Report accuses UN of loss of impartiality in Syria
A report released by rights group The Syria Campaign accuses the United Nations of delivering 99 percent of its aid to government-controlled territories, and calls on the UN to “restore its impartiality”. Entitled Taking Sides: The United Nations’ loss of impartiality, independence and neutrality in Syria, the report documents how from the beginning of the conflict in Syria, the UN provided the Syrian government “with an effective veto over aid deliveries to areas outside of government control, enabling its use of siege as a weapon of war”. Twelve percent went into territories outside the government’s control.” The reported added that “in August 2015, the government directed over 99 percent of UN aid from inside the country to its territories”. Assaad al-Achi, director of Baytna Syria, accused the UN of losing its credibility in the conflict in Syria and called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to “restore the UN’s credibility by setting conditions on its relationship with the Syrian government”.
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