United Nations Security Council draft resolution S/2022/538
Date: 2022-07-08 (meeting 9087)
Agenda: The situation in the Middle East
Vetoed by: RUSSIA/USSR

United Nations
Security Council
S/2022/538
Distr.: General
8 July 2022
Original: English
Ireland and Norway: 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), 2504 (2020), 2533 (2020), 2585 (2021) and its Presidential
Statements of 3 August 2011 (S/PRST/2011/16), 21 March 2012 (S/PRST/2012/6),
5 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/10), 2 October 2013 (S/PRST/2013/15), 24 April 2015
(S/PRST/2015/10), 17 August 2015 (S/PRST/2015/15), and 8 October 2019
(S/PRST/2019/12),
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
territorial integrity of Syria and to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations,
Encouraging efforts to improve cross-line deliveries of humanitarian assistance
and all relevant parties to further promote, consistent with United Nations
assessments of need, unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance,
Determining that the devastating humanitarian situation in Syria continues to
constitute a threat to peace and security in the region,
Recalling the need for all parties to respect the relevant provisions of
international humanitarian law and the United Nations guiding principles of
humanitarian emergency assistance,
Expressing in this regard grave concern at the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic, recognizing that the pandemic presents a profound challenge to Syria's
health system and humanitarian situation, and recalling the need for full, safe and
unhindered humanitarian access, without delay, including for humanitarian personnel
and medical personnel, their equipment, transport and supplies in order to facilitate
the provision of humanitarian assistance and COVID-19 vaccinations to all parts of
Syria without discrimination, as contained in resolution 2565 (2021) and the United
Nations Secretary-General's appeal,
Recognizing that humanitarian activities are broader than solely addressing the
immediate needs of the affected population and should include support to essential
services through water, sanitation, health, education, electricity where essential to
restore access to basic services, and shelter early recovery projects,
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,
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S/2022/538

1. Demands the full and immediate implementation of all provisions of all
relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165
(2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018), 2449
(2018) 2504 (2020), 2533 (2020) and 2585 (2021);

2. Decides to extend the decisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Security Council
resolution 2165 (2014), for a period of 6 months, that is, until 10 January 2023, only
for the border crossing at Bab al-Hawa, with an extension of an additional six months,
that is, until 10 July 2023, unless the Council decides otherwise, and subject to the
issuance of the Secretary General's substantive report, with particular focus on
transparency in operations, progress on cross-line access and early recovery projects
in meeting humanitarian needs;

3. Calls upon all Member States to respond with practical steps to address
the urgent needs of the Syrian people in light of the profound socio-economic and
humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Syria, as a country in situation
of complex humanitarian emergency;

4. Welcomes all ongoing efforts and urges further initiatives to broaden the
humanitarian activities in Syria, including water, sanitation, health, education, and
shelter early recovery projects, undertaken by humanitarian organisations, and calls
upon other international humanitarian agencies and relevant parties to support them;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to brief the Council monthly and to
provide a report on a regular basis, at least every 60 days, on the implementation of
resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393
(2017), 2401 (2018), 2449 (2018), 2504 (2020), 2533 (2020), 2585 (2021) and this
resolution and on compliance by all relevant parties in Syria and further requests the
Secretary-General to include in his reports overall trends in United Nations cross-line
operations, in particular on the implementation of the above mentioned activities on
improving all modalities of humanitarian deliveries inside Syria and early recovery
projects, and detailed information on the humanitarian assistance delivered through
United Nations humanitarian cross-border operations, including their transparency,
the distribution mechanism, the number of beneficiaries, operating partners, locations
of aid deliveries at district-level and the volume and nature of items delivered;

6. Encourages the convening of a Security Council Informal Interactive
Dialogue every six months with participation of donors, interested regional parties
and representatives of the international humanitarian agencies operating in Syria in
order to regularly review and follow-up on the implementation of this resolution,
including progress in early-recovery projects;

7. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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Voting result: 13 yes, 1 no, 1 abstentions
Votes by member:
country: Albania
vote: Y
country: Brazil
vote: Y
country: France
vote: Y
country: Gabon
vote: Y
country: Ghana
vote: Y
country: India
vote: Y
country: Ireland
vote: Y
country: Kenya
vote: Y
country: Mexico
vote: Y
country: Norway
vote: Y
country: United Arab Emirates
vote: Y
country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
vote: Y
country: United States of America
vote: Y
country: Russian Federation
vote: N
country: China
vote: A