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3 million people across Syria need assistance in winter

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UNB/Xinhua
26 November, 2020, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 26 November, 2020, 02:00 pm

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3 million people across Syria need assistance in winter

The UN official noted that already devastated health facilities are being further impacted by gaps in medical assistance in northeast Syria

UNB/Xinhua
26 November, 2020, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 26 November, 2020, 02:00 pm
Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani sit in front of their tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, October 5, 2014/ Reuters
Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani sit in front of their tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, October 5, 2014/ Reuters

More than 3 million people across Syria require assistance through what is likely to be an "incredibly hard" winter, the acting deputy UN emergency relief coordinator told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Against the backdrop that 6.7 million people in Syria are internally displaced, a third of whom lack proper shelter and live in damaged buildings, or public spaces like schools or tents, Ramesh Rajasingham, acting assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, told council members online that "winter weather is proving to be incredibly hard for those without adequate shelter" or "basics like fuel for heating, blankets, warm clothes and shoes."

Turning to the economic crisis, Rajasingham noted that between the devaluation of the Syrian currency and increasing food prices, people are "increasingly unable to feed their families."

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"Today an estimated 9.3 million people in Syria are food insecure -- that's 1.4 million more people than a year ago and more than at any other time during the crisis," he said. "About one million of them are severely food insecure -- twice as many as last year -- and we expect this number to increase."

On protecting civilians, the UN official noted that some areas of the country that had been temporarily spared fresh violence are now seeing its return, with significant consequences for their human rights and well-being.

At least eight civilians were reportedly killed and at least 15 others were injured because of shelling and airstrikes in the northwest this month, including two aid workers on their way to a UNICEF (UN Children's Fund)-supported child-friendly space, according to Rajasingham.

Over the past two months, at least six humanitarian workers had been killed and others injured.

"The risks our humanitarian colleagues are taking every day are simply unacceptable," he said. "Humanitarian workers must be able to deliver assistance without fear of attack."

Citing "inconsistent" humanitarian access, the deputy relief chief maintained that already devastated health facilities are being further impacted by gaps in medical assistance in northeast Syria.

"Let me be clear: Health services are extremely weak across the country and are being stretched to new extremes under the public health impact of Covid-19," he noted. "Gaps in assistance and shortages of medical supplies and personnel are prevalent everywhere."

Humanitarian agencies throughout the country have collectively reached some 7.4 million people with assistance each month "to stave off an even worse situation," he said.

"This would be impossible without the extraordinary commitment and endurance of our front-line colleagues, who are overwhelmingly Syrian and are themselves directly affected by the crisis," said Rajasingham. "They are delivering aid under the most difficult of circumstances, at great personal risk. They must be protected." 

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