Damascus(TDI) : The United Nations has ramped up its humanitarian efforts in war-torn Syria, with its agencies maintaining a strong presence in conflict zones across the country, despite escalating challenges, local reports suggested on Monday.
A day earlier the United Nations rebuffed rumors suggesting that it is evacuating all staff from Syria.
“The United Nations remains steadfast in its commitment to stay and deliver life-saving assistance to the people of Syria during this critical time,” an official statement read.
Several reports said that the top officials in the UN has issued special instructions for taking right steps for peace and stability in the country as well.
Pledging all-out support for Damascus and peace in the country, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Yesterday said that after 14 years of brutal war and the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the people of Syria can now seize an historic opportunity to build a stable and peaceful future.
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As reports continued to emerge from Damascus where opposition forces declared victory overnight after ousting President Bashar Al-Assad on State television, the UN chief said in a statement: “The future of Syria is a matter for the Syrians to determine.”
There is much work to be done to ensure an orderly political transition to renewed institutions, Guterres, and noted that his Special Envoy, Geir Pedersen, will be working with all Syrians to this end.
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Meanwhile, the hostilities have uprooted more than 370,000 people inside Syria, according to OCHA, “with many seeking refuge in the northeast and others trapped in front-line areas, unable to escape”, the UN’s top aid official in Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, has said.
The government of Bashar Al-Assad’ rule marred with controversy, both domestically and internationally. Opposition forces within the country consitently demanded his resignation or a regime change.
Moreover, his leadership was a point of contention among regional countries as well as Western powers and Russia.
