Political Program Ministerial Committee: Prompt Measures to Visit Refugee Camps in Neighboring Countries

DAMASCUS, (ST) – Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi has stressed the integrated role of all components of the Syrian society in implementing the political program proposed by President Bashar al-Assad to settle the ongoing crisis in Syria and attain security and stability in the country.

Chairing the meeting of the Ministerial Committee in charge of implementing the political program with Chairman and members of the Higher Relief Committee on Sunday, al-Halqi hailed the Committee’s efforts to provide relief services, shelters and humanitarian assistance to families displaced as a result of terrorist groups’ acts.

Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Chairman of the Higher Relief Committee Jasem Zakaraya presented the committee’s memo which provides for the procedures it intends to adopt in coordination with the government and civil society bodies in order to implement its mission in accordance with the government’s program.

Decisions made in the light of discussions are:

 Completing the building of a data base for families living out of makeshift shelters in all governorates.

 Tasking the Ministry of State for the Syrian Red Crescent Society Affairs and the SRCS with enhancing cooperation with the International Red Cross and Crescent Committee in order to assess the number of the victimized families out of Syrian borders and starting to adopt immediate procedures to visit refugee camps in neighboring countries aiming to communicate with Syrian families, assure them, urge them to return to their safe homeland and provide them with requirements of good life.

 Tasking the Higher Relief Committee with adopting all measures aiming to ensure shelters necessary for the return of terrorism-hit families living outside Syria.    

 The government should be ready to compensate the returning families for the damages caused to their houses.

 Tasking the Committee with adopting a unified relief card and specifying the basic needs of the displaced families.

 Urging the Committee to adopt necessary procedures to guarantee the arrival of the aid to the targeted families.

The Higher Relief Committee comprises representatives of people’s organizations, vocational unions, SRCS, civil society associations, the Syrian Family Affairs Commission, the Syria Trust for Development in addition to representatives of the ministries of interior, health, local administration, education, national reconciliation, utilities and social affairs.

H. Mustafa