيس ـ ــا ‪/‬أبر ‪2015‬‬
              ‫(‪ )S/PRST/2015/10‬و ‪ 17‬آب‪/‬أغسطس ‪ ،)S/PRST/2015/15( 2015‬و ‪ 8‬تشر ‪ /‬األوب‪/‬أ ت بر ‪2019‬‬
                                                                                                             ‫(‪،)S/PRST/2019/12‬‬
              ‫وإذ يؤكد من جديد التزام الق ي بسيادة س راي واستقالهلا ووحدهتا وسالمة أراضيها‪ ،‬ومبقاصد‬
                                                                                   ‫ميثاق األمم املتحدة ومبادئ ‪،‬‬
              ‫وإذ يشييدد على أ أ ثر م‪ 11,1 /‬ملي شـ يف س سـ راي ام اىلة إىل املســاعدة اةنســانية‪،‬‬
              ‫وأ اآللية العابرة للحدود تظ مبثابة ح عاىل ومؤقت لتلبية االحتياىلات اةنس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـانية للس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ا ال ‪/‬‬
                                                                    ‫تع ر ال ص ب إليهم م‪ /‬خالب العمليات القائمة داخ س راي‪،‬‬
               ‫وإذ يشي ي يير إىل املبادئ الت ىليهية لتقدمي املسـ ـ ـ ــاعدة اةنسـ ـ ـ ــانية س حاالت الط ارئ‪ ،‬على ال ح‬
              ‫امل صـ ـ ـ ـ علي س قرار اعمعية العامة ‪ ،182/46‬ويكرر أتكيد ض ـ ـ ــرورة أ األط اي األ راي وأ تؤ د‬
              ‫األح اط ذات الصـ ـ ـ ــلة م‪ /‬القان الدوو اةنسـ ـ ـ ــاة واملبادئ الت ىليهية ل مم املتحدة املتعلقة ملسـ ـ ـ ــاعدة‬
              ‫اةنس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــانية س حاالت الط ارئ‪ ،‬وإذ يشي ي ي ي ييدد على أمهية التمس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــن مببادئ اةنس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــانية وا ياد والت رد‬
              ‫واالستقاللية س تقدمي امل ساعدة اةنسانية‪ ،‬وإذ يشر أ ضا إىل أمهية وص ب شح ات املع نة اةنسانية إىل‬
                                                                                                                ‫املستفيد ‪ /‬املقص د ‪ /‬هبا‪،‬‬




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           ‫خطرا هدد الس ـ ـ ـ ــالط واألم‪/‬‬       ‫وإذ يرى أ ال ض ـ ـ ـ ـ اةنس ـ ـ ـ ــاة املروك س س ـ ـ ـ ـ راي ال زاب ش ـ ـ ـ ـ‬
                                                                                                                              ‫س امل طقة‪،‬‬
           ‫وإذ يشي ي ييدد على أ الدوب األعضـ ـ ـ ــا‪ ،‬ملزمةا‪ ،‬مب ىل املادة ‪ 25‬م‪ /‬ميثاق األمم املتحدة‪ ،‬بقب ب‬
                                                                                           ‫قرارات اجمللس وت في اا‪،‬‬
           ‫‪ - 1‬يهيب جبمي األ راي أ ت ف تقدمي املس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــاعدة اةنس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــانية القائمة على املبادئ‬
                                                                                         ‫واملستمرة واحملس ة إىل س راي س عاط ‪2020‬؛‬
           ‫‪ - 2‬يكرر أتكيد مطالبت اي األ راي‪ ،‬وخاص ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــة الس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــلطات الس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ر ة‪ ،‬المتثاب را‬
           ‫اللتزاماهتا مب ىل القان الدوو‪ ،‬مبا س ذلن القان الدوو اةنس ـ ـ ــاة والقان الدوو ق ق اةنس ـ ـ ــا ‪،‬‬
           ‫حس ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ االقتض ـ ـ ـ ـ ــا‪ ،،‬ويطالب كذلك لت في ال ام والف ري عمي أح اط قرارات جملس األم‪ /‬لها‪،‬‬
           ‫مبـ ـ ـ ــا س ذلـ ـ ـ ــن ال ـ ـ ـ ـق ـ ـ ـ ـرارات ‪ )2014( 2139‬و ‪ )2014( 2165‬و ‪ )2014( 2191‬و ‪)2015( 2258‬‬
           ‫و ‪ )2016( 2332‬و ‪ )2017( 2393‬و ‪ )2018( 2401‬و ‪ ،)2018( 2449‬و شري إىل أ ّ بعض االنتها ات‬
                           ‫والت اوزات اليت ارتُ بت س س راي قد ترقى إىل مست ى ىلرائم ا رب واعرائم ضد اةنسانية؛‬

                                                               ‫‪ - 3‬يقرر جتد د اةىلرا‪،‬ات اليت ّ‬
           ‫أقراا س الفقرتني ‪ 2‬و ‪ 3‬م‪ /‬قراره ‪ )2014( 2165‬ملدة ســتة‬
                                  ‫أشهر‪ ،‬أي حىت ‪ 10‬مت ز‪ /‬لي ‪ ،2020‬ستث ا‪ ،‬معبي الرمثا واليعربية ا دود ني؛‬
             ‫‪ - 4‬يطالب كذلك أب تسمح اي األ راي ل ص ب اآلم‪ /‬واملستمر دو ع ائق للق ا‬
            ‫اةنس ـ ـ ــانية التابعة ل مم املتحدة ولش ـ ـ ــر ائها س الت في ‪ ،‬مبا س ذلن اةمدادات الطبية واعراحية‪ ،‬إىل اي‬
              ‫امل ا ق والس ا املطل ب ال ص ب إليهم و قا لتقييم األمم املتحدة لالحتياىلات س اي أحنا‪ ،‬س راي؛‬
              ‫‪ - 5‬يكرر التأكيد على أ ال ض ـ ســيظ زداد تدا را ما ا تم الت ص ـ إىل ح ســياس ـ‬
           ‫لل زاك الس ـ ـ ري‪ ،‬ويش يير إىل مطالبت لت في ال ام والف ري للقرار ‪ )2015( 2254‬م‪ /‬أىل تيس ــري إىلرا‪،‬‬
            ‫االنتقاب السياس بقيادةٍ س ر ٍة وس ظ عملية ميتلن زمامها الس ر ‪ ،‬و قا لبيا ىل يف امل ص علي‬
           ‫س البياانت الصـ ـ ـ ــادرة ع‪ /‬الفر ق الدوو لدعم س ـ ـ ـ ـ راي‪ ،‬وذلن م‪ /‬أىل إايا‪ ،‬ال زاك س س ـ ـ ـ ـ راي‪ ،‬ويؤكد من‬
                                                                   ‫جديد أ مستقب س راي سيقرره الشع الس ري؛‬
           ‫‪ - 6‬يطلب إىل األمني العاط أ قدط إىل جملس األم‪ ،/‬ل ب ايا ة شـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــباط‪ /‬با ر ‪،2020‬‬
           ‫تقر را ع‪ /‬ىلدوى است داط رائق بد لة ل سبة ملعب اليعربية ا دودي م‪ /‬أىل ضما وص ب املساعدات‬
           ‫اةنس ــانية‪ ،‬مبا س ذلن الل ازط الطبية واعراحية‪ ،‬إىل األش ـ ا احملتاىلني س س ــائر أحنا‪ ،‬س ـ ر ة م‪ /‬خالب‬
                    ‫أقصر الطرق‪ ،‬وو قا للمبادئ اةنسانية املتمثلة س اةنسانية وا ياد وعدط التحيز واالستقاللية؛‬
             ‫‪ - 7‬يهيب ب االت األمم املتحدة اةنسـ ـ ـ ـ ــانية العم على اسـ ـ ـ ـ ــني رصـ ـ ـ ـ ــد تسـ ـ ـ ـ ــليم وت ز‬
              ‫ش ـ ـ ــح ات األمم املتحدة الي اية وإ ص ـ ـ ــاهلا داخ س ـ ـ ـ ـ راي‪ ،‬و طل إىل األمني العاط أ ري‪ ،‬س غض ـ ـ ـ ـ‬
           ‫ســتة أشــهر م‪ /‬اذاذ ا ا القرار‪ ،‬اســتعراضــا خطيا مســتقال لعمليات األمم املتحدة عب خط ط ال زاك وعب‬
           ‫ا دود‪ ،‬ش ــم ت ص ــيات بش ــيف س ــب املضـ ـ س تعز ز آلية الرص ــد التابعة ل مم املتحدة‪ ،‬م‪ /‬أىل فالة‬
           ‫وص ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ب املسـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــاعدة اةنسـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــانية إىل م‪ /‬ام س حاىلة إليها عب أقرب الطرق‪ ،‬م مراعاة آرا‪ ،‬األ راي‬
           ‫ذات الصــلة‪ ،‬مبا يها الســلطات السـ ر ة‪ ،‬والبلدا املع ية اجملاورة لسـ راي‪ ،‬وو االت األمم املتحدة اةنســانية‬
                                                                                                                    ‫وشر اؤاا امل ف و ؛‬

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               ‫‪ - 8‬يطلييب إىل األمني العــاط أ اس اجمللس احــا ــة شـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــهر ــة وأ قــدط تقر را نتظــاط‪،‬‬
               ‫ـ ‪ 60‬مــا على األق ـ ‪ ،‬بشـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــيف ت في ـ القرارات ‪ )2014( 2139‬و ‪ )2014( 2165‬و ‪)2014( 2191‬‬
               ‫و ‪ )2015( 2258‬و ‪ )2016( 2332‬و ‪ )2017( 2393‬و ‪ )2018( 2401‬و ‪ )2018( 2449‬واـ ـ ا القرار‬
               ‫وبشيف امتثاب اي األ راي املع ية س س راي‪ ،‬ويطلب كذلك إىل األمني العاط أ اص إدراج معل مات‬
               ‫س تقار ره ع‪ /‬االجتااات العامة يما تعلق ا صــاب مســاعدات األمم املتحدة اةنســانية عب خط ط ال زاك‬
               ‫وعب ا دود‪ ،‬ومعل مات مفصـ ـ ــلة ع‪ /‬املسـ ـ ــاعدات اةنسـ ـ ــانية اليت تسـ ـ ــلم س إ ار عمليات األمم املتحدة‬
               ‫اةنســانية عب ا دود‪ ،‬تشــم عدد املســتفيد ‪ /‬وم اق تســليم املع نة على صــعيد امل ا ق وح م األصـ اي‬
                                                                                                              ‫املسلّمة وصبيتها؛‬
               ‫‪ - 9‬يؤكد من جديد أن سـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــيت مز دا م‪ /‬التدابري مب ىل ميثاق األمم املتحدة س حاب‬
               ‫عدط االمتثاب هل ا القرار أو للقرارات ‪ )2014( 2139‬و ‪ )2014( 2165‬و ‪ )2014( 2191‬و ‪)2015( 2258‬‬
                                         ‫و ‪ )2016( 2332‬و ‪ )2017( 2393‬و ‪ )2018( 2401‬و ‪)2018( 2449‬؛‬
                                                                 ‫‪ - 10‬يقرر أ بق املسيفلة قيد نظره الفعل ‪.‬‬




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Draft resolution (S/2020/24):
United Nations                                                                             S/2020/24
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                10 January 2020

                                                                                Original: English




               Belgium and Germany: draft resolution

                    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) 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,
                     Emphasizing that more than 11.1 million people in Syria require humanitarian
               assistance and that the cross-border mechanism remains an urgent and temporary
               solution to address the humanitarian needs of the population, which cannot be reached
               through existing operations within Syria,
                     Recalling the guiding principles of Humanitarian Emergency assistance as set
               out in the GA resolution 46/182 and Reiterating the need for all parties to respect and
               uphold the relevant provisions of international humanitarian law and the United
               Nations guiding principles of humanitarian emergency assistance, emphasizing the
               importance of upholding the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and
               independence, in the provision of humanitarian assistance and recalling also the
               importance of humanitarian deliveries reaching their intended beneficiaries,
                    Determining that the devastating humanitarian situation in Syria continues to
               constitute a threat to peace and security in the region,
                     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.    Calls upon all parties to ensure principled, sustained and improved
               humanitarian assistance to Syria in 2020;
                     2.   Reiterates its demand that all parties, in particular the Syrian authorities,
               immediately comply with their obligations under international law, including
               international humanitarian law and international human rights law as applicable and
               further 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), and 2449




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            (2018), and recalls that some of the violations and abuses committed in Syria may
            amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity;
                  3.   Decides to renew the decisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Security Council
            resolution 2165 (2014), for a period of six months, that is, until 10 July 2020,
            excluding the border crossings of Al-Ramtha and of Al Yarubiyah;
                 4.    Further demands that all parties allow safe, unimpeded and sustained
            access for United Nations’ and their implementing partners’ humanitarian convoys,
            including medical and surgical supplies, to all requested areas and populations
            according to United Nations’ assessment of need in all parts of Syria;
                  5.    Reiterates that the situation will continue to deteriorate further in the
            absence of a political solution to the Syrian conflict and recalls its demand for the full
            and immediate implementation of resolution 2254 (2015) to facilitate a Syrian-led
            and Syrian-owned political transition, in accordance with the Geneva Communiqué
            as set forth in the ISSG Statements, in order to end the conflict in Syria and stresses
            again that the Syrian people will decide the future of Syria;
                  6.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council by the
            end of February 2020 on the feasibility of using alternative modalities for the border
            crossing of Al Yarubiyah in order to ensure that humanitarian assistance, including
            medical and surgical supplies, reaches people in need throughout Syria through the
            most direct routes, and in accordance with the humanitarian principles of humanity,
            neutrality, impartiality and independence;
                 7.    Calls upon United Nations humanitarian agencies to improve monitoring
            of the delivery and distribution of United Nations relief consignments and their
            delivery inside Syria and requests the Secretary-General to conduct, within six
            months of the adoption of this resolution, an independent written review of the United
            Nations humanitarian cross-line and cross-border operations, including
            recommendations on how to further strengthen the United Nations Monitoring
            Mechanism, in order to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches people in need
            through the most direct routes, taking into account the views of relevant parties
            including the Syrian authorities, the relevant neighbouring countries of Syria and the
            United Nations Humanitarian Agencies and their implementing partners;
                  8.   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) and this resolution and on compliance by all
            relevant parties in Syria and further requests the Secretary-General to continue to
            include in his reports overall trends in United Nations cross-line and cross-border
            humanitarian access and detailed information on the humanitarian assistance
            delivered through United Nations humanitarian cross-border operations, including on
            the number of beneficiaries, locations of aid deliveries at district -level and the volume
            and nature of items delivered;
                 9.    Reaffirms that it will take further measures under the Charter of the United
            Nations in the event of non-compliance with this resolution or resolutions 2139
            (2014), 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401
            (2018), and 2449 (2018);
                 10.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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Meeting record:
United Nations                                                                                                 S/PV.8700
             Security Council                                                                                               Provisional
             Seventy-fifth year


             8700th meeting
             Friday, 10 January 2020, 3 p.m.
             New York




President:   Mr. Dang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (Viet Nam)


Members:     Belgium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve
             China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Zhang Jun
             Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              Mr. Singer Weisinger
             Estonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Jürgenson
             France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mrs. Gueguen
             Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mr. Heusgen
             Indonesia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      Mr. Syihab
             Niger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Abarry
             Russian Federation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           Mr. Nebenzia
             Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     Ms. King
             South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        Mr. Van Shalkwyk
             Tunisia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Baati
             United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . .                                  Ms. Pierce
             United States of America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               Mrs. Craft

Agenda
             The situation in the Middle East




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    The meeting was called to order at 6.05 p.m.            the United Nations and its implementing partners
                                                            to ensure life-saving assistance that reaches around
Adoption of the agenda                                      4 million Syrians.
    The agenda was adopted.                                      Since 14 November, the humanitarian co-penholders
                                                            have done their utmost to find agreement on a draft
The situation in the Middle East                            resolution to renew the mechanism. We have done
    The President: In accordance with rule 37 of            this in good faith and in an inclusive, transparent and
the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite      thorough manner, with all Council members and also
the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to           consulting neighbouring countries. We have followed
participate in this meeting.                                a clear humanitarian imperative. It is the fate of those
                                                            4 million people that has been our exclusive motivation.
    The Security Council will now             begin   its
consideration of the item on its agenda.                        As was clearly demonstrated by the voting on
                                                            20 December 2019 (see S/PV.8697), the divisions among
    Members of the Council have before them
documents S/2020/24 and S/2020/25, each of which            various Council members run deep. We have since
contains the text of a draft resolution.                    continued to engage with all parties, aiming to keep the
                                                            bar high. Three crossings are at the very heart of this
    The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the      mandate; they are the bottom line from a humanitarian
draft resolutions before it.                                perspective. Yet, over and over again, it has been made
    I now call on those members of the Council who          clear that a mandate including all three crossings is
wish to make statements before the voting.                  not acceptable to all members. The crossing point of
                                                            Al-Yarubiyah, in the north-east of Syria, has provided
    Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in
                                                            medical aid to 1.4 million people. Today, there is no
Russian): The Russian Federation should like to
                                                            viable alternative to that crossing point.
propose an oral amendment to paragraph 6 of the
draft resolution contained in document S/2020/24. We             We deeply deplore the fact that we could not come
propose that the words                                      to an agreement to keep that crossing point, which
(spoke in English)                                          the United Nations and humanitarian partners deem
                                                            essential to the work. Our text requests the Secretary-
    “and in accordance with the humanitarian                General to examine alternatives by the end of February
    principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality        in order to ensure that humanitarian aid can be provided
    and independence”                                       throughout the country, including in the north-east.
be deleted from the current text and replaced with the          Today is the last day of the current mandate. In
following phrase:                                           the north-west, where military escalation continues,
    “and in accordance with the guiding principles          2.7 million people completely depend on the mechanism.
    of humanitarian emergency assistance, as                Therefore, the co-penholders now propose a text that
    contained in United Nations General Assembly            allows for humanitarian aid to continue to reach those
    resolution 46/182”.                                     people in dire need. We thank all delegations that have
    Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve (Belgium): I shall           constructively and actively contributed to the text.
make this statement on behalf of Germany and Belgium,            The amendment orally proposed by the Russian
the humanitarian co-penholders.                             Federation is, however, not acceptable because it
    Millions of Syrians continue to be in need of           contradicts the very system of the cross-border
humanitarian assistance and protection. We all know         mechanism, which is in itself an exception to the
the numbers — 11 million Syrians need humanitarian          principles that were mentioned by the representative
assistance. These are essential and critical needs: food,   of the Russian Federation. This system is needed more
water, shelter, medical assistance and care. Since 2014,    than ever. We need to preserve it. We now ask the
cross-border operations have offered a true lifeline to     Council to approve the draft resolution as presented by
the Syrian people. The mechanism continues to allow         the co-penholders and to vote in favour of it.


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    The President: Rule 36 of the Council’s provisional        Mrs. Gueguen (France) (spoke in French): It was
rules of procedure states, inter alia, the following:      essential that the cross-border humanitarian assistance
                                                           mechanism for Syria be renewed today, when it was set
    “[W]hen an amendment adds to or deletes from the
                                                           to expire. France deeply regrets that resolution 2504
    text of a motion or draft resolution, that amendment
                                                           (2020), which we have just adopted, reduces its scope
    shall be voted on first”.
                                                           from four crossing points to two and from a duration of
   Accordingly, I intend to put the proposed oral          12 months to a duration of only 6.
amendment to the vote first.
                                                               The Secretary-General, the Office for the
    I shall now put to the vote the oral amendment         Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, humanitarian
proposed by the Russian Federation.                        agencies and the countries of the region have repeatedly
                                                           emphasized that today there is no alternative to this
    A vote was taken by show of hands.
                                                           mechanism, on which the lives of 4 million Syrians
In favour:                                                 depend. Why? Because the Syrian regime continues to
     China, Russian Federation, Viet Nam                   instrumentalize aid to populations in need for political
                                                           purposes, in defiance of international humanitarian law
Against:
                                                           and humanitarian principles, by granting authorizations
   Belgium, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France,
                                                           one at a time, by selecting beneficiaries and by diverting
   Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
                                                           assistance. That has not changed in recent months.
   Northern Ireland, United States of America
                                                                It should also be remembered that every day, cross-Abstaining:
                                                           border humanitarian aid makes it possible to bring vital
    Indonesia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
                                                           assistance to 2.7 million people in the north-west and
    South Africa, Tunisia
                                                           1.3 million people in the north-east of Syria. Without
    The President: The proposed oral amendment             that aid, those millions of people would depend entirely
received three votes in favour, seven against and five     on the Damascus regime, rather than the United Nations
abstentions. The proposed oral amendment has not been      and humanitarian actors, and would find themselves at
adopted, having failed to obtain the required number       its mercy.
of votes.
                                                                There can be no ambiguity about the fact that the
    I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution       mechanism that we have just renewed is in no way
contained in document S/2020/24, submitted by              dependent on the consent of the Syrian regime. That
Belgium and Germany.                                       has been the very raison d’être of the binding decisions
                                                           that our Council has been adopting since 2014, and it
    A vote was taken by show of hands.
                                                           remains so to this day. France has engaged in good
In favour:                                                 faith and actively in the negotiations conducted by
     Belgium, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France,         the co-penholders, whose efforts and willingness
     Germany, Indonesia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the      to find intelligent compromises I commend. We
     Grenadines, South Africa, Tunisia, Viet Nam           have communicated tirelessly, pragmatically, with
                                                           all stakeholders to preserve the mechanism in all
Against:
                                                           its components.
   None
                                                               We deeply regret that the Al-Yarubiyah crossing
Abstaining:
                                                           point could not be maintained. This point is of crucial
    China, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of
                                                           importance because it allows 40 per cent of medicines
    Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States
                                                           to be transported to the north-east — medicines that
    of America
                                                           cannot reach that region via convoys from Damascus.
    The President: The draft resolution received           We regret that the World Health Organization is now
11 votes in favour, none against and 4 abstentions. The    unable to transport the convoy of 8 to 10 trucks that was
draft resolution is adopted as resolution 2504 (2020).     planned for the coming weeks.
   I now give the floor to those members of the Council        While the overwhelming majority of the Council
who wish to make statements after the vote.                supported the renewal in its entirety of this vital


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mechanism for north-western and north-eastern Syria              assistance throughout the whole of the territory in a
through the maintenance of the authorization of passage          neutral manner and without any impediments.
through Al-Yarubiyah, Russia has again yielded to the
                                                                      Mr. Baati (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic): I would like
demands of a criminal regime. That indicates disregard
                                                                 to express my delegation’s satisfaction at the adoption
for the human lives that are at stake. It is also to disregard
                                                                 by the Council today of resolution 2504 (2020), on the
the principles of neutrality, humanity, independence
                                                                 extension of cross-border humanitarian assistance in
and impartiality of humanitarian aid, which must be
                                                                 Syria. I wish to commend the efforts of the humanitarian
able to reach everyone, whatever side they are on, by the
                                                                 co-penholders during their discussions, drafting and
most direct and effective means. Russia’s intransigence
                                                                 consultations with the membership of the Council, and
on this point is morally and humanly incomprehensible
                                                                 with those who contributed to the achievement of a text
and unacceptable.
                                                                 that would enable the Council to break the deadlock.
    The mandate that the Security Council has just
                                                                      Tunisia supported the extension of the cross-border
conferred on the Secretary-General to put forward
                                                                 humanitarian assistance mechanism in a framework
by the end of February options making it possible to
                                                                 of consensus. It is our responsibility in the Council to
deliver humanitarian aid, including medicines, to the
                                                                 save lives and alleviate the human suffering of those
north-east is vital in this context. We call on everyone,
                                                                 in need in Syria. We must demonstrate a united front
above all Russia, to act responsibly and to take at that
                                                                 so that we will not fail them. It is true that we did not
time a decision that draws on the consequences of the
                                                                 adopt the resolution unanimously, but we believe that
analysis of the options to put forward by the Secretarywe were able to guarantee the continued delivery of
General.
                                                                 humanitarian assistance to those in need in Syria, and
    We also deplore the fact that the mechanism has              that is what matters to us.
been renewed for only six months and not 12, although
                                                                     We stress that putting an end to the humanitarian
humanitarian operations require predictability and
                                                                 suffering of the brotherly people of Syria will require
stability in order to be prepared and conducted
                                                                 a lasting and comprehensive ceasefire there as well
effectively and sustainably. It is urgent that the political
                                                                 as urgent efforts towards a political settlement in the
process get back on track, but we must also put an end
                                                                 context of an inclusive intra-Syrian dialogue, under the
to the instrumentalization of humanitarian assistance.
                                                                 auspices of the United Nations and in accordance with
The survival of millions of Syrians depends on this.
                                                                 resolution 2254 (2015).
    Mr. Pecsteen de Buytswerve (Belgium) (spoke in
                                                                     Mr. Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic)
French): We would like to thank all the members of the
                                                                 (spoke in Spanish): The Dominican Republic voted
Council that voted in favour of resolution 2504 (2020).
                                                                 in favour of resolution 2504 (2020), submitted by the
As I said earlier, the text is a compromise one that will
                                                                 co-penholders, for the renewal of the cross-border
make it possible to continue humanitarian assistance in
                                                                 humanitarian assistance mechanism in the Syrian Arab
the north-west of Syria, where there is no alternative
                                                                 Republic. Despite the fact that we have been able to
way of receiving such humanitarian assistance. As the
                                                                 maintain the mechanism, we cannot fail to highlight a
Council is aware, the system functions on the basis of a
                                                                 few aspects thereof.
simple notification to the Syrian authorities. This is an
important signal for the Syrian people.                              First, the elimination of two important crossings,
                                                                 Al-Yarubiyah and Al-Ramtha, based on political
    Along with Germany and numerous other
                                                                 rather than humanitarian motivations should definitely
delegations around this table, we had hoped for and
                                                                 prompt us to think about this issue very carefully.
worked extremely hard to achieve a more far-reaching
                                                                 The Dominican Republic voted in favour of the draft
result, a mandate for all persons who depend on the
                                                                 resolution despite the possible consequences that could
mechanism. We are therefore extremely disappointed at
                                                                 arise from that decision because we believe that even
and deeply regret the fact that the Council was not able
                                                                 operating on a partial basis, the mechanism can still
to achieve such a result on a resolution that is purely
                                                                 save the lives of millions of people.
humanitarian in nature. We call on the Syrian authorities
to respect international humanitarian law, protect                   We wish to conclude by acknowledging the
their citizens and enable the delivery of humanitarian           flexibility shown by delegations in the Council, and we


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would ask that later, when we address this item once               Mr. Zhang Jun (China) (spoke in Chinese): China
again, we keep at the forefront of our concerns the           attaches great importance to the humanitarian situation
need to help the Syrian people as directly as possible        in Syria and supports the international community
and, on the basis of dialogue and in the framework            in stepping up humanitarian assistance to the Syrian
of multilateralism, meet our collective commitment            people. It also supports the work of the United Nations in
to defending and protecting at all costs the most             the area of humanitarian assistance in Syria. China, too,
vulnerable populations.                                       has provided a great deal of assistance to Syria through
     Mr. Jürgenson (Estonia): At the outset, I should         multilateral and bilateral channels and is committed to
like to thank the co-penholders for the immense amount        improving the humanitarian situation there.
of work they did and their persistence in truly fighting           China has always had reservations regarding the
for the maintenance of the cross-border humanitarian          establishment of a Syrian cross-border humanitarian
mechanism first established by resolution 2165 (2014)         assistance mechanism. We have consistently advocated
more than five years ago.                                     that in taking any action, the sovereignty and territorial
    Belgium and Germany and, earlier, Kuwait worked           integrity of the country concerned and the will of
closely to reach an outcome that aims to support              its Government must be respected. Cross-border
Syrian civilians across the country. Over five years,         humanitarian assistance is a special relief method
millions of Syrians have received vital assistance. For       adopted under specific circumstances. It should be
that work, we thank the Office for the Coordination           evaluated and adjusted in a timely manner in line with
of Humanitarian Affairs and other United Nations              developments on the ground. The Syrian Government
agencies that despite hardships have continued to             bears the primary responsibility for improving
provide life-saving and life-sustaining aid to the people     the humanitarian situation in Syria. In the current
in urgent need inside Syria.                                  circumstances, the Office for the Coordination of
     Despite the numerous compromises made, the               Humanitarian Affairs and the relevant parties should
text provided by the co-penholders is a jump into the         step up cooperation with the Syrian Government and
unknown. Even though the Al-Yarubiyah crossing is             prioritize the provision of humanitarian assistance
mentioned in the text, its future remains unclear. But        from inside Syria. Cross-border humanitarian
what is even more important is that our colleagues            operations should strictly follow the United Nations
leading these efforts did not resort to short-term            guiding principles of humanitarian assistance and
political gains; instead, they put lives first — the lives    relevant international law and observe the principles of
of the Syrian people.                                         neutrality, impartiality and non-politicization.
     At the same time, the Russian Federation did                 With regard to Syrian cross-border humanitarian
not engage in any serious discussion or offer any             assistance, China has been actively engaged in the
alternatives that would have granted humanitarian             negotiations on resolution 2504 (2020) and draft
access to the north-east of Syria in a sustainable way.       resolution S/2020/25, making every effort to bridge
    Taking this all into account, Estonia voted today         differences and encourage the parties to show
with a heavy heart. We supported resolution 2504              flexibility and work towards a compromise. We
(2020) in order to save millions of lives in Idlib, but       commend the co-penholders, the Russian Federation
we strongly voice our discontent at the way in which          and Secretary-General Guterres for their efforts and
this result was achieved; instead of cooperation,             welcome Council members finding a compromise on
the preferred means of negotiation by the Russian             the issue of the extension. Given the current situation,
Federation were blackmail and presenting other parties        extending the mandate for two crossing points by six
with ultimatums.                                              months is realistic and feasible. In addition, these two
                                                              crossing points are the most important ones and serve
    Finally, I would like to reiterate that the last-minute
                                                              the humanitarian needs of Syria.
amendments to the resolution in no way change the
principles of the mechanism that have existed thus far,           We hope that the relevant parties will continue to
and deliveries of humanitarian aid do not require the         have a constructive dialogue on Syrian cross-border
consent of the Syrian authorities.                            humanitarian assistance.


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     Ms. King (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines): Our          to provide a report on the feasibility of using alternative
decision to vote in favour of resolution 2504 (2020) was       modalities for the border crossing of Al-Yarubiyah. We
driven by a deep sense of urgency to provide much-             have full confidence that the Secretary-General will
needed humanitarian support to the Syrian people. There        spare no effort in ensuring the most comprehensive,
are no perfect solutions regarding this complex matter         reliable and credible report in that regard.
of competing concerns and interests. That calls for
                                                                   Indonesia understands that this mechanism was
acute judgment in all circumstances. Saint Vincent and
                                                               established during a specific situation and is supposedly
the Grenadines therefore embraces that option for the
                                                               a temporary instrument in some areas with limited
sake of human dignity. Yesterday, we all expressed our
                                                               access. We sincerely hope that the Syrian conflict will
commitment to multilateral diplomacy and cooperation
                                                               end so that the cross-border mechanism will no longer
(see S/PV.8699). We see that commitment in action
                                                               be needed. In the meantime, the adjustment of the
today as we have been able to find common ground on
                                                               mechanism needs to be conducted cautiously. Let us
this very important issue. We also look forward to the
                                                               continue to stand together in our common goal to ease
Secretary-General’s report by the end of February. We
                                                               the suffering of people in need in Syria.
remain in favour of optimal arrangements for access so
that we do not leave a single person without access to              Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in
basic needs.                                                   Russian): The Russian Federation abstained in the
                                                               voting on resolution 2504 (2020), proposed by the
    It would be remiss of me not to commend the efforts
                                                               co-penholders, for the sole purpose of not blocking
of Germany and Belgium, the co-penholders, as well as
                                                               cross-border assistance to the Syrian province of Idlib,
Kuwait, even though it is no longer a member of the
                                                               which is the only one that still really needs that method
Security Council, in facilitating and encouraging the
                                                               of delivering supplies. I would recall that from the very
discussions on this important matter. The negotiation
                                                               first day of negotiations, we expressed our commitment
process was indeed complex but we admire their
                                                               to that goal and, in that context, we did not oppose
commitment and perseverance.
                                                               maintaining the Turkish crossing points.
    Mr. Syihab (Indonesia): Indonesia welcomes the
                                                                    It remains unclear to us as to why throughout this
adoption of resolution 2504 (2020), which extends the
                                                               entire period several delegations categorically refused
cross-border mechanism. Indeed, it has been a complex
                                                               to engage in negotiations on our alternative draft
and lengthy process. We thank the co-penholders,
                                                               resolution (S/2020/25). We have still not heard what the
Belgium, Germany and earlier Kuwait, for facilitating
                                                               draft resolution did not address in terms of substance.
the discussions and for finding a compromise among
                                                               Essentially, we have now adopted the same outline. No
Council members.
                                                               matter how often we say that humanitarian assistance
    My delegation has previously mentioned that                should remain outside political battles, we still continue
civilian lives are at stake and we are responsible for         to play political games around humanitarian assistance
addressing this urgent issue immediately. We believe           that are very dangerous and shameless, since the
that everyone around the table is equally unhappy but,         “figures of exchange” are in fact the inhabitants of
as my delegation has stated on many occasions, it is not       Idlib. Indeed, it was their very well-being that our
about the happiness or unhappiness of us as Council            colleagues appear to have risked in the pursuit of
members but about saving human lives. We hope that             political goals. It is difficult to understand how all this
the adoption of the resolution will help to save millions      is in line with concern for the people of Idlib, as so
of Syrian lives.                                               extensively declared at other meetings.
    Again, it is fair to say that we are all equally unhappy        Meanwhile, I propose that we consider what kind
but I still think that congratulations are appropriate.        of resolution we have just adopted so that no one will
Saving 4 million people in the northwest and northeast         have different interpretations. The document extends
is not an ideal outcome. As mentioned by the United            the mandate for six months only for the crossing points
Nations many times, we believe that the Al-Yarubiyah           from Turkey to Idlib province. The Jordanian border
crossing point is still necessary for the delivery of          crossing at Al-Ramtha has not been used since the
medical supplies for more than 1.3 million people. We          summer of 2018 and the Iraqi one at Al-Yarubiyah since
therefore support the request to the Secretary-General         last year. In north-eastern Syria humanitarian supplies


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are being delivered through Government-controlled           host country should play the leading role in initiating,
areas. That is reflected in the report of the Secretary-    providing and coordinating assistance on their territory.
General S/2019/949. It is true that people prefer to        We should always bear that in mind when we return to
remain silent about that.                                   the question of cross-border assistance — a principal
                                                            issue. We welcome the fact that this resolution includes
     I would like to say to my Estonian colleague that
                                                            a reference to the guiding principles of humanitarian
it is not Russia’s task to find reliable ways to deliver
                                                            assistance set out in Assembly resolution 46/182.
assistance to the Syrian people. That is the task of
the United Nations in coordination with the Syrian               We have once again pointed out some problematic
authorities. It should long have taken care of that issue   aspects of this mechanism. Alas, no prospects for
in the region. In accordance with the guiding principles    resolving them are discernible thus far. We hope that
of humanitarian assistance, the United Nations must, I      this trend will be reversed, otherwise we will face the
underline must, do that in coordination with the Syrian     same set of problems when we address this issue again
authorities at their request and with their consent. It     in the summer. This task can be achieved only once we
must do that. The resolution clearly stipulates that this   get back to the basic guiding principles for providing
is an urgent temporary measure designed to assist those     humanitarian assistance, namely, coordination with the
who cannot be reached through existing routes. It also      Government of the host country.
mandates the enhanced monitoring of supply deliveries
to those in need. We believe that monitoring cannot be           Ms. Pierce (United Kingdom): The United
effectively carried out unless United Nations personnel     Kingdom voted to abstain in the voting on resolution
have access to the area of operations. That is not just     2504 (2020). We will not vote to stop vital aid reaching
our whim, but rather a key provision of resolution 2165     Syria, but neither will we vote in favour of a resolution
(2014) that has never been observed throughout the five     that reduces aid provision for vulnerable populations
years of the mechanism’s existence — for some reason,       and puts lives at risk. Although four of the five
everyone prefers not to talk about that. Specialized        permanent members of the Security Council abstained
reports of the Secretary-General also avoid that issue.     in the voting, we obviously did not do so for the same
That is not right. And, since the resolution calls for      reasons. I will come back to that.
another such report to be prepared, we would very much           Since the Syrian conflict began, in 2011-2012,
like to see there information about what has been done      the United Kingdom has committed over $3.5 billion
to ensure direct access for the United Nations to the       to Syria’s humanitarian crisis. We have provided
area of operations, both in public work and in contacts     over 28 million food rations, over 17 million medical
with groups represented in Idlib.                           consultations and over 12 million vaccines. They Syrian
    The second important short-term task, in our            people have seen many sad days since 2011. But this day
view, is to mark vehicles that deliver humanitarian         is potentially one of the saddest, because it is the first
assistance. How to do it and what insignia to use is not    time that a Security Council member has chosen to play
so important. However, those vehicles should be easy        politics with humanitarian assistance — and not only
to differentiate from commercial and other traffic.         play politics with the United Nations and humanitarian
First, this is a basic security requirement during armed    assistance. In doing that, Russia is playing dice with
conflict. Secondly, this is an issue that has to do with    the lives of the Syrian people in the north-east. We are
transparency of the operation. And, thirdly, this is an     gravelly disappointed that, due to Russian’s decisions
important confidence-building measure; whatever one         to approach the matter in this way, the Security Council
might say, confidence with the Syrian authorities needs     has been left with no choice but to adopt a resolution
to be restored.                                             that does not meet the humanitarian needs of the
                                                            Syrian people.
    We are convinced that, without creating
an atmosphere of acceptance, no international                    The humanitarian situation in Syria has not
organization will be able to establish stable and           significantly improved and, to our deep regret, neither
effective operations in the country. Again, this is not     is there a significant improvement on the horizon. The
our whim, but what General Assembly resolutions             urgent need for cross-border assistance continues, and
on humanitarian assistance directly prescribe. Those        not only in Idlib. It is not a political tool to be bargained
documents stipulate that the central authorities of the     with. It should be purely based on humanitarian


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need. As a number of speakers have said, the United           places the responsibility for ensuring that vital aid
Nations — the body charged by the international               reaches vulnerable populations in north-east Syria
community with delivering humanitarian assistance             squarely on the Syrian authorities. The Russians said
and coordinating humanitarian efforts — asked for four        that was something the Syrian authorities could be
crossings and 12 months. The diplomatic effort that           relied on to do. I beg to differ, given the way Syria treats
went into negotiating the resolution cannot disguise the      many of its people. This is worse than putting the fox in
fact that it is in truth a woefully inadequate response to    charge of a hen coop. The closure of Al-Yarubiyah means
the situation on the ground. The exclusion of any border      that we will need to monitor very closely the response
crossing into north-east Syria is, in our view, deeply        of the Syrian authorities and the Russians, who have
regrettable. It puts the lives of thousands of civilians in   people on the ground. We will expect them to provide
Syria at risk.                                                the necessary authorizations and remove bureaucratic
    More than 1.4 million people relied on medical            impediments so that aid can be delivered on the basis of
supplies through the Al-Yarubiyah crossing in the past        the United Nations humanitarian principles.
year. The World Health Organization estimates that                 We will ask the United Nations to report regularly
health-service availability will be reduced by up to          on the humanitarian situation in the north-eastern
50 per cent. Trauma care will suffer. Child health care       part of Syria. I call today on both Syria and Russia to
will suffer. Immunization provision will suffer. A World      give concrete assurances to the Council that any aid
Health Organization shipment through Al-Yarubiyah             distributed by their representatives, or those associated
would provide over 700,000 people with essential              with them, will be done on the basis of those most in
medicines and supplies for three months. It is on its way     need, and need alone, and that organizations registered
and will arrive in Irbil on Sunday. The Russians like to      and operating in Damascus, whether or not affiliated
say, and said to the press today, that humanitarian aid       with the United Nations, will also get the permissions
is coming from within Syria — and therefore border            and the access that they need to deliver aid to Syrian
crossings are not needed. That is not the assessment of       people on the basis of those most in need, and need alone.
the United Nations. It is not the assessment of respected     That is what humanitarian principles mean — humanity,
humanitarian non-governmental organizations like the          neutrality, impartiality and independence — and that is
International Committee of the Red Cross or the Safe          all they mean.
the Children Fund. I doubt very much that it is the
assessment of the 1.4 million people in the north-east            Mr. Heusgen (Germany): Let me first thank all
of Syria who have been relying on this aid.                   those around the table, who have worked very hard to
                                                              achieve tonight’s result, in particular our colleagues and
     Let me be very clear that the Russian Ambassador         friends from Kuwait and Belgium, who have worked
set out what he believes the inclusion of the reference       very hard for two years to keep the humanitarian
to the General Assembly resolution means for the idea         mechanism alive.
that the consent of the Syrian Government is needed
for aid to cross over into Syria. It is not needed. The           As we sit here, it is night in Idlib. The people there
reference to General Assembly resolution 46/182 is in a       went to bed last night not knowing if they would wake
preambular paragraph. It is not applicable to the cross-      up and continue to receive humanitarian aid. The good
border situations of Syria. What is applicable are the        news tonight is that they will wake up tomorrow, they
humanitarian principles themselves. There are four:           will continue to get humanitarian aid and, despite the
humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence.          suffering that they have endured from displacement
That means the aid has to go to those most in need,           and the bombings of hospitals and schools, at least the
and the General Assembly resolution says the United           flow of humanitarian aid will continue. The cross-Nations is central to that effort.                            border operations are essential to the provision of aid.
                                                              We have done everything we can to keep them alive so
    We believe that the Council should be prepared to
                                                              that those 2.7 million people will continue to receive
take action, including restoring cross-border access
                                                              humanitarian aid.
in the north-east, if the Secretary-General’s review
concludes that alternative humanitarian access routes             That decision comes, however, at a very heavy
are inadequate to meet the humanitarian need of the           price. Tomorrow morning, 1.4 million people in the
population. The closure of the Al-Yarubiyah crossing          north-eastern part of Syria will wake up not knowing if


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they will be able to continue to get the medical aid that           In truth, we do not find ourselves in this situation
they desperately need. Contrary to what our Russian            because the conditions on the ground no longer allow for
colleague said, it is not possible for the entire population   aid delivery; as we have heard over and over again from
there to get everything from different sources. As our         United Nations officials, the existing cross-border aid
British and French colleagues said earlier, eight to 10        mechanism is working. Neither are we here because of
trucks are waiting just outside Al-Yarubiyah to deliver        a lack of willingness among the other Council members
that aid to the population in need — medical aid that          to find a way forward; my 10 elected colleagues went to
maintains the lives of people. I would appeal to the           great lengths to find a solution that could provide more
Russian Ambassador and Russia to do everything to              food and medicine to people. We find ourselves in this
see to it that those eight to 10 trucks get through to the     situation because the Russian Federation has decided to
people who are in need of that aid.                            use deprivation as a weapon against the Syrian people.
                                                               This is a crisis of Russia’s making. It is theirs to own.
    We voted against the oral amendment proposed
by the Russian Federation with regard to General                   Although we are profoundly disappointed by the
Assembly resolution 46/182, for the specific reason            intransigence of our Russian colleagues, the United
that Al-Yarubiyah is not under the control of the              States is not willing to play politics with the lives of
Syrian Government and they cannot exercise authority           innocent Syrians. It is the unambiguous conclusion of
there, and we therefore need the Russians’ support. I          United Nations officials that the humanitarian situation
once again appeal to the Russian representative to do          in Syria is steadily worsening. That is why the United
everything so that those people who are now asking if          States sought to renew all four of the crossings currently
they will be able to get their dialysis treatment and all      authorized by resolution 2449 (2018) and to add a fifth
other medical treatment will be able to get it in future.      crossing, at Tall Abyad in north-eastern Syria. That is
                                                               why we did not obstruct a measure to provide at least
     Mrs. Craft (United States of America): The United
                                                               some aid to the Syrian people.
States abstained in this evening’s voting for one reason
and one reason only. After months of negotiations, the             The record should reflect that any attempts to
text of resolution 2504 (2020) was the only path forward       characterize the humanitarian situation as improving
that would reasonably allow for the delivery of any aid        are gross distortions of the truth. I wish to make it
at all to the Syrian people. We could not veto such a          clear that consent by the Syrian authorities is not
measure, as we are committed to supporting innocent            required in order for humanitarian assistance to be
Syrians to the greatest extent possible. In abstaining,        provided through the border crossings, as in all other
we are lending a voice to the 4 million Syrians whose          prior humanitarian resolutions on Syria adopted by the
welfare has been overlooked for far too long, but I want       Security Council.
to be inescapably clear about what just happened.
                                                                    Although we are proud of our principled stand to
    What we have seen today from the Russian                   help every Syrian, we are bitterly disappointed by the
Federation is shocking — a comprehensive indifference          Council’s inability to deliver what the Syrian people so
to human suffering. We are left with a watered-down            plainly need. It is never right to leave even a single life
resolution, wholly inadequate to the needs of the Syrian       hanging in the balance, but today we have handed down
people, because of the unwillingness of our Russian            this fate to 1 million people. Today’s action is a body
colleagues to maintain current levels of aid flows.            blow not only to the Council’s credibility but also to
Resolution 2504 (2020) needlessly places the immediate         its moral authority. Let us remember that the United
futures of more than 1 million Syrians in jeopardy.            Nations asked for — and the United States strongly
                                                               supported — a 12-month extension. Tragically, in six
     It would be easy to say that we were forced into an
                                                               months we will be here again as a consequence of
impossible choice today — a choice between vetoing
                                                               today’s action. Will Russia try one more time to hold
this measure in a principled stand for aid to all who
                                                               the Council hostage? Will we be faced once again
need it and sacrificing the principle to secure a small
                                                               with Russian attempts to further erode principled
measure of aid for millions of Syrians entering the
                                                               humanitarian action?
heart of winter. But that would let Russia off the hook
far too easily, for it suggests that the Council really had        Moving forward, the United States will do
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authority. We will not fail to remind this body of its          It is also regrettable that the commitment made
obligation to maintain peace and security. We will not     by the General Assembly in resolution 46/182,
tire in our defence of humanitarian principles. And we     which established the Office for the Coordination
will not cease in our work to provide every last Syrian    of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has not been
woman, man and child with the resources that they          respected. Moreover, the remarks made by the
need to survive.                                           Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation
                                                           at the beginning of this meeting have been subjected
    The President: I shall now make a statement in my
                                                           to a political agenda that has forcibly dominated the
capacity as the representative of Viet Nam.
                                                           humanitarian agenda since the adoption of resolution
    First of all, Viet Nam commends the efforts of the     2165 (2014).
co-penholders, as well as the efforts and constructive         I would like to lay bare to the Council the reasons
engagement of other important partners, including          for my position. Since the outbreak of the terrorist war
other members of the Security Council. Viet Nam voted      against my country, the Government of the Syrian Arab
in favour of resolution 2504 (2020), bearing in mind       Republic has undertaken relentless efforts to ensure the
that the cross-border humanitarian aid mechanism           delivery of humanitarian assistance and services, as well
remains an essential part of the overall humanitarian      as support to all its citizens, without discrimination,
response in Syria.                                         throughout the country. Those efforts have enabled
    In that regard, we would like to express our           millions of Syrians to continue receiving their monthly
appreciation to the Office for the Coordination of         entitlements, social support, food aid, health care and
Humanitarian Affairs for its tireless efforts, and         free education, as well as salaries, despite the blockade
we support its continued operation in accordance           and coercive unilateral measures imposed against the
with the mandate provided by the relevant Security         Syrian people.
Council resolutions. We believe that the Office will           The Government of my country, along with its
continue its work in an effective and accountable way.     key humanitarian partners, such as the Syrian Arab
    Viet Nam shares the concerns of other members          Red Crescent and duly authorized non-governmental
about the ongoing complicated humanitarian situation       organizations (NGOs), has engaged in sincere
in Syria. Viet Nam is of the position that the Syrian      cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies and
Government bears the primary responsibility of settling    other humanitarian actors, such as the International
that situation, with the assistance of the international   Committee of the Red Cross and 27 NGOs that have been
community. It is also necessary to ensure that             authorized to operate in Syria. The Syrian Government
international humanitarian aid be delivered in a timely    has rendered all facilities and support to all those
and adequate manner to the hundreds of thousands of        organizations, while fully upholding the sovereignty,
people in urgent need, and not be diverted or subjected    independence and territorial integrity of the Syrian
to manipulation.                                           Arab Republic, as well as the guiding principles of
                                                           coordinating and strengthening humanitarian action,
    I now resume my functions as President of              as set forth in General Assembly resolution 46/182.
the Council.
                                                               In the face of the efforts of the Syrian Government,
   I give the floor to the representative of the Syrian    buttressed by its allies who believe in international law
Arab Republic.                                             and the provisions of the Charter, the representatives
     Mr. Ja’afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in         of Western countries in the Council, including
Arabic): It is regrettable to see such inhumanity at       humanitarian penholders, have persistently violated
                                                           the provisions of the Charter by using the forum of the
the outset of this meeting when the Security Council
                                                           Security Council to defame the Syrian Government and
voted against the will of the General Assembly, as if
                                                           prolong the crisis by hindering its settlement.
we, in this international Organization, abide by two
charters rather than one: a charter that some members          What is astonishing is that OCHA has become
of the Security Council implement and another,             totally partial and taken the side of Western States,
comprehensive, Charter according to which members          in showing hostility towards the Syrian State, by
of the General Assembly act.                               perpetuating a hostile approach against the Syrian


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Government and overlooking the significant efforts          Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation.
made by the Syrian Government and its institutions at       That oral amendment demonstrates the importance of
the humanitarian level, as well as the crucial role of      upholding resolution 46/182.
the Syrian Government in facilitating United Nations
                                                                 The Ambassadors of Estonia, the United Kingdom
work and other humanitarian partners. Most important,
                                                            and the United States of America regrettably repeated
OCHA has included myriad fabrications, misleading
                                                            the same unilateral interpretation of the provision of
assessments and inflammatory rhetoric in its various
                                                            the new resolution (resolution 2504 (2020)) in their
reports, which is both unprofessional and unethical
                                                            statements. They said — and those present heard
and runs counter to the spirit of partnership and           them — that cross-border humanitarian access does not
cooperation that the Syrian Government adheres to           require consultation with the Syrian Government. That
in dealing with relevant United Nations agencies and        of course contravenes the logical and legal interpretation
humanitarian partners.                                      that was, for example, presented by the Ambassadors of
     In the Council’s meetings held on 19 and               China and the Russian Federation, among others.
20 December 2019 (see S/PV.8694 and S/PV.8696), my              Third, the penholders and their supporters did not
delegation clearly expressed its legal, humanitarian and    honour the commitment that they made in resolution
ethical concerns and motivations behind our position        46/182, which, as I mentioned, governs humanitarian
in rejecting the renewal of the provisions on the cross-    action and underscores the need for respecting the
border humanitarian aid mechanism, as established           national sovereignty of the State concerned and for
in resolution 2165 (2014), which was adopted under          cooperation with it to provide assistance for those
artificial circumstances — circumstances that do not        in need, not providing it only with notices with
exist today, as I will detail in the following reasons.     minimum standards of transparency, professionalism
    First, there is no legal or ethical status of the so-   and credibility.
called penholders, and the Western States supporting            Fourth, the penholders and their supporters
them, because any claim that they care for the Syrian       have ignored developments on the ground since the
people is a mere lie. Such claims stand in contradiction    adoption of resolution 2165 (2014), on 14 July 2014.
to the practices carried out by their Governments that      Such developments include, inter alia, the recovery by
invest in terrorism, perpetuating occupation, waging        the Syrian Government and its allies of all the areas
wars and aggression and imposing unilateral coercive        previously classified by the United Nations as besieged
measures against my country, as well as pillaging our       or hard-to-reach. Today there are no besieged, restricted
natural wealth.                                             or hard-to-reach areas. They no longer exist.
    Second, the penholders and their supporters have            Fifth, facts are uncovered about the unlimited
unceasingly ignored that the heart of humanitarian          support for terrorism provided by Governments that are
action in Syria is, and should always be, exclusively in    known, after long denying practices, such as the use of
the capital, Damascus, rather than some other capital       the Al-Yarubiyah border crossing, not controlled by the
or city in neighbouring countries and beyond, in line       Syrian Government, to ensure the continuous delivery
with the inviolable sovereignty of the Syrian Arab          of money and weapons, including chemical weapons to
Republic, as underscored by the relevant Security           terrorist organizations, and the smuggling of our oil,
Council resolutions.                                        artefacts and property.
    The penholders’ violation was clearly demonstrated          Sixth, OCHA staff and the United Nations
today in the statement delivered by the Permanent           Monitoring Mechanism have been unable to ensure
Representative of Belgium, who noted in his opening         the continuous delivery of humanitarian aid to Syrian
remarks that the delegations of Belgium and Germany         civilians in need. They have also been unable to
had consulted with members of the Council and               ensure that assistance does not fall into the hands of
countries neighbouring Syria — that is what he said.        terrorist organizations, which have pillaged and used
However, he forgot the imperative of consulting the         such assistance for years to strengthen their control,
Syrian Government, pursuant to General Assembly             fund their terrorist acts and recruit new terrorists.
resolution 46/182. The Belgian Ambassador then called       That applies to the city of Idlib and its environs, which
for a vote on the oral amendment introduced by the          are controlled, as the Council knows, by the terrorist


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Jabhat Al-Nusra group, whose lifeline and survival          efforts of the Syrian Government and its allies, end the
are dependent on the support of the rogue Turkish           unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian
regime, through operations in the town of Gaziantep,        people and cease attempts to undermine reconstruction
which was chosen by the United Nations to set up an         and recovery, while providing an environment
operating room.                                             conducive to the return of migrants.
    They control our border crossings with Turkey,              The President: As members of the Council have
through which money, weapons and assistance flow.           before them the draft resolution contained in document
Who knows? Terrorists who are transferred publicly by       S/2020/25, submitted by the Russian Federation, how
the Turkish regime from north-western Syria in Idlib        would the Russian Federation wish to proceed?
to Libya may get their share from such United Nations
                                                                Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation) (spoke in
assistance. That means that OCHA is also providing
                                                            Russian): In the light of the recent adoption of resolution
food and humanitarian assistance to terrorists in Idlib
                                                            2504 (2020), the Russian Federation would like to
who are bound for Tripoli through Turkey. That is the
                                                            withdraw the draft resolution contained in document
humanitarian action envisaged by some members.
                                                            S/2020/25.
Of course, OCHA and the Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs will always commend the                  Ms. Pierce (United Kingdom): I know time marches
violations of international law committed by the Turkish    on; I will be brief. I have a practice in the Security
regime and its support for terrorism. They will then call   Council of defending the Office for the Coordination
on countries to reward that regime. That is hypocrisy.      of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) here at the United
                                                            Nations whenever the Syrian representative attacks
    Seventh, OCHA and the Monitoring Mechanism
                                                            it. I wish to point out that, on this occasion, the same
have been unable to provide enough clarification on the
                                                            will apply.
nature of so-called partners and third-party independent
companies, despite our repeated requests to provide             OCHA and the United Nations do a fantastic
such clarifications in that respect. It is high time for    job in the most difficult of circumstances on the
some to abandon their approach of remote diplomacy          ground. I heard what the Syrian representative said
and politics as though it were a PlayStation game.          about how much aid the Syrian authorities deliver
They should engage professionally and objectively,          to their own people, and we will be pursuing that in
particularly the penholders, in supporting the efforts      future meetings. I will take it as a commitment from
and institutions of the Syrian Government and stop          the Syrian authorities to allowing non-governmental
levelling accusations, conducting smear campaigns and       organizations access into Syria and permitting them to
fostering hostility.                                        distribute humanitarian assistance to the people most
                                                            in need. We will be holding him to account with regard
    In conclusion, my delegation reiterates that the
                                                            to his remarks.
priority is to improve the humanitarian situation in
Syria, which can be achieved only by supporting the             The meeting rose at 7.05 p.m.




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Voting Summary
Yes: 011 | No: 000 | Abstentions: 004 | Non-Voting: 000 | Total voting membership: 015
Y BELGIUM
A CHINA
Y DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Y ESTONIA
Y FRANCE
Y GERMANY
Y INDONESIA
Y NIGER
A RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Y SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Y SOUTH AFRICA
Y TUNISIA
A UNITED KINGDOM
A UNITED STATES
Y VIET NAM