On 20 September 2025 Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), delivered a briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East which included the … Continue reading →
On 8 December, shortly after the murderous dictator Bashar al-Assad left Syria, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, made the following statement to the press. Obviously today it’s really a watershed moment in the history of Syria. It’s … Continue reading →
This article was first published on 14 October 2019 on the UNA-UK website. UNA-UK is deeply concerned by the situation unfolding in Northern Syria as a consequence of the Turkish invasion. There is a significant risk that this action will … Continue reading →
This article was originally published on the UNA-UK website on 27 April 2018. In the aftermath of the limited military strikes carried out by the US, UK and France in response to the alleged further use of chemical weapons by the Assad … Continue reading →
Statement originally published by UNA-UK on 11 April 2018 UNA-UK is appalled by the apparent use of chemical weapons yet again in Syria. We are horrified by the reports received from UN agencies and partners on the ground that an … Continue reading →