UNSC Unanimously Adopts Resolution on Deploying Observers to Aleppo

UNITED NATIONS- The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution on the deployment of international observers to the Syrian city of Aleppo in order to coordinate the evacuation of civilians from the eastern part of the city.

All the 15 members of the UN Security Council, including Russia, have voted in favor of this document, according to Itar Tass.

The resolution envisages that all the parties to the conflict should allow complete, immediate, unconditional, safe and unhindered access for humanitarian aid to Aleppo and provide the observers with an opportunity to monitor the situation. At the same time, the resolution affirms the UN’s commitment to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria.

 Moscow:  Decision on sending international observers to Aleppo should be approved by Syrian government

Earlier on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the decision to send international observers to the city of Aleppo should be approved by the Syrian government.

The announcement was made by the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Genadi Gatilov during his meeting today with ambassadors of Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland to Russia.

In a statement, the ministry said the meeting dealt with the humanitarian situation in Syria with focus on the procedures taken by the Russian side to help evacuate civilians from Aleppo eastern districts and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to those civilians.

Within this framework, an agreement was reached at the Security Council on the draft resolution regarding sending international observers to the region, according to the ministry.

It stressed that the Russian side stressed that the activities of the observers must be implemented in accordance with the international humanitarian law and in coordination with the Syrian government.

Hamda Mustafa