PA Speaker: International Community Should Undertake Responsibility to Stop Terrorism Support

DAMASCUS, (ST) – The International Community should undertake humanitarian responsibility towards Syria through stopping the war being waged on  the country and putting pressure on involved countries to stop arming and financing terrorists in Syria, underlined Speaker of the people’s Assembly (PA) Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham.

Al-Lahham, who was speaking during a workshop on the PA’s role in alleviating the repercussions of the crisis in Syria on maternity and childhood, stressed the need for collective international community efforts in order to confront the terrorism to which Syria is being exposed and to cooperate with the government in order to implement the proposed political program and lift the economic sanctions which target the basic needs of the Syrian citizens.

He also urged all concerned government and civil society parties in Syria to work hard to ease the destructive impacts of the crisis on the psychological and cultural conditions of Syrian children and women.     

The PA speaker pointed out that the workshop, which  was held in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund, is important since it presents ideas and provides solutions aiming to help the Syrian society be stronger in the face of the global war waged against the country.

He said the workshop brought together representatives of government, civil society and international bodies within the framework of an “extraordinary humanitarian mission prompted by the open war on Syria.”

“The constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic has guaranteed the basic rights of Syrian women and children,” al-Lahham said, pointing out that the great achievements attained for women and children in Syria have been the target of armed terrorist groups over the past two years.

He stressed that exploiting children in armed conflicts is one of the worst forms of child employment, calling for developing cultural and social programs to protect the Syrian family, particularly children and women, from exploitation at war times.

Al-Lahham stressed that all concerned parties are exerting extraordinary efforts to meet the basic needs of the terrorism-hit families.

Omar Balllan, Representative of the UNPF said that the fund’s response plan for the second half of this year aims to support the government’s efforts aiming to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of the ongoing events in Syria. 

H. Mustafa